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Politicization in humanities scholarship may compromise scholarly standards
- Jun 9, 2026
A national report co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa sociologist has found that while the humanities and social sciences continue to prod...
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Protected bike lanes, not painted lanes, lift NYC bikeshare ridership, analysis shows
- Jun 9, 2026
Protected bike lanes increase Citi Bike ridership in New York City, but painted bike lanes and sharrows do not show a statistically significant causal...
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50 years of data reveals true extent of climate change impacts on kelp forests
- Jun 9, 2026
New research from the University of Victoria (UVic) has found that some kelp forests around Vancouver Island were disappearing far earlier than scient...
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Artemis II moon mission research continues on Earth
- Jun 9, 2026
Since NASA's Artemis II crew members safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10 after their record-setting mission around the moon, science...
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NASA's INCUS mission on road to launch, study storms from space
- Jun 9, 2026
Teams working on NASA's INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission, the first space-based survey of the dynamics of tropical convective stor...
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Agricultural waste can be used to clean wastewater
- Jun 9, 2026
Water pollution caused by pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other organic contaminants is an increasing global issue, especially in regions with limited...
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They call it 'stupid hot' for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains
- Jun 9, 2026
On a blazing hot day in South Africa, female southern pied babblers can't think straight. The medium-sized black-and-white birds are trying to get at...
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Cosmic bombardment may have opened Earth's crust for prebiotic chemistry
- Jun 8, 2026
Asteroids and planetesimals regularly bombarded Earth between about 4.6 billion and 3.5 billion years ago, during the Hadean and Archean eons. Because...
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Super sponge can remove toxic dyes from industrial wastewater
- Jun 8, 2026
Colors brighten our lives and help define countless items we use daily—from the vibrant clothes we wear to decorative paper and packaging materials. W...
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How plants survive constant DNA damage: Newly identified repair protein protects growth-critical stem cells
- Jun 8, 2026
Similar to the way DNA damage can contribute to human diseases such as cancer, it can also disrupt growth, development and survival in plants. Every d...
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Despite toxic reputation, our research shows podcasts can help men's mental health
- Jun 8, 2026
Over the last decade, podcasts have become big business, with more than a fifth of UK adults listening to podcasts each week. The format particularly...
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River wildlife moves freely once dams are removed, but so too can invasive species
- Jun 8, 2026
Almost a quarter of all freshwater species are threatened with extinction. The removal of human-made barriers from rivers, such as dams and weirs, is...