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Social Sciences May 31, 2024

Relieving a fear of public speaking

If you dread public speaking you are not alone. It is a leading social phobia, one that can cause a state of anxiety that reduces otherwise articulate people to nervous incoherence.

Plants & Animals May 23, 2024

Study reveals key role of plant-bacteria communication for assembly of a healthy plant microbiome

In an interdisciplinary study, researchers have discovered that symbiotic bacteria communicate with legume plants through specific molecules and that this communication influences which bacteria grow near the plant roots. ...

Space Exploration May 23, 2024

Space Force training HQ gets official nod to come to Space Coast

The decision has been a year in the making, but the Space Coast will officially become the home of STARCOM, the training headquarters for Space Force.

Plants & Animals May 20, 2024

Genetic drift, not natural selection, identified as main factor driving speciation in endangered pupfish species

Scientists have identified a new member on the genetic family tree of an endangered pupfish native to south-central New Mexico.

Education May 10, 2024

Team compares robot-assisted language learning systems and human tutors in English conversation lessons

Advancements in large language models, robotics, and software such as text-to-speech, have made it possible to develop robots that can understand language, interact physically, and communicate verbally. These breakthroughs ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 15, 2024

Orbital eccentricity may have led to young underground ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas

Saturn's moon Mimas could have grown a huge underground ocean as its orbital eccentricity decreased to its present value and caused its icy shell to melt and thin.

Political science Apr 10, 2024

'Make Sweden Great Again'—the far right found each other on Twitter during the Swedish election

Media researcher Jessica Robinson has looked at the topics that trended on Twitter—now X—during the 2020 US presidential election and the Swedish parliamentary election in 2018. In her research, she has analyzed around ...

Astrobiology Apr 9, 2024

Measuring the atmospheres of other worlds to see if there are enough nutrients for life

Life on Earth depends on six critical elements: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur. These elements are referred to as CHNOPS, and along with several trace micronutrients and liquid water, they're ...

Plants & Animals Apr 7, 2024

Scientists say these killer whales are distinct species: It could save them

More than 150 years ago, a San Francisco whaler noticed something about killer whales that scientists may be about to formally recognize—at least in name.

Social Sciences Apr 5, 2024

Youth grapple with interpreting the unspoken for their immigrant families

UC Merced researchers are shedding light on a little-explored aspect of cross-cultural communication that involves no spoken words but sometimes can cause confusion and anguish for children acting as interpreters for older ...

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