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Workplace climate, not women’s ‘nature,’ responsible for gender-based job stress
Social scientists have long known that women working in numerically male-dominated occupations like physics and firefighting report experiencing workplace stress, but men who work...
Why artificial sweeteners can increase appetite
Studies in both animals and humans have suggested that consuming artificial sweeteners can make you feel hungry and actually eat more. A comprehensive new...
Digs uncover buildings in Cyprus’ 11,000-year-old village
Recent archaeological digs have uncovered more than 20 round buildings in what is believed to be Cyprus' earliest known village, dating as far back...
Surprising neutrino decoherence inside supernovae
Neutrinos are elementary particles known for displaying weak interactions. As a result, neutrinos passing each other in the same place hardly notice one another....
Suicide rate is 22% higher among people with epilepsy than the general population
The suicide rate among people with epilepsy is 22 percent higher than the general population, according to a new study released by the Centers...
Ice algae: The engine of life in the central Arctic Ocean
The Arctic pteropod Clione limacina. Credit: Image courtesy of Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Algae that live in and under...
How birds unlock their super-sense, ultraviolet vision
The ability of finches, sparrows, and many other birds to see a visual world hidden to us is explained in a study published in...
Scientists grow atomically thin transistors and circuits
This schematic shows the chemical assembly of two-dimensional crystals. Graphene is first etched into channels and the TMDC molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) begins to nucleate...
CryoSat reveals recent Greenland ice loss
ESA’s Earth Explorer CryoSat mission is dedicated to precise monitoring of changes in the thickness of marine ice floating in the polar oceans and...
El Nino patterns contributed to long-lived marine heatwave in North Pacific
El Niño climate patterns contributed to the "warm blob" that began dominating the Gulf of Alaska in late 2013, and later gripped the West...
Deepest ever look into Orion
This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope...
