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US midterm elections: Younger politicians could strengthen trust in democracy
It's no secret that American politics is dominated by older politicians. When 81-year-old Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race amid concerns about...
Using vibrations to reveal what lies beneath other planets' surfaces
Modern space exploration hasn't quite reached "Star Trek" levels of boldly going where no one has gone before. But if, like the denizens of the USS Enterprise,...
Tiny fossils show brittle stars gathered around a dead whale 9.5 million years ago
Tiny skeletal plates recovered beside fossil whale bones in southern Denmark offer a rare glimpse of life around a whale carcass approximately 9.5 million years...
Disillusion runs deep among young Americans, poll reveals
The kids are not all right on the future. For the first time in the 26-year history of the Harvard Youth Poll, more respondents expect to be worse off financial...
Asymmetric atomic structure improves sodium–sulfur battery performance
Chinese researchers have developed a new way to improve sodium–sulfur battery performance by changing the atomic structure of a catalyst. Led by professors Wang...
Finding the fingerprints of noisy distributions in random quantum systems
Imagine shuffling a deck of cards where some of the cards are fading just because of the way they interact with the external environment as you shuffle them. Yo...
Tijuana River pollution doesn't stay put—it can travel seven times farther than expected
Waste dumped into the Tijuana River can travel seven times farther than expected before becoming airborne and affecting San Diego's air, at least 20 miles (32 k...
New framework helps turn biodiversity goals into measurable action
The new study by Newcastle University and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) offers a practical roadmap for tracking progress toward halt...
Cooking is a bigger source of harmful air particles than vehicle exhausts in London and Beijing
There have been decades of regulations to make vehicles greener and improve air quality in London and Beijing, as well as a popular shift toward less polluting...
Talk of the town: Virtual world gets stroke survivors talking
Have you ever felt like you know exactly what you want to say, but just can't get the words out? Having a word on the tip of your tongue can be frustrating at t...
Scarcer food may have pushed early humans to rework stone tools for longer use
About 300,000 years ago, the emergence of the first Homo sapiens in Africa was accompanied by major cultural and technological changes, marking the beginning of...
Stone Age hunters in northern Europe may have used poison arrows to hunt big prey
Autumn walks in Britain are glorious, as the foliage changes color and cool, crisp air begins to bite. However, some of these European trees hide a much darker...