With unique capabilities to track microwave energy fluctuations, a small observatory in the Andes mountains of northern Chile produced maps of 75% of the sky as part of an effort to measure the universe's origin and evolution ...
Astronomy
Feb 26, 2024
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Political polarization can be reduced when people are told to think about the personal relevance of issues they might not care about at first glance.
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2024
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The moon's newest arrival was said to be "alive and well" a day after making the first U.S. landing in half a century, but flight controllers were still trying to get a better handle on its bearings.
Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2024
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Playing a huge role in moderating the climate, oceans are fundamental to the functioning of our planet. Understanding more about how seawater temperatures are rising and how oceans are absorbing excess atmospheric carbon ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2024
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Launched in 1995, ERS-2 was a pioneering Earth observation satellite that greatly influenced our understanding of our planet and climate change. Despite an intended operational life of only three years, the satellite had ...
Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2024
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The reproduction of giant sea spiders in Antarctica has been largely unknown to researchers for more than 140 years, until now. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists traveled to the remote continent and saw first-hand ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2024
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For polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition, a new study suggests.
Ecology
Feb 17, 2024
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Introducing compulsory voting in the United States and other majoritarian democracies, with meaningful and enforceable penalties for abstention, has the potential to reduce political polarization and protect democratic institutions ...
Political science
Feb 16, 2024
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The Arctic is experiencing disproportionately higher temperature increases compared to the rest of the planet, triggering a series of cascading effects. This rapid warming has profound implications for global climate patterns, ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 16, 2024
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The Space Climate Research Group at the University of Oulu, Finland has been studying the effects of energetic particle precipitation from space, more commonly known as the aurora borealis or Northern Lights, on winter weather ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 16, 2024
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