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Nostalgia in politics: Study sheds light on how (and why) parties appeal to the past in their…
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Have you ever felt nostalgic when thinking about the past? Then you are not alone. According to survey…
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Caught in living cells: How bacteria regulate their genes to defend themselves
The environmentally-regulated interplay between local three-dimensional chromatin organization and transcription of the osmoregulated proVWX operon in Escherichia…
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Grief questionnaire results suggest Irish wakes may help reduce feelings of loss more than UK…
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A team of psychologists and social scientists from Maynooth University, in Ireland, Ulster University, in…
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New teaching framework aims to make short STEM training effective, inclusive and scalable
An interdisciplinary and international team assembled at CSHL's Banbury Center to address the challenges of short STEM training programs. The meeting was titled…
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Improved air quality could enhance natural carbon sequestration by plants
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Reducing pollution from aerosol particles would improve air quality. It could also increase the amount of sunlight…
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A wearable robot that assists people with walking
The innovative wearable robot for hip abduction assistance designed at the Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics Lab at Chung-Ang University. Credit: Park et al.…
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Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: Here’s why
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Does the prediction that there could be "more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050" concern you? How…
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Toward sustainable energy applications with breakthrough in proton conductors
Donor doping into a mother material with disordered intrinsic oxygen vacancies, instead of the widely used strategy of acceptor doping into a material without…
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In many major crop regions, workers plant and harvest in spiraling heat and humidity
A rice farmer outside Yen Bai, Vietnam. Credit: Dannie Dinh/International Research Institute for Climate and Society
A global study of major…
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From 2D to 3D: MXene’s path to revolutionizing energy storage and more
Fabrication of electrically conductive porous silica via infiltration of 2D MXene nanosheets. a) Preparation of silica discs with unidirectional porosity via freeze…
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Microautophagy is essential for preventing aging, finds lysosomes study
Overview: Lysosomes are repaired by ESCRT-driven microautophagy, and STK38 and GABARAPs are key regulators of this process by recruiting ESCRTs to lysosomes. These…
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New psychology study unearths ways to bolster global climate awareness and climate action
Average effects (i.e., posterior estimates using Bayesian regressions) by intervention for each outcome. Dots indicate the mean, with error bars indicating the 94%…
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Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks on Nov. 15, 2023, in San Francisco. Despite a rift between the key players behind ChatGPT and the company they helped build, both…
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Eruption of Papua New Guinea volcano subsides, though thick ash is billowing 3 miles into the sky
A cloud of volcanic ash and steam rises as Mount Ulawun erupts, seen from 30,000 feet in the air, on April 30, 2001. Authorities have downgraded the alert level for…
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Study reveals new clues about how whales and dolphins came to use echolocation
Restoration shows Xenorophus hunting sea turtles. Credit: Robert Boessenecker
A study published in Diversity provides new insight into how…
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AI doomsayers blamed in OpenAI’s undoing
Boardroom blunders drove out OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and have employees threatening to join him at Microsoft.
OpenAI has gone…
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Researchers improve magnets for computing
Intercalation of FGT with TBA+ molecules and a comparison of the temperature-dependent magnetization. a Atomic scheme of FGT and TBA+ molecules intercalation. b…
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Indonesia unveils investment plan for $20 bn energy transition pact
Indonesia has pledged to stop building new coal-fired power plants but despite an outcry from activists it is continuing to build plants that were already planned.…
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COP28 turns attention to potent methane emissions
Methane leaks from energy production, transportation infrastructures -- such as gas pipelines -- and from deliberate releases during maintenance.…
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With X’s Musk under fire, Biden joins rival Threads
US President Joe Biden has joined Threads, a social media network from Meta launched in July that rivals X, formerly Twitter -- though with fewer users.…
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AI finds formula for how to predict monster waves by using 700 years’ worth of data
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Long considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are very real and can split apart ships and even damage…
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Looking for lithium-bearing pegmatites
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The commercial importance of lithium is ever-growing, and its production is globally dominated by…
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Blasts to clear World War II munitions could contaminate the ocean
Explosions, as shown here, that clear abandoned war mines can release high levels of TNT, potentially threatening marine life. Credit: Uwe Wichert…
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Corporate growers’ carrots are soaking up water in this arid valley. Locals are fighting back
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In the Cuyama Valley north of Santa Barbara, lush green fields stretch across the desert. Sprinklers spray…
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‘Triple star’ discovery could revolutionize understanding of stellar evolution
Artist's impression composed of a star with a disc around it (a Be "vampire" star; foreground) and its companion star that has been stripped of its outer parts…
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Merging science and systems thinking to make materials more sustainable
For Professor Elsa Olivetti, tackling a problem as large and complex as climate change requires not only lab research but also understanding the systems of production that power the global economy.
