In a new study in PNAS, a research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical…
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Physicists revisit and analyze the claims made by a 'sexist' senior scientist
The year was 2018 and physicist Fariba Karimi remembers feeling appalled and disgusted by the remarks…
Heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered the heaviest element…
Red Alert: Massive stars sound warning they are about to go supernova
Astronomers from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Montpellier have devised an ‘early warning’…
COVID-19 pandemic hurt academic experience for African international students, study finds
While the lives of many college students throughout the United States were disrupted by the COVID-19…
Climate change is testing resilience of UK wheat yields
Wheat yields in the UK have largely been resilient to varying weather over the past 30…
Study shows tectonics to be main driver of hillslope 'connectivity'
Chances are good that most people reading this are situated on a hillslope, as hillslopes cover…
Under pressure: Rethinking coastal land use and adaptation strategies
By 2050—just 28 years from now—the sea level along the Long Island Sound shoreline is projected…
Nigeria floods kill 500, displace 1.4 million people
About 500 people have died in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others…
Wildlife populations plunge 69% since 1970: WWF
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years,…