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Social Sciences May 7, 2024

Educational research should pinpoint anti-Black aggressions to build better policy, scholar writes

Educational research has long lumped all people of color together when examining microaggressions perpetrated against them. A University of Kansas scholar has published an article that argues educational research should instead ...

Analytical Chemistry May 2, 2024

Scientists' new approach in fight against counterfeit alcohol spirits

In the shadowy world of counterfeit alcoholic spirit production, where profits soar and brands are exploited, the true extent of this illegal market remains shrouded.

Archaeology May 2, 2024

For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond

Some people fear that breaking a mirror can lead to seven years of misfortune. The history of this superstition may go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who ascribed mysterious powers to reflected images.

General Physics May 1, 2024

New work reveals the 'quantumness' of gravity

Gravity is part of our everyday life. Still, the gravitational force remains mysterious: to this day we do not understand whether its ultimate nature is geometrical, as Einstein envisaged, or governed by the laws of quantum ...

Analytical Chemistry May 1, 2024

Why you can taste more ethanol in a cold pint of beer or warm glass of baijiu

We all have our own preferred drinking temperatures for different alcoholic beverages, with people commonly enjoying beer or white wine chilled, red wine near room temperature, or baijiu (Chinese whisky) or sake warmed.

Ecology May 1, 2024

US Republicans vote to remove wolf protections

The Republican-majority US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would remove endangered species protections for the gray wolf across much of the country, sparking outrage among conservationists.

Economics & Business Apr 25, 2024

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with 'noncompete agreements'

Most American workers are hired "at will": Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party ...

Social Sciences Apr 25, 2024

Family farms are fast disappearing: Research shows how young generations can take them up successfully

While some might think that family-run farms are a thing of the past, they are in fact the dominant business model in Europe. In 2020, they accounted for slightly more than 9 in every 10 of the EU's 9.1 million farms.

Space Exploration Apr 22, 2024

European Space Agency adds 5 new astronauts in only fourth class since 1978. Over 20,000 applied

For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived temporarily of oxygen, taught to camp in the snow, and schooled in physiology, anatomy, astronomy, ...

Plants & Animals Apr 14, 2024

Bad boys: Study finds aggressive bonobo males attract more mates

Humankind's two closest primate relatives are often said to embody contrasting sides of our nature: peace-loving bonobos versus violence-prone chimpanzees.

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