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Plants & Animals Sep 16, 2026

Dog-guided cameras uncover weasels across Georgia, including regions unseen for 30 years

University of Georgia researchers recently located the mammal equivalent of a needle in a haystack: weasels. Weasels are extremely difficult to find, so not much is known about their preferred habitats and overall population ...

Economics & Business Sep 16, 2026

Some governments may hide a budget surplus to justify a tax hike

It's annual property tax collection season, and with it may come questions about how those property taxes are used and, if there's a tax increase, why.

Social Sciences Sep 14, 2026

Striving for perfection could impact well-being of gifted youth

The pressure to be perfect may intensify for kids once they get into high school—especially for those labeled as "gifted," according to a new University of Georgia study published in Gifted Child Quarterly.

Economics & Business Sep 11, 2026

How soybeans took over the American diet—without anyone noticing

U.S. farmers will produce a record-breaking harvest of 4.52 billion bushels of soybeans in 2026, according to projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At 60 pounds (27 kilograms) to the bushel, that is roughly ...

Social Sciences Sep 11, 2026

When AI designs the product, consumers have doubts

A new study from Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business and the University of South Florida delivers a pointed warning to companies betting on AI to power their product design: The technology may ...

Economics & Business Sep 10, 2026

Interviewing with AI? Try not to let the robot affect your behavior

A firm handshake used to be all a job candidate needed to make a good first impression, but today a growing number of firms are relying on artificial intelligence to screen applicants.

Plants & Animals Sep 8, 2026

Sea ice creates hidden highways for young Antarctic krill

New research shows that larval Antarctic krill could be carried far from their birthplace by drifting sea ice, linking distant ecosystems in ways conventional models may miss.

Plants & Animals Sep 7, 2026

Park rangers and residents speak up to save Togo's last national park

A few years ago, I drove with an old friend from Togo, West Africa, towards the country's last remaining large protected area, Fazao-Malfakassa National Park. Our destination was the Hotel Fazao, where his uncle had once ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 2, 2026

A new layer of the human genome: Embedded RNA marks may reshape DNA twisting

A new study led by Francesca Storici, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences and faculty member of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, has uncovered an unexpected feature of human DNA ...

Plants & Animals Sep 1, 2026

Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators

Just off one of New York's famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day's prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark.

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