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Honeybee mite raises bumblebee virus risk
A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting…
Selective logging will not be enough to sustain timber production in Amazonia
Amazonian forests are unlikely to provide enough timber to meet current demand over the long term,…
The Wikipedia gender gap
Wikipedia is one of the most successful online communities in history, yet it struggles to attract…
Inexpensive, simple fabrication method poised to expand microlens applications
A growing number of applications, including smartphone cameras, depend on microlenses to boost performance. A newly…
San Francisco prosecutors turn to AI to reduce racial bias
In a first-of-its kind experiment, San Francisco prosecutors are turning to artificial intelligence to reduce racial…
Facebook's Zuckerberg is the focus of latest doctored video
Three weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring…
Astrophysicists announce discovery that could rewrite story of how galaxies die
At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick, assistant…
Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems
As planets form in the swirling gas and dust around young stars, there seems to be…
Physicists take a step closer to building a graphene-based topological insulator
In 2005, condensed matter physicists Charles Kane and Eugene Mele considered the fate of graphene at…