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Analytical Chemistry Apr 18, 2024

Materials follow the 'Rule of Four,' but scientists don't know why yet

Scientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data—but only if they can explain them. Otherwise, they worry that those patterns might just be revealing some flaw in the data itself, so-called ...

Social Sciences Apr 16, 2024

Researchers say media need generative AI policies to help navigate misinformation and disinformation

New research into generative AI images shows only over a third of media organizations surveyed at the time of research have an image-specific AI policy in place.

Ecology Apr 13, 2024

Sweet lessons: Taiwan urban beekeeping gets positive buzz

Under mulberry trees at a bee farm in Taipei's suburbs, students watched intently as instructor Tsai Ming-hsien wafted smoke over a hive box, explaining to aspiring apiarists how to keep the insects happy in an urban setting.

Plants & Animals Apr 12, 2024

The cicadas are coming: An entomologist's take on a once-in-200-years event

Get ready. Billions of trillions of singing, winged insects with big red eyes are about to emerge from more than a decade of sleep underground.

General Physics Apr 11, 2024

Trapped in the middle: Billiards with memory framework leads to mathematical questions

Adding one simple rule to an idealized game of billiards leads to a wealth of intriguing mathematical questions, as well as applications in the physics of living organisms. This week, researchers from the University of Amsterdam, ...

Space Exploration Apr 11, 2024

Japanese astronaut to be first non-American to set foot on moon

A lucky Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American to set foot on the moon during one of NASA's upcoming Artemis missions, US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday.

Social Sciences Apr 10, 2024

Talking to Americans reveals the diversity behind the shared opinion 'the country is on the wrong track'

If you pay any attention to politics and polling, you have likely heard that your friends and neighbors are not very happy with the direction of the country. You might not be, either.

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 10, 2024

Personality type can help predict who's single or in a relationship, and how happy they are, says study

The phrase "single life" may conjure images of a busy "Sex and the City"-like social calendar, packed with dates and drama. But researchers at the University of Toronto say that most singles are actually introverts—a far ...

Social Sciences Apr 10, 2024

Economic wealth may be linked with happiness in China, if inequality is low

A country's economic prosperity is linked with improved well-being in its residents, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Feng Huang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and colleagues.

Paleontology & Fossils Apr 10, 2024

Fossilized dinosaur eggshells can preserve amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, over millions of years

As a scientist, lab work can sometimes get monotonous. But in 2017, while a Ph.D. student of paleobiology at the University of Bristol in the U.K., I heard a gleeful exclamation from across the room. Kirsty Penkman, head ...

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