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Top Science News
December 3, 2022

Scientists have developed a quantum experiment that allows them to study the dynamics, or behavior, of a special kind of theoretical ...
Fossilized fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the longest-standing assumptions about ...
Astronomers have determined the source of an incredibly bright X-ray, optical and radio signal appearing from halfway across the ...
Neuroscientists discovered that the adult brain contains millions of 'silent synapses' -- immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they're recruited to help form new ...
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Health News
December 3, 2022

Increasing intake of protein and drinking regular cups of tea or coffee is a way women could reduce their risk of suffering a hip fracture, according to new research. Food scientists have found that ...
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in ...
An experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu strains in ...
A daily cup of tea could help you to enjoy better health late in life -- however if you're not a tea drinker, there are other things you can add to ...
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Physical/Tech News
December 3, 2022

Researchers have developed a new strategy to help build materials with unique optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties. These ...
Researchers have demonstrated a way to entangle atoms to create a network of atomic clocks and accelerometers. The method has resulted in greater precision in measuring time and ...
Researchers have been able to make some key determinations about the first galaxies to exist, in one of the first astrophysical studies of the period ...
Regular table sugar can help to deposit microchips on new and unconventional surfaces, a researcher has shown in a new ...
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Environment News
December 3, 2022

Several of great gray owls' physical features, especially parts of their wings and face, help them correct for sonic distortions caused by snow, enabling them to find hidden, moving food with ...
Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony. Now, researchers have ...
Greater atmospheric demand for water means a dramatic increase in the risk of major fires in global forests unless we take urgent and effective climate action, new research finds. Researchers have ...
Iron-based fertilizer may stimulate plankton to pull carbon dioxide from the ocean, driving a carbon-negative ...
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Society/Education News
December 3, 2022

Genetic correlation estimates typically assume that mating is random. But in the real world, partners tend to pair up because of many shared interests and social ...
Global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at record levels -- with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to 1.5°C, according to the Global Carbon Project science ...
Despite a long-standing hypothesis that personality traits are relatively impervious to environmental pressures, the COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the trajectory of personality across the United ...
Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new ...
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