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Environment Jul 1, 2024

Caribbean braces for powerful Hurricane Beryl

Hurricane Beryl plowed toward the southeast Caribbean early Monday as officials warned residents to seek shelter ahead of powerful winds and swells expected from the Category 3 storm.

Other Jun 29, 2024

Saturday Citations: Armadillos are everywhere; Neanderthals still surprising anthropologists; kids are egalitarian

The coolest news this week concerns anthropological research combining state-of-the-art imaging technology, medical diagnostics, genetics and sociology. We covered the implications of a black hole in an expanding universe ...

Economics & Business Jun 28, 2024

Stigma against benefits has made devastating poverty acceptable in Britain

Britain is in a poverty crisis. Over 14 million people (1 in 5) are living in poverty. Of these, 4 million, including 1 million children, are classed as destitute: regularly unable to meet basic needs for shelter, warmth, ...

Bio & Medicine Jun 27, 2024

Simulating blood flow dynamics for improved nanoparticle drug delivery

Despite gaining a bad rap in mainstream media in recent years, nanoparticles have been successfully used for decades in targeted drug delivery systems. Drug molecules can be encapsulated within biodegradable nanoparticles ...

Planetary Sciences Jun 27, 2024

NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter captures huge volcano, nears 100,000 orbits

NASA's longest-lived Mars robot is about to mark a new milestone on June 30: 100,000 trips around the Red Planet since launching 23 years ago. During that time, the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has been mapping minerals and ...

Plants & Animals Jun 27, 2024

World's smallest living elephants listed as Endangered on Red List

A newly confirmed elephant subspecies is already at risk of extinction.

Social Sciences Jun 27, 2024

Young voters have growing power, but broken politics leave them 'fatalistic,' studies find

Young voters from the millennial generation and Gen Z are emerging as the demographic center of power in American politics, but new studies by UC Berkeley researchers find they are fatalistic about critical problems such ...

Astronomy Jun 27, 2024

Gravitational wave researchers cast new light on Antikythera mechanism mystery

Techniques developed to analyze the ripples in spacetime detected by one of the 21st century's most sensitive pieces of scientific equipment have helped cast new light on the function of the oldest known analog computer.

Plants & Animals Jun 27, 2024

New mathematical model sheds light on the absence of breastfeeding in male mammals

Being nursed by a single parent could be an evolutionary strategy to curb the spread of harmful microbes in mammals, according to a novel theory developed by mathematicians.

Social Sciences Jun 26, 2024

Populism can degrade democracy but is on the riseā€”its causes and how it can be weakened

There's a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary.

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