The dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic was a major development in the evolution of modern human culture. Although scientists agree that farming developed independently several times around the world, including in Africa, ...
Archaeology
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While previous research shows outrage and division drive engagement on social media, a new study of digital behavior during the 2024 US election finds that this effect flips during a major crisis—when "ingroup solidarity" ...
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2025
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Is aging inevitable? While most living beings age, some do so more slowly than others. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science addresses a fascinating question: what if migration influences ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2025
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Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of Mississippi could help engineer smarter, more efficient fluid control in zero- and low-gravity environments.
Soft Matter
Aug 25, 2025
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How is an animal feeling at a given moment? Humans have long recognized certain well-known behavior like a cat hissing as a warning, but in many cases we've had little clue of what's going on inside an animal's head.
Biotechnology
Aug 25, 2025
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The most common method for synthesizing polymers with a carbon–carbon main chain backbone is vinyl polymerization, by which many industrially important polymers, including common plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene, ...
Polymers
Aug 25, 2025
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Investigating solar corona structures has led Paul Bellan, Caltech professor of applied physics, and his former graduate student Yang Zhang (Ph.D. '24) to discover a new equilibrium state of the magnetic field and its associated ...
General Physics
Aug 25, 2025
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Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets crossing their stars' faces. The model builds on a technique researchers have used ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 25, 2025
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For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast desert—essentially, where there's water. And it turns out that one of the most common types of exoplanet ...
Astrobiology
Aug 25, 2025
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A study by University of Hawaiʻi researchers is advancing how we learn the laws that govern complex systems—from predator-prey relationships to traffic patterns in cities to how populations grow and shift—using artificial ...
General Physics
Aug 25, 2025
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