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Avoidance, confusion, solitude: whales react to rising noise pollution
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Politecnico di Torino report that shipping, sonar, exploration, and offshore construction are interfering...
Experimental collaboration between archaeologists and MeatEater highlights the prevalence of equifinality in archaeological interpretation
Kent State University’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and...
Childhood sedentariness causes excessive insulin, raising the risk of type 2 diabetes
An increase in sedentary time from childhood is associated with a significant increase in blood insulin concentration, a new study...
Floridians’ and Texans’ perceptions of hurricane risk
Rapid climate change is prompting adaptation to threats such as tropical cyclones, wildfires, and droughts—but relatively trivial adaptation actions may...
Virtue in Japan: perception differences among educational specialists and general public
Virtue is a normative concept comprising a set of moral and social codes acceptable to society. Historically, in the West,...
What’s quieter than a fish? A school of them
Swimming in schools makes fish surprisingly stealthy underwater, with a group able to sound like a single fish.Credit: Johns Hopkins...
Remote work cuts car travel and emissions, but hurts public transit ridership
Remote work could cut hundreds of millions of tons of carbon emissions from car travel – but at the cost...
Better battery manufacturing: Robotic lab vets new reaction design strategy
Images // Video Images // Video New chemistries for batteries, semiconductors and more could be easier to manufacture, thanks to...
A natural touch for coastal defense
Common “hard” coastal defenses, like concrete sea walls, might struggle to keep up with increasing climate risks. A new study...
After being insulted, writing down your feelings on paper then getting rid of it reduces anger
A research group in Japan has discovered that writing down one's reaction to a negative incident on a piece of paper...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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Probiotics during pregnancy shown to help moms and babies