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Snake bones with flint cuts show Mount Carmel settlers ate reptiles 15,000 years ago
Around 15,000 years ago, the way of life of human communities in the southern Levant underwent a fundamental change. Groups of hunter-gather
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Changing wage benefits highlight need to align skills and jobs
Adelaide University research shows that while higher education (HE) in Australia continues to deliver a substantial wage premium, education,
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Drought stress in trees: What to expect and what to do
Recurring and prolonged periods of drought are worsening worldwide, triggering a dangerous chain reaction for trees, according to a forest h
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Dark energy and quantum gravity may be deeply intertwined
For close to a century, physicists have pursued a way to unite gravity with quantum mechanics. Known as quantum gravity, this goal has remai
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First public firearm industry archive reveals ignored warning over suspicious gun sales
UC San Francisco's Industry Documents Library, in partnership with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office, has made public nearly 700 inter
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New analysis reveals 'encouraging' global mangrove cover increase despite losses in key regions
Global mangrove cover—vegetation vital to tackling climate change—has increased over the past 40 years, despite significant losses in some k
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Communication style outweighs resume content in workplace first impressions, analysis finds
To make a good impression at work, it might be better to spend less time polishing your resume and more time honing your communication skill
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Area affected by wildfires in Europe could almost triple due to climate change
Increasingly hot, dry and windy conditions could substantially extend the area affected by wildfires across Europe, according to a new study
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Australia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu
Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contag
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Honduras places 80% of country on El Niño drought alert
The Honduran government on Wednesday placed 80% of the country, including the capital, on drought alert as El Niño scorches harvests and cau
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Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope
The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.
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What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lights
Eclipses may be wondrous, but nothing beats seeing the northern and southern lights from space.
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Honeybees struggle to gather nectar in August, direct measurements reveal
Letting late-summer weeds grow could help honeybees when they find it most challenging to gather nectar, according to new research published
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Warming waters draw summer 'feeding frenzies' by whales off Greenland
The effects of global warming depend on species: The losers are legion, but a lucky few are winners. Now, researchers have shown that baleen
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Levitating molten metal on ISS could refine ultra-strong metallic glass
The research team led by materials scientist Ralf Busch from Saarland University is preparing for its first science-in-space mission. If eve
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Fine-particle pollution may undermine plants' ability to absorb carbon and conserve water
Researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have discovered that fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) s
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Innovation enhances multiomics workflow, eliminates sample preparation
A patent-pending method developed and tested for multiple applications at Purdue University eliminates sample preparation, a bottleneck that
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Racing to build a radio telescope on the moon
Remember the "Wow!" signal? That high-energy radio signature occurred in 1977, when Earth was much "quieter" in the radio band. If it happen
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Couples' coping skills help reduce depression in GI cancer survivors
Dyadic coping is a potentially modifiable protective factor in the psychological health of middle-aged and older gastrointestinal cancer sur
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Scientists discover learning and memory formation in model membranes
A decades-long collaboration between two scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is reshaping how we understa
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Modern consumption patterns traced back to WWII mobilization
Research in the International Journal of Sustainable Development has examined eight nations involved in World War II, both Allied and Axis c
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Sustainability commitments have serious consequences
Amid increasingly stiff competition for capital, one way for a business to stand out is to make strong social impact pledges. For example, c
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Climate change is rewriting England's 'green and pleasant' story
In 1804, William Blake wrote in his poem Jerusalem of England's "green and pleasant" land. This idealized vision of English pastoral has res
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Perovskite-based sensor detects ammonia leaks at concentrations as low as 1 ppm
A team led by principal researcher Myungkwan Song of the Energy & Environment Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Material
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