Her career…
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High temperatures may have caused over 70,000 excess deaths in Europe in 2022
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The burden of heat-related mortality during the summer of 2022 in Europe may have exceeded 70,000 deaths…
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Armistice Day counter-protests: How UK government rhetoric and police failings could be linked to…
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On Armistice Day 2023, a pro-Palestine march was held in London for the fifth time since the beginning of the…
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Education linked to better employment prospects upon release from prison
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Better job prospects. Higher wages. A greater chance of staying out of jail. Those are the key outcomes…
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Analyzing the Place of Isparta Governor’s Building in the Urban Memory
2. Conceptual ExplanationsWith an increasing interest in memory in the twentieth century, philosophy and psychology have more insight into memory processes than in previous generations. Their overall results highlight the accidental…
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Exploring policies to reduce child poverty and child maltreatment
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In a recent study, researchers have conducted a scoping review of previous studies to explore the effects…
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Physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites assumptions about a gendered division of labor in…
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Prehistoric men hunted; prehistoric women gathered. At least this is the standard narrative written by and…
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Workers at Detroit’s ‘Big 3’ ratify labor contract: union
Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley said the company will need to identify new efficiencies to offset the added costs from the new labor contract that ended a costly…
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Q&A: When it comes to Israel-Hamas war videos, don’t always trust what you see
Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on Oct. 9, 2023. Credit: CC photo via Wikimedia Commons…
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Archaeologists discover long-lost Scottish monastery
Ancient hnefatafl board game found at the newly identified site of the Monastery of Deer. Credit: Michael Sharpe
A team of archaeologists,…
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Redefining the quest for artificial intelligence: What should replace the Turing test?
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In a paper published in Intelligent Computing, Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird of Princeton University and Marco…
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Voters reject culture war tactics in school board elections
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Diversity and inclusion programs, book bans, censorship and debates over school curricula are all signs…
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Residential solar power saves less energy than expected
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Imagine a household that consumes 1,000 kilowatt hours of energy per month. Then they install solar…
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Study: Consumers, florists differ on floral arrangements
NC State researchers learned that consumers highly value flower arrangements with roses and don't care much for chrysanthemums. Credit: Michael Kellett.…
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TikTok has a startling amount of sexual content and it’s way too easy for children to access,…
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Explicit content has long been a feature of the internet and social media, and young people's exposure…
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New research demonstrates more effective method for measuring impact of scientific publications
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Newly published research reexamines the evaluation of scientific findings, proposing a network-based methodology…
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Analysis of cyberstalking research identifies factors associated with perpetration, victimization
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The widespread use of digital technologies and the Internet has spurred a new type of personal intrusion,…
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Explore City Budgeting: Understanding the Financial Process – Welcoming Seattle
Explore City Budgeting: Understanding the Financial Process
Message from Director Mohamed Since the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA) was created in 2012, we’ve aimed to strengthen Seattle’s immigrant and refugee…
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Almost one in ten Australian men have committed a sexual offense against children, study finds
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This report contains material that references child abuse. Readers may find the content confronting or…
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Largest study of its kind shows outdated password practices are putting millions at risk
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Three out of four of the world's most popular websites are putting tens of millions of users and their data at…
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Study investigates why students seek international experience
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Why do students want to go abroad for a semester or take part in international conferences? A new study…
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Researchers develop automatic text recognition for ancient cuneiform tablets
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A new artificial intelligence (AI) application developed by a team from Martin…
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Archaeologists uncover Europe’s hidden Bronze Age megastructures
TSG site of Kačarevo 2 showing: A) Low-lying land, B) raised sand-plateau, C) enclosure ditch, D) activity areas. Photograph and key by Barry Molloy and Darja Grosman.…
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Large language models pose risk to science with false answers, says study
Two hypothetical use cases for LLMs based on real prompts and responses demonstrate the effect of inaccurate responses on user beliefs. Credit: Nature Human…
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More young people in the UK are living with parents and grandparents: Exploring the benefits and…
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In a recent court case in Pavia, northern Italy, the judge sided with the complainant, a 75-year-old…
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