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Two distinct sleep stages emerge in jumping spider, including a REM-like state
Humans and other vertebrates go through various stages of sleep, including REM (rapid eye movement) sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and muscle twitch...
Audit reveals suspected fabricated references across physics, chemistry, engineering and computing journals
Months after a Columbia University School of Nursing–led audit published in the Lancet reported thousands of fabricated citations in medical papers, the same re...
Protecting isn't enough—creating integrated conservation landscapes is key
New Monash University research has revealed how countries could strengthen their conservation networks by looking beyond the boundaries of national parks and pr...
How shoes change our bones—and what that tells us about the evolution of walking
We tend to think of our bones as solid, unchanging support structures inside our bodies, but a recent study from the University of Chicago shows just how much t...
Biodiversity is a priority for European municipalities
As urbanization spreads worldwide, the loss and fragmentation of habitats are driving the global decline in biodiversity. At the same time, urban green spaces l...
Climate change exposes gaps in Europe's protected-area network
As the climate changes, protecting wildlife increasingly depends on both the conditions within protected areas and the connections between them. A new study pub...
Interfacial intelligence: A new way to design polymer brushes
Polymer brushes are dense layers of polymer chains that can be engineered to change how a surface interacts with its surroundings. By controlling interactions w...
Fractional calculus helps 1D model mimic correlations seen in 2D phase transitions
Phase transitions are strongly constrained by spatial dimension. In conventional one-dimensional systems with short-range interactions, thermal fluctuations gen...
Clouds on a lava planet challenge what astronomers expected
A rocky lava planet once thought to be too extreme to have an atmosphere appears to be wrapped in one with a reflective layer of vaporized silicate mineral clou...
Emotional content can improve how people process conversations
New in JNeurosci, Pyry Heikkinen and colleagues, from the University of Helsinki, explored how emotional meaning influences the way the human brain prioritizes...
Laser-blasted plasma shows how instabilities could heat the sun's corona
From its visible surface, the sun radiates heat at a relatively cool temperature of 5,800 Kelvin. Yet within the thin outer layer of the sun's atmosphere known...
World-famous or local legend? New study investigates global and local forms of collective memory and group identity
Napoleon Bonaparte and Bernardo O'Higgins: two 19th-century military leaders renowned to this day in their native countries of France and Chile. Yet, while Napo...