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They're content creators with thousands of adoring fans. So why do they feel so terrible?
If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it? The artists whom my colleagues and I interviewed as part
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Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum—a biologist explains how it's multidimensional
Many people recognize that gender—how a person identifies, presents themselves and is perceived—has nuances. Some people identify and presen
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How does wildfire smoke affect the economy?
Wildfires in the United States are getting bigger, and the season is getting longer, fueled by hotter and drier weather from climate change.
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Topography controls how mountains respond to large earthquakes
Large earthquakes can dramatically reshape mountain landscapes by triggering thousands of landslides and rapidly accelerating erosion. Howev
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Digital spirituality grows, but young people still rely on family and faith leaders
Social media, music, religion-focused apps and other online spiritual content have become popular ways for adolescents to find comfort and c
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Premium customer, quickest service? Not so fast, at least in a world of agentic AI-driven services
It's conventional wisdom in the business world: Premium customers get a pass to the front of the line. Think airports or amusement parks. Bu
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Some bacteria build internal 'power cables' to extend respiration beyond the cell membrane
All living cells need energy, and most generate it through respiration, a series of chemical reactions normally confined to the cell membran
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New set of international rules needed to protect health of fishing stocks, study shows
The global community should work to establish an array of new international legal rules to protect the health of fish stocks, new research s
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Krypton gas emerges as a new ingredient for quantum computing
To commercialize quantum computing, manufacturers need high-quality superconducting materials for microchips, but they also require a reliab
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Research helps NYC students aim higher in public high school applications
Many New York City eighth-graders—particularly those from underserved communities—aren't applying to academically competitive high schools w
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Artificial intelligence acts as an 'ideological chameleon' and may deepen political polarization
Researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, examined the ideological stance of large langua
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US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres (68,750 square miles) of wild, un
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Largest catalog yet of how human cells read DNA shows how chemical marks alter genetic instructions
Every cell in the body contains essentially the same DNA, yet a brain cell behaves differently from a muscle cell or an immune cell. The dif
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Lost 'mega-escarpment' across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon's missing billion years
Scientists have found evidence that a colossal cliff stretching thousands of kilometers across ancient North America may have exposed the he
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New study links bad bosses with greater work intensity
Work intensity is significantly higher under poor line managers, according to new research led by Bayes Business School (City St George's, U
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Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say
Study of long-clawed shrew skulls from Japan shows that while skulls get smaller in winter, snouts elongateHumans turn to heated blankets an
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Mars attacks: How much dust from the red planet is safe to breathe?
NASA has released a report recommending an initial health standard for the Martian dust that astronauts could inhale during future missions.
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Dying radio galaxies suggest a shorter, more dynamic afterlife for black hole jets
Astronomers have uncovered a previously underexplored population of faint, rapidly fading remnant radio galaxies, offering new insights into
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How to better forecast once-in-a-millennium weather events
For all that day-to-day weather forecasts have improved, it remains a challenge to forecast events that might happen once in 1,000 years—lik
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Sustainable medical electronics can reduce environmental impact by up to 65%
While electronic devices have become an integral part of everyday life, the consumption of critical raw materials and energy demand associat
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Rethinking how we name and classify our human ancestors following recent evolutionary discoveries
Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, according to new res
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Canada's AI strategy needs educators who feel prepared, not just trained
The Canadian government recently introduced AI for All, a national artificial intelligence strategy that has two focuses: building trust and
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Study suggests three-quarters of Indo-Pacific coral reefs could drown as sea levels rise
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have found that most coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific may struggle
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Rare satellite data reveal major limits in flood models
The Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine was destroyed on June 6, 2023. The event unleashed a catastrophic flood that forced thousands of reside
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