More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived data on artificial light at night. On average, 85% of the light-polluted areas are due to industrial ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2024
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A new study has found that after watching a docudrama about the efforts to free a wrongly convicted prisoner on death row, people were more empathetic toward formerly incarcerated people and supportive of criminal justice ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2024
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The El Niño event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, isn't just a modern phenomenon.
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2024
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Breathing thin air at extreme altitudes presents a significant challenge—there's simply less oxygen with every lungful. Yet, for more than 10,000 years, Tibetan women living on the high Tibetan Plateau have not only survived ...
Evolution
Oct 21, 2024
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Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on the health and well-being of people well into adulthood. But while the consequences of early adversity ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2024
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For the past two decades, investing in girls' schooling has been hailed as a cornerstone of promoting gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa. Between 2016 and 2018, the World Bank Group invested US$3.2 billion in education ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2024
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Lagos is Nigeria's economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country.
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2024
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A group of McMaster researchers who routinely work with bacteriophages—viruses that eat bacteria—had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise while preparing slides to view under a powerful microscope.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 21, 2024
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Although smell has historically played an important role in the fight against diseases such as the plague and tuberculosis, the human nose is generally not sensitive enough to be used as a reliable diagnostic tool. However, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 21, 2024
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Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have addressed a significant challenge in nanosheet technology. Their innovative approach employs surfactants to produce amorphous nanosheets from various materials, including difficult-to-synthesize ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 21, 2024
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