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Could invisible aliens really exist among us? An astrobiologist explains
Life is pretty easy to recognise. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces.…
Carbon nanotube film produces aerospace-grade composites with no need for huge ovens or autoclaves
A modern airplane’s fuselage is made from multiple sheets of different composite materials, like so many…
Climate change unlikely to drive sugar maples north
Sugar maples won’t be heading north anytime soon, despite climate change, according to a new study. …
Predicting non-native invasions in Antarctica
A new study identifies the non-native species most likely to invade the Antarctic Peninsula region over…
CLICS: World's largest database of cross-linguistic lexical associations
A team of scientists has published a new version of the Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications (CLICS),…
A replacement for exercise?
Researchers recently found that Sestrin, a naturally occurring protein in the body, mimicked the benefits of…
How police surveillance technologies act as tools of white supremacy
A 2019 surge of gang-related shootings in Toronto motivated the Ontario government to commit $3 million…
Blue mussels' ability to buffer climate-induced stress could benefit aquaculture
Blue mussels can change patterns of gene expression to make more proteins that help with heat…
'Green methane' from artificial photosynthesis could recycle CO2
A new artificial photosynthesis approach uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into methane, which could help…