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Studies find media literacy, social media use can predict trust in institutions, civic engagement
New research from the University of Kansas has found that the more media-literate people are, the more they trust institutions such as gover
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Review maps long-term health risks from historical metal mining in England and Wales
Unlike many other pollutants, toxic metals do not break down in the environment. Although they may become diluted over time, they can remain
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Volatile weekly work hours may have adverse effects on health, employment
Workers who juggle volatile work hours that change from week to week may experience adverse health effects that affect their ability to work
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Cape Town's caracals expose a hidden rat poison problem for the city's wildlife
Rat poisons used in homes, businesses and on farms are moving into South Africa's wildlife, according to new research from the Urban Caracal
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UK politicians vastly overestimate public opposition to climate policies, study finds
Members of Parliament from the UK's three biggest political parties in the House of Commons significantly overestimate levels of public resi
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Climate change main driver of European ocean warming: Study
Climate change is the main driver of Europe's rising marine temperatures, directly adding around 2°C of warming in the Mediterranean this su
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
From a fishing trawler in the Adriatic, Italian scientists gently release thousands of tiny octopuses in the hope of fighting an invasive cr
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China recovers rocket stage on land for first time, after earlier recovery at sea
China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket on land for the first time, state media reported Wednesday, as the country see
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Archaeologists unveil skeletal remains believed to be ritual offering in Peru
Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled the skeletal remains of an adult they believe was buried as an offering near the base of Huaca Pucllana,
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Alumni relationships can affect court rulings between judges and lawyers
New research in Economic Inquiry provides evidence of in-group bias operating within the judiciary—a setting where impartiality is expected.
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Laser stability method advances precision control of electrons with light
Researchers at the University of Oldenburg's Institute of Physics are working on techniques for precision control of electric fields of ligh
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They're content creators with thousands of adoring fans. So why do they feel so terrible?
If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it? The artists whom my colleagues and I interviewed as part
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Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum—a biologist explains how it's multidimensional
Many people recognize that gender—how a person identifies, presents themselves and is perceived—has nuances. Some people identify and presen
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How does wildfire smoke affect the economy?
Wildfires in the United States are getting bigger, and the season is getting longer, fueled by hotter and drier weather from climate change.
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Topography controls how mountains respond to large earthquakes
Large earthquakes can dramatically reshape mountain landscapes by triggering thousands of landslides and rapidly accelerating erosion. Howev
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Digital spirituality grows, but young people still rely on family and faith leaders
Social media, music, religion-focused apps and other online spiritual content have become popular ways for adolescents to find comfort and c
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Premium customer, quickest service? Not so fast, at least in a world of agentic AI-driven services
It's conventional wisdom in the business world: Premium customers get a pass to the front of the line. Think airports or amusement parks. Bu
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Some bacteria build internal 'power cables' to extend respiration beyond the cell membrane
All living cells need energy, and most generate it through respiration, a series of chemical reactions normally confined to the cell membran
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New set of international rules needed to protect health of fishing stocks, study shows
The global community should work to establish an array of new international legal rules to protect the health of fish stocks, new research s
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Krypton gas emerges as a new ingredient for quantum computing
To commercialize quantum computing, manufacturers need high-quality superconducting materials for microchips, but they also require a reliab
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Research helps NYC students aim higher in public high school applications
Many New York City eighth-graders—particularly those from underserved communities—aren't applying to academically competitive high schools w
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Artificial intelligence acts as an 'ideological chameleon' and may deepen political polarization
Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, examined the ideological stance of large langua
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US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres (68,750 square miles) of wild, un
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Largest catalog yet of how human cells read DNA shows how chemical marks alter genetic instructions
Every cell in the body contains essentially the same DNA, yet a brain cell behaves differently from a muscle cell or an immune cell. The dif
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