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/ 1 year agoAI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023’s summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods too
Air quality forecasting is getting better, thanks in part to AI. That’s good, given the health impact of air pollution. An...
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/ 1 year agoA brief illustrated guide to ‘scissors congruence’ − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical research
This is a story about geometry, algebra and many different dimensions, best read with construction paper, scissors and tape on hand.
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/ 1 year agoResearchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter
To detect dark matter, you need to build an ultra-sensitive detector and put it somewhere ultra-quiet. For one physics collaboration, that...
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/ 1 year agoBabies almost all try crawling to get from Point A to Point B, but CDC says it’s not a useful developmental milestone
Revisions to the CDC’s developmental milestone checklists removed crawling as a skill that babies pick up at a typical age. A...
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/ 1 year agoDonald Trump’s right − he is getting special treatment, far better than most other criminal defendants
While Trump has received early warnings ahead of indictments and detailed explanations behind the charges, criminal defendants typically get a bare-bones...
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/ 1 year agoThrough space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment
Afrofuturism, a mix of science fiction, magic realism and liberation politics, has shaped some hip-hop artists’ work for decades.
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/ 1 year agoDespite giving students chances to cheat, unsupervised online exams gauge student learning comparably to in-person exams
Students score about the same on online exams as they do on in-person exams, new research shows.
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/ 1 year agoWomen get far more migraines than men – a neurologist explains why, and what brings relief
For women ages 18 to 49, migraines are the leading cause of disability throughout the world.
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/ 1 year agoKamala Harris has tied the record for the most tie-breaking votes in Senate history – a brief overview of what vice presidents do
Kamala Harris is on track to be one of the most influential vice presidents in history. This says more about the...
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/ 1 year agoProstate cancer treatment is not always the best option – a cancer researcher walks her father through his diagnosis
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Although watchful waiting is appropriate for low-risk cases, many are...
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/ 1 year agoOlder ‘sandwich generation’ Californians spent more time with parents and less with grandkids after paid family leave law took effect
The law changed older adults’ caregiving behavior because their children became more able to take paid time off work to care...
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/ 1 year agoLooking back toward cosmic dawn − astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen
The universe used to be filled with a hydrogen fog, before early stars and galaxies burned through the haze. Astronomers are...
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/ 1 year agoVirtual reality has negative side effects – new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace
Trading in PC monitors for VR headsets can cause workers to experience dizziness, headaches and nausea. Researchers are beginning to understand...
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/ 1 year agoRhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to teach math
A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.
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/ 1 year agoWhen Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down
The drive to remove Confederate monuments links those monuments to modern racism. An economic historian shows that the intent and effect...
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/ 1 year agoMedical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles
Medical exploitation is an often overlooked part of Black history and partly explains the mistrust that members of the Black community...
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/ 1 year agoYellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance as riding the Tour de France
Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long...
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/ 1 year agoThe movie ‘Barbie’ has put the phrase ‘toxic femininity’ back in the news – here’s what it means and why you should care
Examining the understandings of what ‘toxic femininity’ means to people can reveal insights about gender, power and the impact of language...
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s behind our enduring fascination with wives and mothers who kill?
The framing of these stories of murder and mayhem have remained remarkably consistent since the invention of the printing press –...
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/ 1 year agoWhat are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business
What would you do if the industry you work in could clone your skills, style and even the way you look...
