A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor. Gregory Jedd of Temasek Life ...
Evolution
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When we hear about immigration from politicians and media across Europe, the story is almost always negative. In some countries, this is old news. The UK tabloid press has printed thousands of anti-migrant articles over the ...
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2025
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Approximately 170,000 people die every day around the world—that's around 62 million deaths in 2024 alone. The cumulative effect of this has led to what has been termed a "burial crisis," with most urban areas where burial ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2025
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A researcher at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has found that more than 99% of dogs in the United States show behaviors that are potentially problematic, with the top categories ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2025
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"I am become meme," declared Elon Musk at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, just after hoisting a chainsaw—a gift from Argentina's president, Javier Milei—above his head. The tech billionaire and head ...
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2025
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Public access to research generates new ideas, informs policy decisions and fuels innovation and technological development. Open access to knowledge helps address social issues, enhance democracy and reduce inequality.
Other
Apr 1, 2025
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Are you prepared for when the power goes out? To prevent massive wildfires in drought-prone, high-wind areas, electrical companies have begun preemptively shutting off electricity. These planned shutdowns are called public ...
Economics & Business
Apr 1, 2025
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Scent is how dogs largely experience the world, a lot like the way we humans rely on sight. We know little about how dogs interpret scent, but thanks to a recent study, we may be getting closer to understanding what a dog's ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2025
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Ever since the United States government's unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American "40 acres and a mule" after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed the idea of redistributing ...
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2025
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A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden rice, which is genetically engineered to provide vitamin A, to advances stemming from the Human Genome ...
Space Exploration
Apr 1, 2025
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