A comprehensive analysis of social media platform Bluesky provides insights into its structure, polarization and political leanings, in a new study published in PLOS One by Dorian Quelle and Alexandre Bovet, from the University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2025
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Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to release, the plates slip ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2025
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A study published in Science Advances sheds new light on the mysterious origins of free-floating planetary-mass objects (PMOs)—celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets.
Astronomy
Feb 26, 2025
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Eavesdropping on baleen whale songs in the Pacific Ocean reveals year-to-year variations that track changes in the availability of the species they forage on, reports a new study led by John Ryan, of the Monterey Bay Aquarium ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2025
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Shark sightings by scuba divers reveal the movements of marine predators throughout the year, according to a study published in PLOS One by George Balchin, William Hughes and colleagues at the University of Sussex, U.K., ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2025
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When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you're living on a flat plane. After all, this is why you can navigate a new city using a map: a flat piece of paper that represents all the places around ...
Mathematics
Feb 26, 2025
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Researchers in South Korea have developed an advanced liquid metal catalyst incorporating selenium (Se) to enhance the efficiency of turquoise hydrogen production.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 26, 2025
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A team of scientists from Princeton University has measured the energies of electrons in a new class of quantum materials and has found them to follow a fractal pattern. Fractals are self-repeating patterns that occur on ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 26, 2025
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Fire is an element that has always been present in Mediterranean ecosystems. Thus, once the direct impacts caused by fires have been overcome, to a greater or lesser extent, in the medium or long term, there is a recovery ...
Ecology
Feb 26, 2025
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Across the U.S., tough-on-crime policies are surging again, despite research showing they do little to reduce crime, particularly violent offenses.
Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2025
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