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Fluent in two languages? It comes at a cost to emotional regulation (but don't worry)
Say "I'm angry" out loud, and your brain reacts to it, reducing the use of emotional brain regions. But this trick does not work if you say
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From suicide bombers to positions of authority—the changing role of women in jihadi groups
Khadra Essa, a Somali-born Dutch citizen operating in Syria under the name Umm Qaqa al-Somali, is a wanted woman.
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In Alaska, soil in permafrost regions is warming the fastest
Soils are warming quickly and at considerable depth across Alaska, with temperatures rising fastest in the state's permafrost region, a tren
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Teen sexting: Why 'just say no' fails
Blunt warnings telling teenagers not to share sexual images are failing to protect them and can make victims of image-based sexual abuse fee
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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on a fast track to the International Space Station
Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife wil
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Largest-ever jaguar analysis identifies how populations are connected across the Americas
An international team of researchers has produced the most comprehensive assessment to date of connectivity across the jaguar's range, ident
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Celebrity accounts reveal distinctive victim-blaming in deepfake sexual abuse
Celebrity victim-survivors of deepfake sexual abuse face distinctive forms of victim-blaming, harassment and barriers to justice, according
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Urban environments may be the ultimate training grounds for invasive species
As cities grow and urban sprawl expands, could these changing landscapes be giving invasive species a competitive edge? Scientists at the Un
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Hazelwood redevelopment suggests neighborhood investment can advance without typical displacement pressures
Neighborhood investments meant to improve housing and opportunity often spark fears of gentrification and displacement. That worry is playin
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Sex-like DNA exchange in starving bacteria occurs over 100 times more often than spontaneous mutations
How do bacteria adapt when resources run low? ISTA researchers have found that, under starvation stress, E. coli can use bacteriophages and
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Does a deeper voice make men more attractive? These researchers have the answer
During puberty, as boys transition into men, the dramatic drop in their vocal pitch has sparked a long-running debate among scientists. Why
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Global health research delivers medical advances and economic benefits far beyond its target countries
Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another
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Ready at 12? Why age alone cannot tell you when children can go out unsupervised
By the time children are around 12 years old, many will begin to ask if they can go out to the local park, playground or stores to spend tim
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Stable salts unlock alternative to potentially explosive reagents in carbene chemistry
Many useful reactions in chemistry come with a trade-off: the reactive reagents that make them effective can also present practical and safe
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Study finds city-level fire data can hide what's happening block by block
A decade of New York City fire data shows that citywide trends can mask sharply different realities on the ground, with some neighborhoods m
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Chimps plunder less pineapple from friends—and expect them to do the same
In recent years, scientists have shown that chimpanzees favor certain peers by picking whom they prefer to groom and selectively sharing foo
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Catalog of mitochondria across life's family tree unearths unusual functions
A research consortium has generated the broadest look yet at the proteins that make up mitochondria, capturing the organelle's diversity acr
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Eye-eating amoeba resists treatment—understanding its biochemistry could help
In water, soil and air all around us lives a free-living, single-celled organism called Acanthamoeba. Most of the time, Acanthamoeba keeps t
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How going digital offers families more than annual adoption letters
Digital technology could transform the way adopted children stay connected with their birth families, according to new research from the Uni
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What is helping some Florida wildfires burn hotter, spread faster?
What is helping some Florida wildfires burn hotter and spread farther? A University of Florida study suggests cogongrass, an invasive grass
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Following ancient rain toward life-related chemistry clues on Mars
The Mars we know today is a cold, dry world of dust and rocks. However, around 3.8–3.6 billion years ago, it may have looked very different.
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A cleaner X-ray view of our galactic center's hot mess
The center of the Milky Way galaxy is a chaotic place. In addition to the 4-million-solar-mass black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*),
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Exploring the shapes of exotic nuclei
In the conventional diagram of an atom, the center depicts a nucleus—a spherical cluster of protons and neutrons. But that sphere is a simpl
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Citizen science project recruits volunteers to search for undiscovered black holes
Cosmic detectives are being called on for an interstellar mission to hunt down thousands of invisible black holes lurking in our own backyar
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