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Saturday Citations: Cruise ship pathogen spread in ancient Rome; Plus: Pomegranates, retinal implants
This week, researchers reported that malaria influenced population distribution in Africa thousands of years ago. Mathematicians at MIT report that classical ph...
Inside 18 years of ape minds, a vast record that may upend how human intelligence began
A pioneering project led by researchers from the University of Stirling and the Max Planck Institute has opened the door for new insights into the evolutionary...
Can jarrah forests be recovered after bauxite mining?
In February, mining company Alcoa was hit with a $55 million penalty for illegally clearing about 2,000 hectares of WA's Northern Jarrah Forest. About $40 milli...
The most energetic neutrino ever detected could be primordial
In the exotic world of particle physics, neutrinos may be the most mysterious members. They rarely interact with other matter, have almost no mass, and have no...
Low wages, poor training put security guards—and the public—at risk, study finds
Tens of thousands of private security guards in California play a critical role in public safety, but poverty-level wages and poor training put both the guards...
Education saves lives: New study reveals global link between learning and longevity
A major international study involving researchers from The University of Manchester has found that education is one of the strongest predictors of how long peop...
New study reveals how video games support children's well-being
A study published this month in Reading Research Quarterly is challenging the long-held stereotype of the sedentary gamer. In their new paper, Dr. Fiona Scott,...
Chernobyl's exclusion zone is a beacon of biodiversity—but it faces new threats from Russia's invasion
April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The accident caused the largest ever release...
Neutrinos caught on camera: Testing the first prototype of a new elementary particle detector
Some innovations in physics come from entirely new technologies, others from fresh theoretical insights. Others still take shape by bringing together existing t...
El Niño season predicted to start as early as next month
An El Niño event is expected to develop from mid-2026, impacting global temperature and rainfall patterns, according to the World Meteorological Organization (W...
High-resolution imaging shines light on nanoscale nuclear organization
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have implemented an advanced microscopy technique to visualize multiple biomolecules inside the nucleus of...
Light near surface of ultra-thin optical fibers can sort twisted nanoparticles
Many important objects in the world can be divided into two categories based on their chirality or handedness, including molecules important for life such as am...