Science
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Climate adaptation may drive gentrification across African cities, continent-scale analysis shows
Green-blue adaptation (climate adaptation based on green and water spaces), which uses green and water spaces such as creating urban parks and restoring wetland...
Toxic metals in Hudson River striped bass decreased over decades, study shows
Striped bass are a popular and often human-consumed commercial and recreational game fish. Trace elements or metals essential for life are in these fish and oth...
Understanding pre-service physical education teachers' assessment literacy
Not only must teachers design lesson plans to convey information to their students, but they must also develop effective ways to assess their students' knowledg...
A smelly dog breath breakthrough: Plant-based spray tackles odor and harmful oral microbes
Pet owners love their dogs but may not always love the smell of their breath. Because this bad odor can signal oral disease, veterinary clinics will prescribe d...
How school songs shape children's environmental awareness: Lessons from Japan
The natural environment provides human society with essential non-material values, such as cultural symbolism and local attachment, known as "cultural ecosystem...
How wasted infrared light could boost solar panels, night vision and 3D printing
Researchers at UNSW Sydney have developed a nanoscale device that converts low-energy infrared and red light into higher-energy visible light, a breakthrough th...
New study explores effect of violent crime on individuals' mental health
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more than 1 million violent crimes are committed in the United States every year. While data on the attacks, t...
This single mother must learn quickly—or her colony won't survive
Being a single mother of 20 is no joke, especially if the survival of a whole species depends on it. A queen bumblebee faces this very challenge when she lays h...
Machine learning reveals 5-angstrom sweet spot behind metallic glass stability
Using the second-nearest neighboring atoms to predict metallic glass stability can help researchers more accurately model the disordered solid with strong, elas...
New evidence reveals a millennium-old dingo was ritually buried, and cared for, in Australia
A millennium-old dingo deliberately buried by Barkindji ancestors along the Baaka, or Darling River, is offering rare insight into the depth of relationships be...
Antarctic DNA offers vital clues to pinpointing rising sea levels
Researchers say accurately predicting Antarctica's impact on global sea levels is an urgent priority that can be achieved by analyzing the DNA of tiny land anim...
Policing plagiarism of ideas in generative AI-assisted research writing
As more people—including researchers—use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in their writing, it's becoming increasingly important to define what plagia...