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How diffractive solar sails could stop a killer asteroid at 100 km/s
Asteroids don't come with a warning label that they might one day hit Earth. While we don't know of any currently on course to do so, we are
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DIY filter systems improve air quality in classrooms
As students return to school and cold and flu season begins, researchers are studying ways to improve indoor air quality and reduce the risk
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Report calls for government to introduce a charge on disposable cups
Around 2.5 billion single-use cups are used in the U.K. every year, yet fewer than 1% are recycled. They contribute to litter, contaminate r
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Why a healthy seafloor matters for the Earth system
The seafloor is more than just the ground beneath the sea. Two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, which have an average depth o
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Hunting broadly not responsible for birds declining across Europe, study finds
Hunting is not the main reason bird populations are declining across Europe, according to new research from University College Dublin in col
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Hairy feet, red eyes: Salish Sea reveals two sea spider species new to science
If you're swimming in the Salish Sea late at night and feel a skittering along your calves, tiny hairy feet tip-tapping their way higher and
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Bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree, study reveals
Biggest study of its kind provides insights into bats’ evolution – a potential gamechanger for research into treating viruses and cancer in
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Governments across Australia know how to stop violence against Indigenous women, they just don't do it
Indigenous women and children experience disproportionate levels of family violence. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are killed
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Adding limestone to Mississippi River Basin farmlands acts as a major carbon sink, study finds
In a discovery as broad and far-reaching as the Big Muddy itself, a new Yale–led study says farmers in the Mississippi River Basin are stori
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How evolution shaped the human skeleton: Clues from cartilage
Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us human are thought
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Bat genomes and fossils point to a European origin 65 million years ago
New research from the University of St Andrews has created the largest combined study of bat genomes and fossils ever undertaken, finding th
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How social brains allow animal groups to escape danger
Social behavior is found across the tree of life, with animals of all types benefiting from living in a group environment. Large bird flocks
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Do we live in a simulation? If so, it could be a giant consciousness experiment
Philosophers have pondered whether we live in a simulation for centuries. Now, Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans suggests a co
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Earth may have gained optimal conditions for life's chemistry 4.33 billion years ago
Conditions on early Earth may have become stable enough to sustain the chemistry associated with the origins of life around 4.33 billion yea
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The dingo debate is heating up. How we manage these animals will determine their future
What should we do about dingoes?
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Building a self-powered, smart warning system to detect local floods
When sudden rainstorms roll across Texas, flooding can erupt in a matter of minutes. From coastal bends facing storm surges to low-water cro
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Buy, wear, return: Retail fraud and abuse explored in new study
New research reveals retailers are losing money through two kinds of problematic returns: deliberate fraud and opportunistic abuse of genero
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Seabed surveys around the Isles of Scilly find more than 90 species across habitats poorly captured by classifications
Scientists have conducted an unprecedented assessment of the seabed around the Isles of Scilly, revealing complex mosaics of sediment that s
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Silicon solar cells could cut satellite power costs by up to 90%
Switching to modern silicon solar cells could cut the cost of powering satellites by as much as 90% based on beginning-of-life (BOL) perform
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Why do politicians often want to change the school curriculum?
Both sides of Australian politics are saying the school curriculum needs to change.
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Quantum device simulates matter popping into existence
A research team led by faculty at the Duke Quantum Center (DQC) has observed string-breaking dynamics related to particle-antiparticle forma
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Could negative mass exist and be observed?
Unlike electric charge, as far as we know all mass is positive, and positive masses attract one another. Could negative mass exist, and if s
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Arts and culture key to inclusive climate action
The arts, cultural and creative sectors can act as powerful catalysts for climate action, changing how people understand, engage with and ac
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Rare pregnancy infections may triple the risk of autism
A major Swedish study of 3.7 million people has found that rare TORCH infections passed from a pregnant woman to the fetus are linked to muc
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