In recent years, I have all too often found myself passing over an active wildfire when flying from London to my family home in Greece during the summer months. The sky glows an eerie, apocalyptic red, and the scent of smoke ...
Environment
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Science is driven by our desire to understand things. In some cases, where it requires significant effort and investment to develop systems that can understand new things, science benefits from a game plan that the community ...
Planetary Sciences
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Recently, Delta Air Lines announced it would expand its use of artificial intelligence to provide individualized prices to customers. This move sparked concern among flyers and politicians. But Delta isn't the only business ...
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2025
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Coldplay, Radiohead or R.E.M.—which band has changed their music the most over the years? Professor Nick Collins from Durham University Department of Music has used a computer to try and find the answer to this by analyzing ...
Other
Jul 31, 2025
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Fluorescent markers are extremely useful in science as tools to track molecules or processes as they carry out their unique activities, revealing unknown facts along the way. However, physically introducing fluorescent markers ...
Polymers
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The willingness of those in power to act fairly depends on how easily others can collectively push back against unfair treatment, psychologists have found.
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2025
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Microclimates—as opposed to large-scale regional or even global scale macroclimate models—may hold the key to offsetting the negative impacts of extreme weather events on already vulnerable insect populations.
Plants & Animals
Jul 31, 2025
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Why do images of Donald Trump as a galactic emperor or Luigi Mangione as a Catholic saint resonate so deeply with some people? Memes don't just entertain—they shape how we identify with power, grievance and justice in the ...
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2025
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The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a magnitude of 8.8. But innovations in science and technology gave governments vital time to warn and evacuate ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2025
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The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which comes into force on August 1, 2025, means universities in England now have a new duty to uphold "robust" strategies to ensure freedom of speech on campus.
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2025
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