Science
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Strong reading skills may help teens resist misinformation
Students with stronger reading skills are better able to spot misinformation online—and those skills may be especially important for teenagers from disadvantage...
Brain cells regulate cholesterol to control neuron signaling
Cholesterol, a fat-like substance in the body best known for its role in cardiovascular health, also plays a key role in how neurons—foundational cells for the...
Electronic stripes linked to unusual vortex states in a superconductor
Superconductors, materials that can carry electric current with an electrical resistance of zero, have proved to be promising for the development of various tec...
Private equity investments rapidly reshaping CPA firms, creating a gap in accounting education, study finds
The traditional CPA firm partnership model is undergoing its most rapid transformation in decades. Driven by private equity (PE) investments and acquisitions, p...
What pig hearts and a little noise can teach us about designing better soft valves
Some of the best engineers and inventors are copycats. They look at how the natural world solves complex problems and use those mechanisms as the basis for inno...
Study finds simulation game helps students grasp complex health economics concepts
In Phillip Zane's classroom, students weigh an invitation to jump out of an airplane. The skydiving lesson and jump are free, and the exercise assumes there is...
Healthy reef sounds can boost coral and fish recovery efforts
Coral reefs are renowned for their visual beauty, but for the marine life they support, their sounds may be just as enticing. Two new studies led by UC San Dieg...
Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks
The European Space Agency–led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through an S-shaped kink known as a "switchback" in the solar wind's magnetic field. By fingerp...
New collar sensor could reveal how wildfire smoke affects animal health
When wildfire smoke fills the air, most people can go inside to avoid it. Wildlife does not have that option, and little is known about how animals living in re...
Working around men may make women feel worse about mistakes, study finds
We all make them, and we all make them at work: Mistakes on the job happen regardless of line of work, experience or gender. How employees feel about them and h...
Listening to hidden insects could give farmers an early warning of crop pests
Crawling through muddy soybean fields to inspect several plant-mounted microphones was not on Emily Sur's graduate school bingo card, but she's not mad about it...
AI chatbots endorse existing climate-related policies twice as often as new proposals
A new study of multiple large language models (LLMs) found that when users asked chatbots for advice, the chatbots were more likely to make suggestions that fav...