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Children from previous relationships growing up as siblings in a new family, couples adopting or fostering children: So-called patchwork families are...
When you look up at the sky on a sunny day, the sun might seem like a bright spot, unchanging in the sky. But the sun is a complex, dynamic celestial...
At the center of most large galaxies sits a supermassive black hole (SMBH). When these black holes are actively consuming material, they become incred...
A study of one of the world's longest-running disaster warning systems—desert locust monitoring—finds surveillance limits damages and generates return...
Educators and researchers around the world, especially in countries with limited resources, need cost-effective, scalable tools for assessing early ch...
Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock. They are from drill holes bor...
In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of energy heats the surroundin...
In the early 1990s, crime-loving television audiences could choose mainly between cozy, fictional detective series such as Columbo and Murder, She Wro...
Living bacteria embedded in coatings could clean wastewater, capture carbon and generate biofuels—but only if they survive the manufacturing process....
Honeybees are among the widely studied insects, due to their sophisticated, hierarchical social organization and their essential ecological role. Bees...
The latest discoveries by an international research team, which includes Academy Research Fellow Ferhat Kaya from the University of Oulu, Finland, off...
Being able to see light and detect radiation is of utmost importance at any frequency. While this challenge has been solved in the visible range, radi...
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