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Society’s tendency to denigrate kids these days is a ‘memory tic,’...

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They're leaders in important social, environmental and political movements, finding ways to tackle the most pressing issues of our time, from climate change to...

Mathematical modelling vital to tackling disease outbreaks

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Predicting and controlling disease outbreaks would be easier and more reliable with the wider application of mathematical modelling, according to a new study. The study...

World’s fastest ant hits recording breaking speed of 855mm/s

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According to Noël Coward, mad dogs and Englishmen are the only creatures that go out in the midday sun, but Harald Wolf from the...

A secret in saliva: Food and germs helped humans evolve into...

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Two million years of eating meat and cooked food may have helped humans shift further from other great apes on the evolutionary tree. The...

Scientists find early humans moved through Mediterranean earlier than believed

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An international research team led by scientists from McMaster University has unearthed new evidence in Greece proving that the island of Naxos was inhabited...

Rice blast fungus discovery will drive crop innovation

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A secret weapon used by the killer rice blast fungus to infect host plants has been discovered in new research. Rice blast is the most...

Scientists discover skin keeps time independent of the brain

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Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, amphibians, and chameleon lizards are among the animals that can change the color of their skin in a blink of an...

Gas ‘waterfalls’ reveal infant planets around young star

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The birthplaces of planets are disks made out of gas and dust. Astronomers study these so-called protoplanetary disks to understand the processes of planet...

Tiny particles lead to brighter clouds in the tropics

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When clouds loft tropical air masses higher in the atmosphere, that air can carry up gases that form into tiny particles, starting a process...

Last year’s extreme snowfall wiped out breeding of Arctic animals and...

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In 2018, vast amounts of snow were spread across most of the Arctic region and did not melt fully until late summer, if at...

Quantum physics: Ménage à trois photon-style

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Entanglement is one of the properties specific to quantum particles. When two photons become entangled, for instance, the quantum state of the first will...