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Crowds Can Wise Up To Fake News Experiment with Facebook-flagged content shows groups of laypeople reliably rate stories as effectively as fact-checkers do. In the face of grave concerns about…
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Astronomers have used gravitational lensing to obtain an unprecedented look at a black hole system in the early Universe. An artist’s illustration shows how the X-ray light from one of…
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A new experimental setup for studying animal behavior and learning. Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great example of the complicated tasks…
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Fiery river in Kamchatka, Russia. Extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), stabilizing temperatures at Earth’s surface. An international research…
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The researchers made use of the exceptional facilities of Micronova Nanofabrication Cleanroom. Credit: Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University New study published in Nature Communications is the first to show strong optical properties…
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Both male and female White-necked Jacobins fan their tails during courtship or aggressive interactions. Because this bird also has its wings partially raised it’s likely an aggressive stance. Credit: Photo…
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The basis of the new material is polyethylene, which is already used for insulation in existing HVDC cables. Now, by adding very small amounts – 5 parts per million –…
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This illustration shows a paleoartist’s reconstruction of the three extinct rhinoceros species whose genomes were sequenced as part of the study. In the foreground is a Siberian unicorn (Elasmotherium sibiricum),…
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New research from University of Colorado at Boulder, could help scientists better understand the phenomena behind ‘sunspots’. The sun has long intrigued scientists. However, this sphere of super-heated plasma—the closest…
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A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could greatly accelerate the...
