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Everyday sexist online language is not random, and that's the problem
- Apr 14, 2026
Online sexism is often dismissed as random—just a few bad comments or offensive jokes. But what appears scattered and spontaneous is increasingly stru...
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Toothy snout recasts Australia's famed Muttaburrasaurus as a picky eater
- Apr 14, 2026
In a surprising new study, Australia's most famous plant-eating dinosaur has been described as a "picky eater with a nose for good food" when it roame...
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Would you save more lives or more years of life? A global study reveals how people really think
- Apr 14, 2026
Imagine a stark choice. You can save one person who is likely to live another 30 years. Or you can save several people who may each live another 10 ye...
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High school student designs low-cost teabags to remove arsenic from water and help millions
- Apr 14, 2026
Arsenic contamination in drinking water is a global issue, with over 200 million people estimated to be at risk. While water treatment plants remove t...
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Copper blasted into a million-degree plasma strips away 22 electrons in a flash before atoms recover
- Apr 14, 2026
When laser flashes hit matter, electrons are knocked off their orbits around the atomic nuclei. This can generate extremely hot plasmas composed of ch...
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New study calls for a 'pedagogy of joy' in higher education
- Apr 14, 2026
In a new paper published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education, University of Sheffield researchers argue that the modern university experi...
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Quantum simulations tackle photon polarization flip, but today's hardware falls short
- Apr 14, 2026
For the last 80 years, the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), which describes all electromagnetic interactions, has been a cornerstone of the st...
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New genetic discovery reveals why some plants are born to survive in a warming world
- Apr 14, 2026
A genetic master map of ancient grasses could be the key to future-proofing global food supplies, according to a new study revealing why some crops ar...
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A tiny predator from ancient Spain just doubled the weasel family's evolutionary timeline
- Apr 14, 2026
Weasels are small carnivores with a long body and short legs. They also have a stout skull and sharp teeth. These creatures, along with ferrets and mi...
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Scattered insects offer practical boost to poultry welfare, new research shows
- Apr 14, 2026
Modern broiler chicken strains have been selectively bred for rapid growth, increased meat yield and feed efficiency, making poultry meat affordable a...
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Super magma reservoirs discovered beneath Tuscany
- Apr 14, 2026
How can magma buried 5, 10, or even 15 km underground be detected without any surface indicators? The answer lies in ambient noise tomography, a techn...
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A tiny wall spider named for Pink Floyd is hunting urban pests up to six times its size
- Apr 14, 2026
A team of researchers from institutions across South America have expanded scholarly knowledge of the Pikelinia spider genus, with their recent discov...