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Ensuring emergency management training translates into action

As disasters become more frequent and severe in the U.S., it's more important than ever to prepare. Every year, significant resources are poured into training programs for disaster management professionals to practice real-life ...

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Best of last year: The top Phys.org articles of 2024

It was a good year for space science as Sumner Starrfield, an astronomer at Arizona State University, described what was to appear as a huge star exploding in the night sky, in a once-in-a-lifetime event this past fall. A ...

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Why is the oboe used to tune an orchestra? And other questions about tuning, answered
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Saturday Citations: Color vision created demand for colorful animals; observing black hole light echoes; deadlines!
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History book looks at Brazil's longest-lasting maroon society and its influence today
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From compliance to conversation: New guidelines push for ethical reflection in research reporting
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Saturday Citations: On chimpanzee playwrights; the nature of dark energy; deep-diving Antarctic seals
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Moles, birthmarks, red hair: The anatomical features used to accuse women of witchcraft in the 17th century
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Why ancient Mesopotamians would have used a sheep's liver to predict Donald Trump's election odds
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African publishing is being revolutionized. Report explores trends in six countries
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Nightmare fuel: Researchers name the scariest thing you should worry about
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Examining the supernatural beliefs of medieval people, from elves and fairies to abductions and the undead
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Opinion: The ancient Irish get way too much credit for Halloween
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Saturday Citations: Reading comprehension; revisiting tardigrade orthodoxy; restoring universal symmetry
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Saturday Citations: Brown dwarf actually brown dwarfs; the adaptability of ice-age humans; archaeologists excited
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Research finds that simplistic and outdated communication tools narrows news focus, restricts user interactivity
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How dogs were implicated during the Salem witch trials
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Godzilla at 70: The monster's warning to humanity is still urgent
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Saturday Citations: All that sparkles is plastic; woke tree diversity; the gravitational basin in which we reside
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A hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton's eye
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'Cajun Navy' hurricane search-and-rescue volunteers are forming long-lasting organizations
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How a witch-hunting manual and social networks helped ignite Europe's witch craze

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Numerical simulations show how the classical world might emerge from the many-worlds universes of quantum mechanics
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Scientists use machine learning to develop an opener for a molecular can
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Genetic analysis reveals kinship in ancient Moche sacrifice
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Astronauts face unique visual challenges at lunar south pole
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Researchers reveal changes in geometry and kinematics of the broad-line region in active galactic nuclei
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How monkeys recognize snakes so quickly
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Scientists uncover insights into neuron function by simultaneously measuring two key signals in living animals
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun's scorching surface
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Light-driven method creates molecular fit that would otherwise be impossible
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Convergent evolution: stick and leaf insects share 20 body features
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Advancing unidirectional heat flow: The next era of quantum thermal diodes
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Mice headsets make it easier to study brain response to virtual reality
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Cancer, cardiovascular drugs tipped for Nobel as prize week opens
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The extraordinary life of Alfred Nobel
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The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence
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Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal
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Scientists fear underfunded Argentina research on verge of collapse
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Observations detect young and energetic pulsar in a supernova remnant
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NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the sun
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From Earth to alien worlds: Exploring the fundamental limits to life
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Borneo's mountains reveal a new species of orangutan-colored giant pitcher plant
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Researchers unpack sign language's visual advantage

Linguists have long known that sign languages are as grammatically and logically sophisticated as spoken languages—and also make greater use of "iconicity," the property by which some words refer to things by resembling ...

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