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Astronomy 20 hours ago

How NASA tracked the most intense solar storm in decades

May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic ...

Social Sciences 22 hours ago

Study finds saying 'please' may not be so polite in everyday requests

By kindergarten age, most children have been taught that "please" is a magic word. "Please" is an expression of politeness that shows courtesy and respect, turning a potential demand into a request that will—poof!—magically ...

Social Sciences 23 hours ago

Have smartphones killed the art of conversation?

Once upon a time, human relationships unfolded without smartphones. The reality may be hard to recall, so profoundly have these devices transformed the way we relate to the world and others in fifteen years or so.

Astronomy May 15, 2024

Gravitational lenses could pin down black hole mergers with unprecedented accuracy

Gravitational wave astronomy has been one of the hottest new types of astronomy ever since the LIGO consortium officially detected the first gravitational wave (GW) back in 2016. Astronomers were excited about the number ...

Optics & Photonics May 15, 2024

Researchers use AI to boost image quality of metalens camera

Researchers have leveraged deep learning techniques to enhance the image quality of a metalens camera. The new approach uses artificial intelligence to turn low-quality images into high-quality ones, which could make these ...

Social Sciences May 14, 2024

Most crime has fallen by 90% in 30 years—so why does the public think it's increased?

Seventy-eight percent of people in England and Wales think that crime has gone up in the last few years, according to the latest survey. But the data on actual crime shows the exact opposite.

Analytical Chemistry May 14, 2024

Researchers develop increasingly sustainable methods for dissolving gold, silver and copper from recycled materials

Waste from computers and cell phones, solar panels and other discarded electronics are becoming an important source of noble metals alongside mining. Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed sustainable dissolution ...

Condensed Matter May 14, 2024

Research finds drastic changes in thermal conductivity of diamonds under stress

Diamond is the hardest material found in nature—diamond also has the highest thermal conductivity, allowing the most heat to flow through it rapidly.

Social Sciences May 13, 2024

Divorce rates are falling: Are Canadians too poor to break up?

Why did Al and Peg Bundy from the sitcom Married… with Children never get divorced? After all, they were rarely happy and constantly arguing. Maybe they felt they were the best they could do for each other—a middle-aged ...

Education May 13, 2024

AI-assisted writing is quietly booming in academic journals—here's why that's OK

If you search Google Scholar for the phrase "as an AI language model," you'll find plenty of AI research literature and also some rather suspicious results. For example, one paper on agricultural technology says,

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