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'Voorhees law' explains why the slower car often catches up
- Apr 7, 2026
Many drivers will know the feeling: you pull ahead of the slower car you've been stuck behind and cruise the open road ahead at your own, faster speed...
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How the social lives of magpies shape their call repertoire
- Apr 7, 2026
Communication is central to the survival of most animals, including humans. Yet animals of different species communicate differently, and the complexi...
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Reducing risks when modernizing packaging
- Apr 7, 2026
Redesigns can cause serious harm to businesses. New research from Adelaide University explores what brands should consider when modernizing their pack...
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Green skepticism indirectly reduces intention to purchase sustainable products, says study
- Apr 7, 2026
Skepticism about claims regarding sustainability reduces consumers' intentions to purchase sustainable products by weakening two important drivers of...
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A layered approach sharpens brain signals in optical imaging
- Apr 7, 2026
Near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, offers a way to monitor brain activity without surgery or radiation by tracking changes in blood flow and oxygen...
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Why we're skeptical of the emotions we see on our screens
- Apr 7, 2026
If you've poured your heart out on social media about a political issue, it might have felt cathartic—but likely was not persuasive, Cornell research...
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15 years after the eradication of rinderpest, lessons still ring true
- Apr 7, 2026
Permanently wiping out a disease is tricky business. Polio, measles, mumps—all have effective vaccines, yet they persist in certain pockets around the...
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Do you see faces in the clouds? Researchers examine pareidolia
- Apr 7, 2026
Humans are masters of seeing faces in any old thing—a handbag, TV static, toasted white bread. Scientists want to know why. A few years ago, as the ca...
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Quantum computing without interruptions
- Apr 7, 2026
Mid-circuit measurements are one of the biggest practical hurdles in quantum error correction on encoded qubits. Researchers in Innsbruck and Aachen h...
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Matcha model makes drug candidate screening more than 30 times faster
- Apr 7, 2026
Ligand Pro, founded by Skoltech professors and a Skoltech Ph.D. student, has presented Matcha, an AI-powered molecular docking model that performs vir...
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Hot-dry extremes could hit 28% of humanity five times more often by end of century
- Apr 7, 2026
In their current state, climate policies around the world could leave a significant chunk of the global population exposed to simultaneous extreme hea...
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Astronomers discover Andromeda XXXVI, an ultra-faint dwarf satellite galaxy
- Apr 7, 2026
By analyzing the data from the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PandAS), European astronomers have discovered a new satellite of the Andromeda gal...