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Ferns have evolved a mutually beneficial relationship with ants, but this happened late in their evolution. A recent study shows that old dogs can learn new tricks.
A student protester with a banner reading ‘Hind Hall’ at a Harvard University building. Student protesters at several universities have unofficially renamed campus buildings in response to the war in Gaza.
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Students renaming campus buildings during ongoing protests follows years of campus renaming controversies. A study of campus naming policies proposes how to make naming more inclusive.
Ice on Lake Erie provides winter light for algae thriving below.
Sue Thompson
In winter 2023-24, the Great Lakes’ ice cover was near record lows, peaking at just 16%. Researchers explain how diminishing ice could have consequences for fisheries, and how species are evolving.
Like all people, the way scientists see the world is shaped by biases and expectations, which can affect how they record and report. Rigorous research methods can minimize this effect.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, in yellow, holds the world’s speed record for humans.
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Your sprinting skills have a lot to do with genetics, but your brain also plays a big role.
Nashville is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities and increasingly a destination for immigrants.
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The US economy relies on immigrants to fill jobs, but many of them are struggling with high rent burdens that make it harder to build productive lives and integrate into their communities.
Des familles se détendent sous les cerisiers luxuriants du Shinjuku Gyoen à Tokyo.
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The first cherry blossom viewing was organized in Japan by Emperor Saga in 812 C.E. In the ensuing years, poetry on cherry blossoms came to have a special place in Japanese culture.
A man pulls his kids behind an electric bicycle near the pier in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?
O fenômeno conhecido como ‘island naïveté’ (ingenuidade insular) faz com que os albatrozes não saibam reagir aos ataques, enquanto pesquisadores lutam para encontrar maneiras de erradicar os camundongos e proteger os pássaros.
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Em uma pequena e remota ilha no Oceano Pacífico, predadores improváveis se alimentam da maior colônia de albatrozes do mundo. Pesquisadores estão tentando descobrir como deter eles
For decades, railroad tracks carried coal from eastern Tennessee to power plants in the eastern U.S.
Appalachian Voices
Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results bring few jobs or sizable investments for residents.
Their ‘island naïveté’ means these seabirds are easy pickings when mice attack.
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On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers are trying to figure out how to stop these murderous mice.
Termos um vocabulário mais rico de palavras na área do amor muda a forma como o entendemos, e a linguagem pode guiar seu coração de maneiras inesperadas.
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As palavras têm poder, e o vocabulário que você tem à sua disposição para descrever seus relacionamentos com outras pessoas pode moldar os rumos que esses relacionamentos podem tomar
Students’ lockers are seen an elementary school in Toronto on Jan. 9, 2024.
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Additional research and attention is needed — particularly in Canada — to provide schools with evidence-based, trauma-informed and culturally attuned approaches to school discipline.
Language can steer your heart in unexpected ways.
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Words have power, and what vocabulary you have at your disposal to describe your relationships with other people can shape what directions those relationships can take.