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Plants & Animals 14 hours ago

Light pollution affects coastal ecosystems, too—this underwater 'canary' is warning of the impacts

In the early 20th century, canaries were used as early warning systems in coal mines to alert miners to rising levels of carbon monoxide.

Social Sciences 14 hours ago

AI has the power to revolutionize lending, but at a cost to people with lower credit scores

As artificial intelligence (AI) steadily increases its hold on the global economy, one of many areas ripe for disruption is consumer pricing. In situations where different consumers are offered the same product or service ...

Social Sciences 15 hours ago

Generative AI model shows fake news has more impact when released at a steady pace without interruption

It's not at all clear that disinformation has, to date, swung an election that would otherwise have gone another way. But there is a strong sense that it has had a significant impact, nonetheless.

Molecular & Computational biology 15 hours ago

A powerful technique for tracking a protein's fleeting shape changes

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a powerful, new technique to generate "movies" of changing protein structures and speeds of up to 50 frames per second.

Space Exploration 15 hours ago

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth—and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a man's home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station.

Plants & Animals 15 hours ago

Global coral bleaching caused by climate change demands a global response

The fourth global coral bleaching event, announced this week, is an urgent wake-up call to the world.

Bio & Medicine 15 hours ago

Real-time detection of infectious disease viruses by searching for molecular fingerprinting

A research team has engineered a "broadband nanogap gold spectroscopic sensor" using a flexible material capable of bending to create a controlled gap. With the developed technology, it is possible to rapidly test various ...

Space Exploration 16 hours ago

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter team says goodbye—for now

The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission—and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role.

Evolution 16 hours ago

Amazon butterflies show how new species can evolve from hybridization

If evolution was originally depicted as a tree, with different species branching off as new blooms, then new research shows how the branches may actually be more entangled. In "Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression ...

Economics & Business 16 hours ago

Study finds world economy already committed to income reduction of 19% due to climate change

Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, a study published in Nature finds. These damages ...

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