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Study calls for action to combat online abuse of sportswomen
Stronger policies and accountability measures to safeguard women athletes online are being called for, as part of a new study on the issue focusing on the case...
Atlantic nurse sharks show faster growth patterns in Biscayne Bay than nearby Bimini, Bahamas
A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science shows that juvenile Atlantic nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma ci...
Probing the jet base of M87's supermassive black hole
Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 (M87) in the constellation Virgo i...
Multiwavelength monitoring reveals distant blazar OP 313's behavior
An international team of astronomers has analyzed the data from long-term multiwavelength monitoring of a distant blazar known as OP 313. Results of the new stu...
Multiwavelength analysis finds no radio pulsations from accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar
Using various space telescopes and ground-based facilities, astronomers have performed X-ray and radio observations of an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar kno...
The first direct observation of a liquid charge density wave
Charge density waves (CDWs) are ordered, crystal-like patterns in the arrangement of electrons that spontaneously form inside some solid materials. These patter...
A few extra dollars may go a long way for survey researchers, study shows
Survey research is an important tool for capturing public opinion. Social scientists, market researchers, policymakers and more rely on surveys to capture the b...
Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species
A new species of amphibian that lived 150 million years ago has been discovered in Portugal. The tiny animal was one of the earliest species belonging to a myst...
Warming may increase mangrove methane emissions—but these forests remain powerful carbon sinks
Mangrove forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle, particularly within the marine carbon system. Growing along tropical and subtropical coastli...
Health advocates sound alarm as EPA works to loosen pollution standard
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to roll back federal particulate matter pollution standards will harm Michigan residents, particularly those w...
Brazil declares acai a national fruit to ward off 'biopiracy'
Brazil has declared the acai berry a national fruit, a move to stamp its ownership on the popular "superfood" as concerns grow about foreign companies staking c...
Video shows flames flying from NASA plane that touched down without landing gear
A NASA research plane malfunctioned and had to touch down in Texas without landing gear on Tuesday, sliding across the runway on its belly and sending plumes of...