One popular example of chaotic behavior is the butterfly effect—a butterfly may flap its wings in somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean and cause a tornado in Colorado. This remarkable fable illustrates how the extreme sensitivity ...
Condensed Matter
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A new method of obtaining ancient genomic data without damaging source material has been developed by University of Otago researchers, creating new opportunities for museum and archaeological collections worldwide.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2022
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More equitable approaches to physics instruction are necessary, because the field has recognized many ways in which traditional approaches to instruction are inadequate for students of color or women. Part of this issue stems ...
Education
Mar 31, 2022
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Biodiversity losses in countries with smaller, less-developed economies, impact large, developed economies, according to a new study.
Ecology
Mar 30, 2022
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The movement of high-growth firms that directly contribute to the regional economy may be more complex than previously thought, new research suggests.
Economics & Business
Mar 29, 2022
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A refinement to a space weather model developed by a center director at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could help scientists check out which planets outside our solar system are likely to have someone home.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 29, 2022
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Though water is central to our everyday lives and indeed life itself, we often mark World Water Day on March 22 not by reminding ourselves of all that water brings, but of the consequences of its absence or contamination.
Environment
Mar 22, 2022
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Like flocks of birds or schools of fish, crowds of humans also tend to move en masse—almost as if they're thinking as one. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain this type of collective pedestrian behavior.
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2022
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China's Yellow River has a long and tumultuous history of flooding, and has been the cause of the some of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. Before the introduction of dams and other modern disaster management ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2022
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The existence of various molecular arrangements that occur in the solid-state is called polymorphism. During early-phase drug discovery, researchers commonly look at hydrogen-bonding networks to identify potential metastable ...
Materials Science
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