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Social Sciences Jun 8, 2024

Neuroscience can explain why voting is so often driven by emotion

The British electorate has been more volatile than ever in recent years. The elections of 2015 and 2017 saw the highest number of voters switching parties in modern history. And current polling suggests we're about to see ...

Space Exploration Jun 6, 2024

Boeing's Starliner launches on historic first human spaceflight

A pair of NASA astronauts have finally taken their historic ride on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner making its first-ever human spaceflight on the morning of June 5.

Paleontology & Fossils Jun 4, 2024

Three boys found a T. rex fossil in North Dakota. Now a Denver museum works to fully reveal it

Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of the North Dakota badlands when they made a discovery that left them "completely speechless": a T. rex bone poking out of the ground.

Environment May 30, 2024

Florida faces hectic hurricane season: Can science say who will get hit in coming months?

The bottom line of every preseason hurricane forecast this spring has been sobering, even a little scary. Meteorologists and their computer models all agree that it's going to be a super busy and perhaps record-breaking season—and ...

Social Sciences May 27, 2024

Over 300 million young people have experienced online sexual abuse, exploitation, finds metastudy

It takes a lot to shock Kelvin Lay. My friend and colleague was responsible for setting up Africa's first dedicated child exploitation and human trafficking units, and for many years he was a senior investigating officer ...

Ecology May 22, 2024

Opinon: Conservation areas stand between needs of local communities and preserving natural resources

For centuries the Makuleke community lived in the northeastern corner of South Africa, close to the modern-day border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. But by the beginning of the 20th century, the squeeze on a disenfranchised ...

Ecology May 20, 2024

After a 17-year wait, cicadas emerge a little early in Chicago area: 'It's a milestone'

It's official, Chicagoland. Periodical cicadas have arrived.

Economics & Business May 15, 2024

Weather risk can move markets months in advance—stock traders pay attention to these two long-range climate forecasts

To understand how important weather and climate risks are to the economy, watch investors. New research shows that two long-range seasonal weather forecasts in particular can move the stock market in interesting ways.

Plants & Animals May 13, 2024

Dice snakes found to use a variety of techniques to more effectively fake their own deaths

A pair of biologists at the University of Belgrade, in Serbia, has found that dice snakes use a variety of techniques to fool predators into believing they have died. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, ...

Education Apr 22, 2024

Japan's premodern concept of nature at root of distinctive mindset in early childhood education

Observers of Japanese early childhood education and care have pointed to the mindset of educators watching over and waiting on preschoolers as being an intriguing tendency. This "mimamoru" approach has its roots in a premodern ...

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