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How the timing of corporate donations shapes consumer trust
- May 5, 2026
Whether a company donates $1,000 a week for 52 weeks or gives $52,000 all at once, the total amount donated is the same. However, recent research by A...
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Relamination: A mechanism that has been shaping continents for billions of years
- May 5, 2026
An international team led by researchers from the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) has identified a key mechanism that has shaped Earth...
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Nutrient imbalance may drive coral disease more than heat stress
- May 5, 2026
Scientists led by the University of Southampton have revealed that an imbalance of nutrients in seawater can cause coral disease—possibly to a greater...
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Saving chocolate while restoring rainforests? Rock dust boosts soil nutrition and supports farmers
- May 5, 2026
Chocolate is the food of the gods. The name of the tree from which the confection originates, Theobroma cacao, combines the Greek words for god (theós...
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Burned stone, child's bones, and lost jewelry hint at prehistoric mining camp high in the Pyrenees
- May 5, 2026
In the past, scientists thought that prehistoric peoples only traveled briefly through high-altitude mountain areas, rather than staying to take advan...
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States across the wildfire-prone Western US are using AI for early detection
- May 5, 2026
On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona's Coconino National Forest. Human anal...
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Why endless scrolling gets harder to stop: Three drivers of problematic internet use revealed
- May 5, 2026
Why do so many people lose control over their internet use? While age limits for social media are being debated, many adults also spend hours online e...
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We might have massively underestimated Io's thermal output
- May 4, 2026
Io is a world of extremes. It is by far the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Being continually squeezed in the never-ending tug-of-...
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Politicians are not ignoring you, statistical analysis suggests
- May 4, 2026
If you're registered to vote in the United States and you're not among the richest of the rich, political scientist Peter K. Enns has a message for yo...
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Want to predict wildfire severity? Research says look to the state of vegetation
- May 4, 2026
Urbanization, climate change, and fire suppression practices are contributing to increased wildfire risk at the densely populated wildland-urban inter...
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AI-powered lab discovers brighter lead-free nanomaterials in 12 hours
- May 4, 2026
A new autonomous laboratory recently navigated through billions of potential material synthesis recipes to identify brighter, lead-free light-emitting...
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Giving voice to older homeless women navigating streets and shelters
- May 4, 2026
For women in their 50s experiencing homelessness, daily life means far more than finding a place to sleep. It means navigating dangerous shelter envir...