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Social Sciences Jul 22, 2024

Public advocacy helps musicians' fame and fortune, new study finds

Musicians often face skepticism from the public when they openly support charitable or social causes. There are often speculations that musicians only do this to serve their own self-interests for reputation or tax purposes. ...

Archaeology Jul 22, 2024

Testing of red textile found in Israeli cave shows it was from the Middle Bronze Age

A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Israel has tested a sample of red fabric found in a cave in Israel in 2016 and reports that it is from the Bronze Age. Their paper is published in Journal of ...

Astronomy Jul 22, 2024

Study investigates optical variability of blazar S5 0716+714

Using the TÜBİTAK National Observatory, astronomers from Turkey and India have observed a bright blazar known as S5 0716+714. Results of the observational campaign, published July 12 on the pre-print server arXiv, yield ...

Plants & Animals Jul 22, 2024

Biologists discover male elephants use infrasonic rumbles to signal 'let's go'

Bull elephants gather in the evening coolness to drink. After a spell, a senior male lifts his head and turns from the waterhole. With ears flapping gently, he lets out a deep, resonant rumble.

Other Jul 21, 2024

Samuel Pepys' fashion prints reveal his guilty pleasure: Fancy French clothes

A collection of French fashion engravings offers precious new insights into the life of Samuel Pepys years after his premature final diary entry. The prints show the tailor's son remained fascinated by the power of fashion ...

Political science Jul 21, 2024

How to stop released prisoners reoffending: What the evidence says

In the midst of a prison overcrowding crisis, the UK government has decided to release some prisoners early.

Social Sciences Jul 21, 2024

How racialized women can tackle backlash when advocating for change

Racialized women are often at the forefront in the struggle for social justice. Yet that advocacy often comes with significant backlash and threats. In the United States, congresswomen like Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria ...

Other Jul 20, 2024

Saturday Citations: Scientists study monkey faces and cat bellies; another intermediate black hole in the Milky Way

This is not a rerun of last week's roundup; another group of astronomers found a second intermediate-mass black hole in the Milky Way and I can't avoid highlighting it. They're cool! They may have formed in the primordial ...

Planetary Sciences Jul 19, 2024

Washington DC among US cities most vulnerable to space weather, scientists say

Several cities in the United States—including the nation's capital—have power grids particularly vulnerable to the threat of space weather—but experts are still trying to understand why.

Astronomy Jul 19, 2024

New dawn for space storm alerts could help shield Earth's tech

Space storms could soon be forecast with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a big leap forward in our understanding of exactly when a violent solar eruption may hit Earth.

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