No, there's not an increasing number of Australians freeloading off other taxpayers. A new ANU study explains why—with a little help from the cult film, The Princess Bride.
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2021
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Nearly 100 missing tablets and other archaeological objects from ancient Mesopotamia have been found in Norway and seized, police said Friday.
Archaeology
Sep 3, 2021
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Genetic effects associated with same-sex sexual behavior are also associated with a mating advantage among people who engage only in opposite-sex sexual behavior, according to a study involving participants from the United ...
Evolution
Aug 24, 2021
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A new study published in Physical Review Letters describes a way to increase the cargo capacity of microscopic, self-propelled droplets known as "microswimmers." Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the Max ...
General Physics
Aug 20, 2021
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Ferns are the second most species-rich lineages of land plants and highly suitable to test the association between genome diversity and lineage diversification. Many studies have recovered substantial differences in genome ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2021
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Director-General Naomi Harada and colleagues from the Research Institute for Global Change at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Yuu Hirose from Toyohashi University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2021
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Counting feels utterly effortless to adults, who are unlikely to even remember when or how they picked up this useful, apparently automatic skill. Yet when you think about it, counting is a remarkable invention. It helped ...
Evolution
Jul 29, 2021
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There are huge differences in species numbers among the major branches of the tree of life. Some groups of organisms have many species, while others have few. For example, animals, plants and fungi each have over 100,000 ...
Evolution
Jul 29, 2021
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Some physical systems, especially in the quantum world, do not reach a stable equilibrium even after a long time. An ETH researcher has now found an elegant explanation for this phenomenon.
Quantum Physics
Jul 27, 2021
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Targeted removals can be effective in suppressing the number of invasive lionfish found within protected coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea.
Ecology
Jul 22, 2021
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