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Saturday quotes: Europe is made up of solar power. Mitochondria lives a busy life. Plus: Life in metropolitan areas that depend on each other
A dependencies network (red) between the venues in New York. This image shows long -distance and complex dependencies in Boston’s business, location, and venue. Credit: Saumitra Kulkarni, SUNLAB Group, North Eastern University Ah, Miss Amigos de La Ciensia! This week, researchers reported that humanity had walked all over Europe 500,000 years ago, 500,000 years ago. Australian and Canadian researchers create…
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Environment
How a week of extreme weather changed the lives of millions of Americans
The Palisades Fire destroys vehicles and buildings in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File It was a week of fire and ice. It started with millions of people across the United States shivering in days of snowstorms and frigid air, thanks to a jet stream that has frequently deviated from…
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Earth
Solar geoengineering could save 400,000 lives a year
Regional mortality affects income growth and climate adaptation. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2401801121 When it comes to finding solutions to climate change, there’s no shortage of technologies vying for attention, from renewable energy to electric vehicles to nuclear energy. One such candidate, solar geoengineering, claims to be able to rapidly cool the Earth, limit…
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Environment
Kitchen renovations could reduce household air pollution and save lives in rural China
Correlation analysis between kitchen characteristics (mechanical ventilation and separate kitchen in this study) and several influencing factors, including socio-economic and physical geographical factors. The heatmap on the left shows the correlation between each factor, and the diagonal bar chart shows the distribution of each factor. The numbers on the right are the corresponding correlation coefficients between those factors. Credit: Environmental…
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Environment
Breathing space – smart parking policies improve the lives of EU city dwellers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have installed smart parking lots that provide cleaner air, more greenery and more space to play for residents across Europe. When the renovation of Piazza del Popol Josto is completed this December, residents of Reggio Emilia will be able to stroll through the tree-lined pedestrian square, which until recently was just a parking lot. The…
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Other Sciences
Citizens panels help young people with special needs and disabilities have a say in policies that affect their lives.
Hem born from activity 3: a vision for inclusive schools. Credit: Frontiers in Education (2024). DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1389462 Participating in citizen panels could help generate new policy ideas about integrating young people with special educational needs and disabilities into schools, according to a new study. The study is published in the journal Frontiers in Education. This first study also provides evidence…
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Science
Sounds provide new information about the secret lives of sperm whales
New research by MBARI researchers and collaborators has provided strong evidence that sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are migrating seasonally in the northeast Pacific. This research will help ecosystem managers determine how to best protect this endangered species. Credit: Tim Huntington Sperm whales are the noisiest animals on Earth, relying on sound to find food in the darkness of the ocean…
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Science
Researchers examine impact of Black Lives Matter movement on racial prejudice
Credit: Life Matters from Pexels The killing of George Floyd in 2020 reignited the Black Lives Matter movement, a mass social movement aimed at exposing and reducing structural racism and inequality in the U.S. The movement and coverage of it have had a profound impact on how white Americans think about black Americans, says postdoctoral researcher Max Primes. Primes’ research…
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