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/ 6 months agoArborglyphs – Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees in the American West
Herders carved names, slogans, nude silhouettes and more into the trees around them during lonely seasons in the mountains. Now, researchers...
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/ 6 months agoFerns and flowers bribe helpful ant defenders with nectar, but ferns developed this ability much later – our study shows why
Ferns have evolved a mutually beneficial relationship with ants, but this happened late in their evolution. A recent study shows that...
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/ 6 months agoHow to stay safe during lightning storms – summer is the highest-risk season
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week is June 23-29, 2024. With the U.S. averaging 37 million lightning strikes and 21 deaths a...
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/ 6 months ago‘Loyal to the Oil’: Finding religion in the Stanley Cup finals
The Edmonton Oilers are more than a hockey team. In some ways, they symbolize devotion to a way of life −...
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/ 6 months agoWhy expanding access to algebra is a matter of civil rights
Districts across the country have struggled to improve access and diversity in advanced math classes for years. A new approach offers...
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/ 6 months agoCourt blocks grants to Black women entrepreneurs in case that could restrict DEI efforts by companies and charities
A scholar of nonprofits explains why she’s concerned that the decision in the Fearless Fund case could discourage all efforts focused...
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/ 6 months agoLynn Conway was a trans woman in tech − and underappreciated for decades after she helped launch the computing revolution
The trailblazing engineer was co-inventor of a technique for designing computer chips that laid the groundwork for the computing revolution.
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/ 6 months agoRaw milk health risks significantly outweigh any potential benefits − food scientists and nutritionists explain why
Raw milk has always carried the risk of serious illness, and this risk has only risen with bird flu spreading across...
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/ 6 months agoPaying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups
Since the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and social injustices. But for those suffering...
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/ 6 months agoSolstices brought Mayan communities together, using monuments shaped by science and religion – and kingly ambitions, too
Structures aligned with solar events served various purposes: science, farming, religion and even politics.
