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Researchers find comprehensive sex education reduces homophobia, transphobia
Can a school-based sexual health education program that effectively reduces the risk of unintended pregnancy and…
Spike in major league home runs tied to climate change
In the history of Major League Baseball, first came the low-scoring dead-ball era, followed by the…
Three new species of mesothelean spiders discovered in China
A team of life scientists at Hunan Normal University, in China, working with a colleague from…
Geology experts find evidence of dual mass extinctions 260 million years ago
Long before dinosaurs, Earth was dominated by animals that were in many ways even more incredible. …
Study assesses risk of mutation due to residual radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Ionizing radiation from nuclear disasters are known to be harmful to the natural environment. The Fukushima…
Developing tunable molecular switches from organic compounds
Newly synthesized organic molecules can be tuned to emit different colors depending on their molecular structures…
What is 'eldest daughter syndrome' and how can we fix it?
Have you heard of “eldest daughter syndrome?” It’s the emotional burden eldest daughters tend to take…
Ethylene transcriptionally regulates cold stress in grapevine leaves
Low temperature can affect the development of plants and the yield of crops. Ethylene (ETH) is…
New statistical model accurately predicts monthly US gun homicides, overcoming limitations of official government data
The United States experiences a staggeringly high rate of gun homicides, but accurately predicting these incidents—especially…