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Plants & Animals Dec 8, 2021

Meet the new climate refugee in town: Coyotes

Amid the sylvan tranquility of the Berkeley hills neighborhood, an image of a snarling predator, fangs bared, stares down at passers-by from atop a pole planted in the yard of a sprawling Tudor-style home. "Danger! "Coyotes!" ...

Analytical Chemistry Dec 6, 2021

A deep learning model rapidly predicts the 3D shapes of drug-like molecules

In their quest to discover effective new medicines, scientists search for drug-like molecules that can attach to disease-causing proteins and change their functionality. It is crucial that they know the 3D shape of a molecule ...

Environment Nov 29, 2021

Light pollution is one more thing to consider when hanging those colorful holiday strands

Hanging holiday lights?

Earth Sciences Nov 18, 2021

Researchers anticipate, help prevent national security consequences of climate crises

Using novel data sets and computing systems, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are simulating how climate change affects the safety and security of the country. This research can help ...

Social Sciences Nov 18, 2021

Online anonymity: 'Stable pseudonyms' create a more civil environment than real user namesĀ 

The ability to remain anonymous when commenting online is a double-edged sword. It is valuable because it enables people to speak without fear of social and legal discrimination. But this is also what makes it dangerous. ...

Environment Nov 17, 2021

Electric cars alone won't save the planet. We'll need to design cities so people can walk and cycle safely

At the COP26 climate summit, world politicians patted themselves on their backs for coming to a last-minute agreement. Humanity now waits with bated breath to see if countries implement the commitments they made, and if those ...

Social Sciences Nov 12, 2021

Police enforcement of New York City COVID-19 mandates reveals racial inequities by zip code

New York City ZIP codes with a higher percentage of Black residents had significantly higher rates of COVID-19-specific criminal court summonses and public health and nuisance arrests in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Environment Nov 9, 2021

As climate change arrives in Connecticut, coastal towns face a precarious future

Along the banks of the Mystic River in Groton, Zell Steever points to landmarks he doesn't expect to survive climate change.

General Physics Nov 8, 2021

Micro-scale current sheets unleash macro-scale space weather

While movies show Earth as existing in a calm, pristine corner of the universe, in reality the near-Earth space environment is dangerous and dynamic. On any given day, hot charged particles and blobs of plasma, called the ...

Veterinary medicine Oct 27, 2021

Dog bites happen every day, but urban pet policies can prevent them

The World Health Organization estimates that dogs bite tens of millions of people per year, mainly children. Canada, meanwhile, has not published a report on dog-bite injuries in children and youth since 2003.

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