Drones and artificial intelligence could provide valuable information to guide efforts to slow the alarming extinction rate of birds across the globe, research from The University of Queensland has found.
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2026
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a primary driver of climate change in Earth's atmosphere. At the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University), Ph.D. researcher Kuldeepsinh Raj, along with principal investigator ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 22, 2026
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An estimated 25%–40% of homes in the U.S. have soil contaminated with lead, a toxic heavy metal that can harm children's development. Public health researchers know that the risk is higher in places with a legacy of industrial ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2026
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The T-shirt is yellow, 100% cotton and meant for "everyday wear." Across the front, it declares in italic script, "I'm too pretty to do math."
Education
Jun 22, 2026
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Many languages recycle words, giving them different meanings. For example, in English, "run" can mean to move quickly but also to manage something, like "run a company." In Spanish, "lengua" is both the word for tongue and ...
There is strong evidence that transitioning from animal to more plant-based diets could improve human and planetary health, but progress has been slow. This is partly due to a misunderstanding of what drives the behavior ...
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2026
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Just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, the universe was a dark and simple place. There were no galaxies like the Milky Way, no planets, and no heavy elements such as carbon or oxygen. Instead, vast clouds of ...
Astronomy
Jun 22, 2026
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Researchers are constantly sifting through new spectral data gathered by powerful telescopes, like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Most of the time, when they identify spectral features—specific absorption or emission ...
Images of families displaced by floods, prolonged droughts or extreme storms have become a distressingly regular feature of the daily news. As the impact of climate change intensifies, so does concern over its effects on ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2026
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Ask a child to draw some poo, and the shape will invariably be the same: a coil, broad at the base and pointy at the top, similar to a spiral swirl of soft-serve ice cream. In fact, the often-used poo emoji has this exact ...
General Physics
Jun 22, 2026
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