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Conflict increases food prices in far-flung locations, study finds
Fighting along key transport routes pushes up food prices in areas far from the conflict itself, according to a new study. Researchers examined the price of mai...
School smartphone bans are overly simplistic and not supported by young people, study finds
Outright smartphone bans in schools are likely to be ineffective and undermine students' trust without addressing core issues like harmful online content, cyber...
Dads want to work from home, but fear career penalties
Working from home could improve family well-being, gender equality, fertility and staff retention, but only if fathers can use it without stigma or career penal...
Camouflaging snails change color in the rain
How does a stripy tree snail hide from hungry birds? The Hypselostyla camelopardalis from the Philippines and Reinia variegata from Japan have both evolved a fo...
Rice grown on the moon? Air-to-fertilizer technology helps rice grow in lunar soil simulant
Securing sustainable food supplies is a key challenge for long-term human exploration and potential habitation of the moon. The moon's soil contains no organic...
Women hold just 3% of jobs in tourism's biggest transport sector, global study finds
Women remain vastly underrepresented in tourism transport jobs worldwide, making up just 3% of land passenger transport workers (such as bus and train staff) in...
Open cluster NGC 6134 in Norma is 1.38 billion years old and hosts a core, tidal tail and diffuse halo
Indonesian astronomers have conducted a comprehensive study of an open cluster in the constellation Norma, known as NGC 6134. Results of the new study, availabl...
Linguistic reason Barbie's iconic speech became a cultural moment, and what Aristotle has to do with it
Everyone remembers where they were when Gloria lost it. The Barbie movie's big speech—America Ferrera, voice breaking, listing every single impossible thing the...
Isolation as a form of discipline: How should schools manage poor student behavior?
Last week, a group of parents strongly criticized prestigious Victorian private school Geelong Grammar for using isolation as a form of discipline during a year...
Study investigates stress, coping among adult siblings of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Assistant professor of practice, psychology and human development, and VKC member Jessika Boles, Ph.D., and colleagues have published results of a research stud...
Stop the sting! Fire ant control tips
Fire ants are a common nuisance across much of the United States, known for their painful stings and unsightly dirt mounds in lawns and outdoor spaces. However,...
One of the most distant 'leaky' galaxies ever found may reveal how the universe reionized
Astronomers have identified one of the most distant candidate galaxies known to leak ionizing radiation—the same kind of radiation thought to have transformed t...