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Social Sciences Apr 19, 2023

When kids like the box more than the toy: The benefits of playing with everyday objects

Many have observed that sometimes when given a toy as a present, children play with the box the toy came in, or even the gift wrapping.

Materials Science Apr 5, 2023

The man in the monkey nut coat: How a 1940s scientist made 'vegan wool' from peanuts

Woolen clothing has been around for as long as humans have been wearing clothes and sheep have been domesticated. Indeed, our distant ancestors used sheep for three things: food, clothing and shelter—wool makes good insulation ...

Economics & Business Mar 23, 2023

Getting a fuller picture of poverty in Canada: Why the government's official poverty measure is insufficient

Canada's inflation rate has started to ease up after peaking at 8.1% last summer, but food and shelter prices are showing little sign of slowing down.

Social Sciences Feb 21, 2023

Study finds parents serve as a safety net as grown kids navigate the workforce

A new study underscores the role that parents play as a safety net for their young adult children as those children navigate the labor market, and highlights the challenges facing young adults who do not have access to parental ...

Social Sciences Feb 10, 2023

Forget spy balloons, the world of surveillance has tried everything from schoolchildren to trained cats

The Chinese "spy balloon" shot down over the United States has brought the seemingly strange methods of surveillance and espionage into news headlines. Balloons have long been used for espionage—and not just for surveillance, ...

Plants & Animals Feb 8, 2023

The end of an era: The long, lonely days of Mount Madonna's last white deer

Hidden in the redwoods above Watsonville, California, a shy and ghostly beauty once drew crowds but is now destined to live, and die, alone.

Molecular & Computational biology Feb 6, 2023

Key tilapia genome offers boost to global food security

The first full, high-quality reference genome for a genetically improved tilapia strain has been published, offering the potential to improve food security for billions of the world's poorest people.

Planetary Sciences Jan 26, 2023

These five spectacular impact craters on Earth highlight our planet's wild history

I think all craters are cool, I'm just going to start with that. I am very biased.

Astronomy Jan 26, 2023

Nine new and exotic creatures for the pulsar zoo

Researchers using MeerKAT in South Africa have discovered nine millisecond pulsars, most of them in rare and sometimes unusual binary systems, as the first result of a targeted survey. An international team with significant ...

Ecology Jan 20, 2023

How stray logs in Puget Sound turn industrial shorelines green

Squinting out the windowed wheelhouse of the ship he's helmed for two decades, Captain Skip Green spots something several hundred yards in the distance.

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