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Social Sciences Jun 11, 2024

Biden and Trump: Here is what really matters in assessing whether they're cognitively up for the job

Some Americans are questioning whether elderly people like Joe Biden and Donald Trump are cognitively competent to be president amid reports of the candidates mixing up names while speaking and having trouble recalling details ...

Archaeology Jun 11, 2024

The Singapore Stone's carvings have been undeciphered for centuries—now, researchers are trying to crack the puzzle

If you pay a visit to the Singapore Stone, displayed at the National Museum of Singapore, you might be disappointed. That's because the inscription—carrying an unknown writing system transcribing an unknown language—is ...

General Physics Jun 11, 2024

Investigating collective motions in schools of zebrafish could deepen understanding of active systems

Active systems display a wide range of complex and fascinating behaviors, many of which are not yet fully understood. Found on scales ranging from microbes and self-propelling particles to large groups of fish, birds, and ...

Economics & Business Jun 10, 2024

Research reveals visuals' crucial role in strategic decision-making

Management consultants and professors seem to be obsessed with visuals. When it comes to strategy, they either pull out their impeccable slides, replete with graphics ranging from a SWOT analysis to Porter's Five Forces to ...

Archaeology Jun 10, 2024

The Parthenon marbles evoke particularly fierce repatriation debates: An archaeologist explains why

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 14, 2024

Ultracompact and high-efficiency liquid-crystal-on-silicon light engines for augmented reality glasses

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are innovative display technologies with the ability to revolutionize the way we interact and experience the world.

Nanophysics Jun 12, 2024

Transparent organic–inorganic hybrid photoresist enables precision machining of optical microstructures

Researchers at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (BOE) have developed a novel type of transparent organic–inorganic hybrid photoresist with highly tunable refractive index.

Environment Jun 10, 2024

Climate change widening Asia's education gap

As temperatures in India's national capital region hovered above a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in mid-May, authorities ordered the closure of schools across the country.

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