Madagascar is an island that's no stranger to natural disasters, in particular cyclones. This is because it's located in the south-west Indian Ocean cyclone basin, a region of the Indian Ocean where tropical cyclones typically ...
Plants & Animals
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student performance is well known, but four years after the pandemic, scores in college classes are not returning to their pre-pandemic levels. A University of Mississippi study might ...
Education
Mar 5, 2025
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On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square kilometers, much like potatoes in a field. These mineral ores are formed over millions of years ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 5, 2025
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A newly developed pentanuclear iron complex (Fe5-PCz(ClO4)3) can offer an efficient, stable, and cost-effective solution for water oxidation. By electrochemically polymerizing the complex, researchers from the Institute of ...
Polymers
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After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons became restricted and a national gun registry ...
Political science
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Even when the intention is to express equality, speech can still reinforce gender stereotypes, because biases can slip through via subtle linguistic cues. For example, a subject-complement statement (SCS) such as "Girls are ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2025
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In the second season of "Severance," there's an unexpected character: a child supervisor named Miss Huang, who matter-of-factly explains she's a child "because of when I was born."
Social Sciences
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Ellen Fungisai Chipango is a scholar of the communal ethic of African ubuntu—the belief that we are at our best as individuals and society if we work for the good of others, alongside others. She researches ways in which ...
Environment
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About 75% of the world's food comes from 12 plants. Scientists estimate up to 30,000 species are edible. Not only does this bottleneck jeopardize our food supply if a major crop is impacted by drought or disease—it also ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Satellite images from space are allowing scientists to delve deeper into the individual functions of different tropical forest canopies with new and surprising results.
Plants & Animals
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