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When home is no longer safe for older women
Climate change is making Australia's housing crisis more dangerous for older women. Extreme heat, floods, fires and storms are turning insec
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Interacting with AI can make people act more like robots
As AI continues to develop at a rapid pace, social robots powered by AI are becoming more commonplace in customer service settings such as r
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Model siblings: Adolescent coping strategies influenced by birth order, study shows
Growing up as the oldest sibling of a younger brother and sister shaped the way University of Delaware associate professor Mellissa S. Gordo
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AI screens 100,000+ membrane combinations, predicting carbon capture performance within seconds
Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes and energy production remains one of the major technological challenges in addre
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Soft vibrations reveal warning signs before granular crystals yield
Sand, powders, and other collections of visible-sized grains are found throughout daily life, from food and pharmaceuticals to soils and ind
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3D map of cell signaling sites could help improve cancer treatment
Cell-communication molecules called kinases play a key role in the growth and spread of many cancers. But exactly which kinases are active i
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Light-driven proteins in artificial membranes—a new method for biohybrid systems
Light-driven membrane proteins are key components in biohybrid systems because they can convert light energy into ion gradients, enabling en
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Climate taxonomy tool turns risk assessments into practical adaptation guidance
As climate impacts such as heat waves, floods and fires intensify worldwide, there is an urgent demand for information on how to respond. II
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7,300 excess deaths and counting in France's historically hot summer
France saw more than 7,300 excess deaths during heat waves so far this year, health authorities said Wednesday, as the country has also endu
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Novel insights into aerosol behavior could improve air-quality forecasting
New research from Purdue University demonstrates how organic aerosol molecules can influence one another's behavior in ways that existing at
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Calling ADHD a myth is pseudoscientific and dangerous
ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social
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Beijing's isoprene-emitting trees highlight ozone risks in greener, hotter cities
Amid current heat waves, urban greening is once again moving to the center of public debate. Greener cities are generally expected to have c
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Most species in UK zoos are non-native and not threatened, undermining conservation goals
In British zoos and aquariums, fewer than 10% of vertebrate species are native to the UK, and just 2% are high conservation priorities, acco
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Oases in the desert of Arabia created 'brands' in the Bronze Age
Did brands exist before modern society, in noncapitalist economies? An international team led by Marta Luciani of the University of Vienna h
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Cities are getting hotter: 'Thermal Justice' offers a fairer way to adapt
When temperatures rise, public advice is familiar: drink water, avoid strenuous activity during the hottest hours, keep homes cool and check
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Genetic 'switches' could program 3D-printed bone tissue for blood vessel growth
An interdisciplinary team of engineers and chemists at Penn State has laid the groundwork for 3D printing spheroids—tiny clusters of living
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AI flood map reveals 11 million Americans may be omitted from official risk zones
Official flood maps shape disaster preparedness, insurance decisions and urban planning, but large parts of the United States remain unmappe
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Dynamic framework can better predict wildfires
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed a new framework for early wildfire detection using real-time modeling that combines multip
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Metastable 3D printing 'ink' enables a closed-loop material cycle
Polymers used for light-based 3D printing are very stable because of their chemical structure, but they are typically hard to recycle. A res
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Connecting the power of the stars to geometry
In the world of fusion energy, scientists and engineers study the fourth state of matter known as plasma in an effort to design and build a
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The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads
Kimon de Greef's The Ego Trip chronicles the rise of a potent psychedelic drug, from the toads that secrete it to the man who claimed it has
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What size of planet would prevent space travel due to gravity? Part 2
Our readers continue to grapple with this question, coming at it from different angles – and also considering how big a planet has to be to
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Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 4
Answers continue to pour in as New Scientist readers ponder this question, with one reader widening it out to consider dragonflies, and anot
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This week’s new questions
Why do humans have a common sense of beauty for things like sunsets, and do other animals share this appreciation? And why can’t we cool wat
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