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Ig Nobel Prize: Celebrating the Unusual and Offbeat

Kailash Junior - June 5, 2023 0

Have you ever heard of the Ig Nobel Prize? It's an award that honors achievements that make people laugh, then think. In this article, we'll...

Education

App allows global community to explore Indigenous culture

Nelish Singh - January 6, 2023 0

Many cultures regard community traditions, oral storytelling and art styles as knowledge passed down from one generation of relatives to the next. But a...

Evolution

Humans continue to evolve: Study tracks the emergence of 155 new genes

Nelish Singh - December 26, 2022 0

Modern humans diverged from our chimp ancestors nearly 7 million years ago. But we are still evolving. Within the human lineage, many new genes...

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Wildlife study: Cheetah marking trees are hotspots for communication among other species as well

Nelish Singh - December 8, 2022 0

Many mammals communicate with one another by leaving scent marks, urine, or scats. They leave, receive, or exchange information about territory ownership, reproductive receptivity,...

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Stop counting cups. There’s an ocean of difference in our water needs

Maruti Shah - November 28, 2022 0

A new study involving thousands of people reveals a wide range in the amount of water people consume around the world and over their...

Education

Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in

Anushree Kole - November 21, 2022 0

Experts have voted to expand the universe. Or, at the very least, the official terminology that can be used to describe the vanishingly small...

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Surveys suggest people who interact with a wide variety of other people report a greater life satisfaction

Anushree Kole - October 20, 2022 0

A team of Harvard University researchers, working with colleagues from the University of Virginia and Ramon Llull University, discovered through surveys that people who...

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Mars rover finds hints of past life in latest rock samples

Anushree Kole - October 17, 2022 0

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations of organic molecules yet, indicating the presence of ancient microbes, which scientists hope to confirm...

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Uncontrolled rocket descents pose a 10% risk of killing one or more people over the next ten years

Anushree Kole - July 21, 2022 0

A group of Canadian researchers at the University of British Columbia calculated that the risk of one or more people being killed by uncontrolled...

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Mars rovers could be superseded by swarms of two-wheeled robots

Ricky Kaka - May 28, 2022 0

Skoltech scientists have proposed a concept for a modular Mars exploration rover. The new system consists of four two-wheeled robots that can operate independently...

Earth

California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant

Kailash Junior - May 16, 2022 0

The California Coastal Commission voted against a controversial plan by the company Poseidon Water to build a huge desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Despite...

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Climate warming will not change greenhouse gas emissions of biocrust in arid sandy areas

Maruti Shah - May 5, 2022 0

Climate change marked by global warming is affecting various ecological processes of the terrestrial ecosystem. How greenhouse gas emissions respond to climate change is directly related to...

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A more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions

Nelish Singh - April 25, 2022 0

Monash University researchers have developed a faster and more efficient nanodevice to filter proton and alkaline metal ions. It will help design next-generation membranes...

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Assessing the links between observed fishery-related offenses across the world’s oceans

Ricky Kaka - April 13, 2022 0

Canada's Nautical Crime Investigation Services and University of British Columbia scientists have conducted an assessment of fishery-related criminal offenses on the world's oceans. The...

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Living in more polluted areas increases risk for poor mental wellbeing

Maruti Shah - March 31, 2022 0

People in the UK who live in more polluted areas are at a higher risk of poor mental wellbeing. This is according to new...

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