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Social Sciences Oct 28, 2026

How to be happy: Tips from the pioneers of well being research

Earlier this year, we convened a meeting of some of the most influential figures in modern happiness research to discuss what they had learned in their 600 combined years of research and professional experience.

Plants & Animals Oct 28, 2026

A spider named for Stephen Colbert has a genome about 50% larger than ours

Many spiders reach their maximum size about this time of year, having spent the summer eating, which helps explain their starring role in Halloween decorations. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found ...

Political science Oct 28, 2026

How political polarization creates business uncertainty

New research by a Florida State University professor in the Herbert Wertheim College of Business finds that America's increasingly polarized political system reaches far beyond the ballot box, creating greater uncertainty ...

Biochemistry Oct 28, 2026

Yeast paired with electricity can convert CO₂ into a chemical used in biodegradable plastics

To limit further climate change, researchers are exploring technologies that can convert atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) into useful products. In collaboration with BOKU University in Vienna (Austria), researchers at the ...

Education Oct 28, 2026

Elementary school homework could be reinforcing educational inequality, study suggests

Homework set by elementary schools could be reinforcing educational inequalities by rewarding families who have more time and resources to spend helping their children, new research from the University of Manchester suggests.

Plants & Animals Oct 28, 2026

Islands harbor nearly 20% of Earth's biodiversity, yet remain overlooked in conservation strategies

Although they account for just 7% of the Earth's land surface, island ecosystems harbor almost 20% of the world's biodiversity. From sea-level rise to biological invasions, islands are facing multiple pressures associated ...

Social Sciences Oct 28, 2026

How evolutionary biology became an unwilling ally of the manosphere

From steroid use to "bone smashing", the "looksmaxxing" movement is only the latest example of the manosphere's toxic hold on young people.

Condensed Matter Oct 28, 2026

When simulations fall short, this spectrometer learns for itself

An NMR spectrometer can reveal molecular structure down to the atomic level, but weak signals limit what it can see. Now, Aarhus University researchers have used AI to let the spectrometer learn the best pulse sequence directly ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 28, 2026

The hydrogen atom: The raw material of the universe barely exists on Earth—now we've made it in a flask

What do you see when you look up at the night sky? While everyone may have a different answer, the truth is that almost everything out there is hydrogen. The first element in the periodic table is by far the most abundant ...

Archaeology Oct 28, 2026

Discovering Vasari beyond the page

Most students of Renaissance art encounter Giorgio Vasari through a book. His Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, first published in 1550 and expanded in a second edition in 1568, is often considered ...

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