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Deep drilling offers clues to Japan’s next big earthquake

Scientists who drilled deeper into an undersea earthquake fault than ever before have found that the tectonic stress in Japan’s Nankai subduction zone is less than expected. The findings, published in...

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Webb Telescope reveals super early Milky Way-like galaxies

New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age. “I took one look at these data, and...

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People want the COVID vax more when it’s a trend

People are more willing to get a COVID-19 vaccination when they know how many other people in their community plan to get one, researchers report. Public health messaging that touts the accurate...

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People don’t ask for more pay when company is ‘good’

People applying for jobs at altruistic organizations may feel too guilty to ask for more pay, research finds. Both for-profit and nonprofit organizations increasingly employ “social impact framing”...

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Did hetero love evolve from same-sex friendship?

Romantic heterosexual relationships in humans may have evolved from same-sex pairings in a common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, according to a new hypothesis. The prevailing explanation of...

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Watch: Sloth fights off ocelot attack

A new video and paper demonstrate just how decisive and quick two-toed sloths can be when they need to. The paper appears in the journal Food Webs and describes and analyzes an unusual video captured...

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Tropical trees ‘repulse’ their close relatives

Trees in a tropical forest are farther from others of the same species than expected, research finds. Tropical forests often harbor hundreds of species of trees in a square mile, but scientists often...

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Why you shouldn’t fear sharing negative stuff about yourself

People often keep adverse information about themselves secret because they worry that others will judge them harshly, but those fears are overblown, according to new research. In fact, when study...

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Male psych researchers forget women in their field

When asked to name experts in their field, male psychology researchers are more likely to think of other men—no matter that most psychologists in and out of the academy are women. This difference in...

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To sleep better, you should move more

A new study provides the most reliable validation to date of the connection between physical activity, sleep quality, and psychological health. The study found that physical activity lengthened REM...

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There’s a genetic link between bird and human vocal organs

New research has revealed a common genetic link between the larynx (the vocal organ of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) and the syrinx (the vocal organ of birds). Humans have been long fascinated by...

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Laser blasts could solve the world’s plastic problem

Researchers have developed a way to blast the molecules in plastics and other materials with a laser to break them down into their smallest parts for future reuse. The method involves laying these...

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