Sex and power are closely linked, and this was certainly true in the former Dutch colonies. Ph.D. student Sophie Rose has investigated how sexual and love relationships influenced eighteenth-century power structures there. ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Imagine a murderous sausage with legs. Give it a heartbeat up to 300 beats per minute and a need to consume a third of its weight daily just to survive. What have you got? A weasel.
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2023
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What happens when an RNA molecule contains too many repeats of the same short sequence of bases, or RNA building blocks?
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 5, 2023
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The logic that often underlies support for punitive approaches to crime, such as imprisonment, is a belief that an aversive experience will "put people off" or "teach them a hard lesson" about what they've done wrong. However, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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University of Queensland scientists have identified natural predators which could help fight outbreaks of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) on the Great Barrier Reef.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2023
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New research reveals the progress scientists at The University of Toledo are making in their ongoing efforts to capture and remove invasive grass carp from the Great Lakes.
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2023
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Extreme heatwaves are rare, but they have major consequences on living beings and their environments. Anticipating their arrival is a central challenge.
Environment
Apr 5, 2023
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DNA and associated proteins in active regions of the genome are condensed but behave like a viscous liquid at the molecular level. This finding greatly increases our understanding of the physical nature of expressed genome ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2023
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A new review of previously published studies on methods for reducing conspiracy beliefs has shown that most of these methods are ineffective, but that those focused on fostering critical thinking or an analytical mindset ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Researchers have developed a way to create photonic time crystals, and they have shown that these bizarre, artificial materials amplify the light that shines on them. These findings, described in a paper in Science Advances, ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 5, 2023
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