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What motivates people to take action to prevent crime?

Understanding the relationship between food waste, climate change and an aging population

Microbes in environment drove methane emissions more than fossil fuels between 2020 and 2022, analysis finds

Betelgeuse Betelgeuse? Bright star Betelgeuse likely has a 'Betelbuddy' stellar companion

3D structures of biomolecules: 'Dictionaries' make fluorescence-based data accessible

Tracking vampire worms with machine learning

Chemoenzymatic approach enhances Stevia sweetness through glycosylation of Rebaudioside C

Giant meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have aided early life

How plants compete for light: Researchers discover new mechanism in shade avoidance

Recognizing the strengths of socioeconomically disadvantaged students could lead to better grades

Q&A: More kids than ever need special education, but burnout has caused a teacher shortage

Satellite-derived data on artificial light at night indicate rapidly increasing industrial activities in the Arctic

Modeling experiments show weather-changing El Niño oscillation is at least 250 million years old

Evolution in action: How ethnic Tibetan women thrive in thin oxygen at high altitudes

Docudrama can lead to more empathy toward people who are stigmatized in society, study finds

Wild animals can also experience trauma and adversity: Ecologists create an index to track the effects

Education and gender equality: Focus on girls isn't fair and isn't enough, say researchers

Poverty in Lagos isn't just about money: Here's why

Unexpected beauty and major antimicrobial power boost as phages form into surprising flower shapes

Artificial 'nose' can sniff out damaged fruit and spoiled meat

Amorphous nanosheets created using hard-to-synthesize metal oxides and oxyhydroxides

'Making insurance effective in the face of climate change may require it to be legally enforced'

New research visualizes how fishing communities can change fishing habits to adapt to climate change

Combining satellite methods provides drought detection from space

Accurately weighing costs and benefits of different methods for controlling invasive species

Study combines woodchips and biochar to clean water of pharmaceuticals, nutrients

Down in the slumps: Tracing erosion cycles in arctic permafrost

Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India

Walk or run in the rain? A physics-based approached to staying dry (or at least drier)

If your child is watching TV and playing online games, you should do it with them—here's why

Disadvantaged children face barriers to early education entitlement

It would cost billions, but pay for itself over time—the economic case for air conditioning every Australian school

Study reveals flavor and nutrient advantages of roasted germinated sunflower seeds

How light helped shape our skin color, eyes and curly hair

Climate change intensified 2022 drought in Central and Southern Europe, study finds

Viscous electronics: Fluid-like electrons are unlocking new tech possibilities

What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?

Experimental approach analyzes how our relationships affect the adoption of innovations

Tiny soil critters play by their own rules in urban parks

Draft guidelines for 'forever chemicals' released. Here's what it means for drinking water safety in Australia

Nuclear fusion energy requires heat- and radiation-resilient materials to be reliable, says nuclear engineer

With reports of students abusing peers in primary schools, how can parents help keep their kids safe?

Australia's fertility rate has reached a record low. What might that mean for the economy?

Why do some schools still force girls to wear skirts or dresses?

Getting carbon capture right will be hard—but that doesn't make it optional, says researcher

A new 'race science' network is linked to a history of eugenics that never fully left academia

Scientists provide new insights into how air pollution forms at the molecular level

Optogenetic method shows plant guard cells can count environmental stimuli to adapt water consumption

Physicists uncover universal non-equilibrium quantum dynamics in randomly interacting spin models

Experimental study offers insights into mysterious flow features on airless worlds