An international team of researchers has found that long space flights can lead to some minor…
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Gulls pay attention to human eyes
Herring gulls notice where approaching humans are looking, and flee sooner when they’re being watched, a…
Mammoth task: the Russian family on a resurrection quest to tackle the climate crisis
On the banks of the River Kolyma, deep into the Arctic circle in north-east Siberia, lies…
Efficient removal of steroid hormones from water
Micropollutants contaminate the water worldwide. Among them are steroid hormones that cannot be eliminated efficiently by…
A tiny instrument to measure the faintest magnetic fields
Physicists at the University of Basel have developed a minuscule instrument able to detect extremely faint…
Citizen science: knowing your food's carbon footprint
Sustainable food consumption is considered critical for combatting climate change. Sustainable food choices are thought to…
Rise in labor earnings inequality during pandemic reversed by stimulus, unemployment checks
Job losses during the pandemic were substantially worse among workers in low-paying jobs, leading to a…
Computers help wood anatomists with wood identification
The most commonly used method for the taxonomic identification of tree trunks is wood anatomy. The…
Extreme precipitation events have always occurred, but are they changing?
Extreme weather and climate events causing extensive damage are a fact of the Canadian climate, and…
Study identifies limits on the efficiency of techniques for reducing noise in quantum resources
Quantum technologies, such as quantum computers, quantum sensing devices and quantum memory, have often been found…