Some juror decisions are influenced by perceptions of the prevalence of crimes which can be incorrect…
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Capturing California's biodiversity for the future of conservation
When UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral scholar Merly Escalona assembled the first-ever reference genome for the Stephen…
Testing the effect of multicolor lighting on improving people's psychological state
As missions for deep space exploration and space habitats are put on the agenda, astronauts need…
Predicting the composition of dark matter
A new analysis by a team of physicists offers an innovative means to predict “cosmological signatures”…
A new role of autophagy in plant cell differentiation revealed
A midlife career change is hard to pull off, because it can involve reinventing yourself and…
Solar-powered chemistry uses carbon dioxide and water to make feedstock for fuels, chemicals
Solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals, an international team of…
A potential danger of CRISPR gene editing—and why base editing may be safer
Gene therapy using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing is currently in clinical trials around the world for a…
Natural selection may be making society more unequal
Contemporary humans are still evolving, but natural selection favors those with lower earnings and poorer education—according…
Coastal fishing and farming at risk from climate change
Coastal communities could face losses of food from both fisheries and agriculture as a result of…
Circular RNA found to promote progression of small cell lung cancer
Researchers led by Prof. Lin Wenchu from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the…