It's the middle of the night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly you have ceiling plaster smashing down on you, pictures are falling off the walls and your bedroom is swaying. You wake your partner, grab the kids and make your ...
Social Sciences
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One of the most intriguing predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity is the existence of black holes: astronomical objects with gravitational fields so strong that not even light can escape them.
Astronomy
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A lethal microbial pathogen is lurking in warm freshwater ponds, reservoirs, and rivers around the globe: Naegleria fowleri, colloquially called brain-eating amoeba, which causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis ...
Biochemistry
Feb 9, 2023
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A new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, investigated the foraging behavior of children in a present-day forager society. Already from an early age, there was a gender-specific development ...
Evolution
Feb 9, 2023
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The fight against climate change is full of inconvenient truths. The latest? Coal is going to be harder to get rid of than we had hoped. Every victory like the rejection of Clive Palmer's proposed Rockhampton coal mine seems ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2023
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Until now, the New Zealand Curriculum has focused almost exclusively on the development of technical reading skills. Simply reading for pleasure hasn't been a priority, which makes its inclusion in the draft version of a ...
Education
Feb 9, 2023
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Lithium-ion batteries have transformed everyday lives—almost everyone has a smartphone, more electric vehicles can be spotted on the roads, and they keep power generators going during emergencies. As more portable electronic ...
Nanophysics
Feb 9, 2023
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Coral reef conservation is a steppingstone to protect marine biodiversity and life in the ocean as we know it. The health of coral also has huge societal implications: reef ecosystems provide sustenance and livelihoods for ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2023
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Scientists applied machine vision models and were able to deduce from the context of an image if it pertained to the sale of a live animal. These methods make it possible to flag the posts which may be selling animals illegally.
Ecology
Feb 9, 2023
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For anyone with a pet, you'll know how much happiness they can bring to your life. Pets are part of the family—which is why, as someone who shares their life with a companion animal, it's been so hard to hear about the ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2023
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