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Afraid of chemistry at school? It's not all the subject's fault
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Afraid of chemistry at school? It's not all the subject's fault

Apart from a few exceptional cases, chemistry is often perceived as difficult, abstract and removed from real life. This affects students' motivation and choice...

From practice to policy: Why farmer collaboration matters for biodiversity
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From practice to policy: Why farmer collaboration matters for biodiversity

A new study sheds light on how farmer-led collaboration can help create the conditions to address biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes. The research loo...

Could British companies be sued in the UK for human rights abuses committed overseas?
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Could British companies be sued in the UK for human rights abuses committed overseas?

Powerful companies may be dragged into court for human rights harms they claim to know nothing about, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Th...

Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable
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Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable

When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security and vaccines. It's not new...

Weather pushes back SpaceX's Crew-12 window, opening door for first ULA launch of year
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Weather pushes back SpaceX's Crew-12 window, opening door for first ULA launch of year

NASA's plans to get the first human spaceflight of the year off the pad have to hold off until at least Friday because of weather constraints along the flight p...

Nature is a powerful ally against fires and floods: So how can it be saved?
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Nature is a powerful ally against fires and floods: So how can it be saved?

More than a year after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the economic aftershocks of the disaster still permeate the lives of the people who survived it. Fewer th...

Anomalous magnetoresistance emerges in antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal
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Anomalous magnetoresistance emerges in antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal

Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Semi...

Survey finds flashing and cyberflashing drives women to change routes and online habits
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Survey finds flashing and cyberflashing drives women to change routes and online habits

Women are being forced to change their behaviors due to the high levels of flashing and cyberflashing they are exposed to, according to new research co-led by t...

Researchers discover L1td1 maintains stem cell pluripotency by degrading totipotency-associated RNAs
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Researchers discover L1td1 maintains stem cell pluripotency by degrading totipotency-associated RNAs

A new study has found that L1td1, a protein evolutionarily co-opted from the Long interspersed nuclear element 1 (LINE1) retrotransposon, functions as a critica...

Study reveals floods are the biggest drivers of plastic pollution in rivers
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Study reveals floods are the biggest drivers of plastic pollution in rivers

Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental concern as modern societies rely increasingly on plastic products. Much of this plastic waste eventual...

Online banking may shift household money control, making women five times likelier to manage
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Online banking may shift household money control, making women five times likelier to manage

Women in the UK who use online banking tools are nearly five times as likely to manage their household finances and about twice as likely to have the final say...

CEOs who have lived through natural disasters tend to prioritize safer workplaces, study finds
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CEOs who have lived through natural disasters tend to prioritize safer workplaces, study finds

Experiencing a natural disaster in childhood can shape how business leaders approach workplace safety decades later, according to a new Concordia-led study. The...

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