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Gifted men exhibit lower levels of conservatism compared to their average-intelligence counterparts, finds study
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Gifted men exhibit lower levels of conservatism compared to their average-intelligence counterparts, finds study

Individuals with high intellectual ability frequently occupy leadership roles across business, science, and politics. To date, it has not been definitively esta...

Boots on the moon and beyond. Where next after Artemis II mission success?
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Boots on the moon and beyond. Where next after Artemis II mission success?

It is tempting to view the Artemis II splashdown as the exclamation point on a successful lunar mission. And from launch to completion, it was indeed a textbook...

A hidden Oregon basin and a shallower slab sharpen the Cascadia megaquake threat
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A hidden Oregon basin and a shallower slab sharpen the Cascadia megaquake threat

A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower than previously thought, with impa...

Meet Yuji, the Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion
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Meet Yuji, the Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion

Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the...

Monkeys navigate a virtual forest with thought alone, pushing brain-computer interfaces beyond the lab
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Monkeys navigate a virtual forest with thought alone, pushing brain-computer interfaces beyond the lab

As a part of a study testing out a new type of implanted brain-computer interface (BCI), three rhesus monkeys controlled movements in a virtual reality (VR) wor...

What do sushi, climbing and smoking have in common? How we talk about risk
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What do sushi, climbing and smoking have in common? How we talk about risk

Next week, Sara Perlstein will defend her Ph.D. on risk talk: the everyday conversations we have about risks with people close to us. From eating sushi to climb...

New metric identifies at-risk mangroves before they disappear
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New metric identifies at-risk mangroves before they disappear

Scientists from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Centro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación in Mexico have developed a tool...

Microscopic green pigment provides insights into how successive typhoons drive cumulative water and ecosystem changes
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Microscopic green pigment provides insights into how successive typhoons drive cumulative water and ecosystem changes

A microscopic green pigment can provide major insights into how severe tropical cyclones called typhoons impact water flow and ecosystems. Called chlorophyll a,...

Simulations generate thousands of cyclone scenarios to predict extreme flooding in Bay of Bengal
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Simulations generate thousands of cyclone scenarios to predict extreme flooding in Bay of Bengal

Powerful cyclones can push seawater miles inland, threatening densely populated communities and critical infrastructure built along coastal areas. A combination...

Feeling lonely? Try a walk in the great outdoors
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Feeling lonely? Try a walk in the great outdoors

Taking part in activities can make you less lonely, because you meet people, and because social gatherings are a positive thing. But can the mere fact of being...

Warmer winters and snow drought may threaten western US water by speeding flows
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Warmer winters and snow drought may threaten western US water by speeding flows

As future shifts in climate lead to more rain and less snow in the western United States, new research finds that water will move faster through a landscape, li...

Quantum Fourier transform reaches 52 qubits, shattering the previous 27-qubit record
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Quantum Fourier transform reaches 52 qubits, shattering the previous 27-qubit record

The spin-off company ParityQC has implemented the largest quantum Fourier transform ever reported using an IBM quantum computer, thereby setting a new milestone...

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