People’s willingness to believe in climate change varies greatly, as does their willingness to engage in…
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'Play deserts' common throughout Deep South, Southwest
You’ve heard of food deserts, areas where healthy and nutritious food is all but impossible to…
We must insert joy back into education in the wake of COVID-19, researcher warns
Education systems need major reform in the light of lessons learned from COVID, according to a…
New book asks whether the benefits of AI will be shared widely or feed inequality
The Dark Ages were not entirely dark. Advances in agriculture and building technology increased Medieval wealth…
Extremely hot days are warming twice as fast as average summer days in North-West Europe
New research led by the University of Oxford has found that climate change is causing the…
Fossil of mosasaur with bizarre 'screwdriver teeth' found in Morocco
Scientists have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a sea-dwelling lizard from the age of the…
Using AI to find rare minerals
A machine learning model can predict the locations of minerals on Earth—and potentially other planets—by taking…
Female Gila monster fights surprisingly violent, study finds
A new study published on May 10 in the journal Royal Society Open Science has shown…
Engineering a new way to feed gorillas
A team of Georgia Tech researchers has built an automatic feeding machine for gorillas at Zoo…
A new understanding of human origins in Africa
There is broad agreement that Homo sapiens originated in Africa. But there remain many uncertainties and…