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Reparations research highlights roots of African inequality
- Feb 9, 2026
Historical injustices such as slavery and colonialism are not just matters of the past but active forces shaping present-day inequality and developmen...
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Physicists clarify key mechanism behind energy release in molybdenum-93
- Feb 9, 2026
A team of physicists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, has identified the do...
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When Valentine's Day forces a relationship reckoning
- Feb 9, 2026
For people who have been quietly struggling with doubts about their relationship, the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day can feel fraught. As Feb. 14...
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Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home
- Feb 9, 2026
As soon as you drive over the top of the Peak District and down into Sheffield you can see the light pollution—and it's horrible, said a participant i...
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The brilliant and bizarre ways birds use their sense of smell—from natural cologne to pest control
- Feb 9, 2026
When we think about birds, we often picture their colorful plumage: the iridescence of a peacock's tail or the electric blue flash of a kingfisher. Or...
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Why do disasters still happen, despite early warnings? Because systems are built to wait for certainty
- Feb 9, 2026
After major disasters, public debate often treats them as unexpected or unprecedented. This reaction is not necessarily about the absence of warnings....
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How husbands and wives try to find a balance between beauty and status—new research
- Feb 9, 2026
The idea of a "trophy" wife or husband may not sound like a very romantic basis for marriage. It implies one half of a couple brings physical attracti...
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Looking for advanced aliens? Search for exoplanets with large coal deposits
- Feb 9, 2026
The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on Earth, but it should also be...
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Why melting glaciers are drawing more visitors and what that says about climate change
- Feb 9, 2026
As glaciers around the world continue to shrink and disappear, they are drawing more visitors than ever, not only for their beauty but for what they h...
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Scientists harness nature's chirality bias to design series of complex mechanically interlocked molecules
- Feb 9, 2026
In nature, molecules often show a strong preference for partnering with other molecules that share the same chirality or handedness. A behavior that i...
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Rural backlash against green levies 'rooted in sense of unfairness'
- Feb 9, 2026
A study by researchers at King's College London and the University of Oslo found that resistance to green levies in the countryside is driven not just...
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Quantum dots reveal entropy production, a key measure of nanoscale energy dissipation
- Feb 9, 2026
In order to build the computers and devices of tomorrow, we have to understand how they use energy today. That's harder than it sounds. Memory storage...