Science

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The first major study of social media behavior during wartime has found that posts celebrating national and cultural unity in a country under attack receive significantly more online engagement than derogatory posts about the aggressors. University of Cambridge psychologists analyzed a total of 1.6 million posts on Facebook and Twitter (now … Read more

Changes in Tropical cyclone (TC) cold wakes with respect to distance from coast within 500 km of the U.S. (a) Southeast coast (SEC) and (b) Gulf coast during the period 1982–1999 (blue), 2000–2020 (yellow). Nearshore Atlantic hurricane track locations within 200 km of the U.S. (c) SEC and (e) Gulf coast. Blue dots represent the period 1982–1999 and yellow dots represent … Read more

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 1954. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium. It sports a glowing bar in its … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Undecided voters are less likely to cast their ballot, according to a new study which shows how the fragmentation of the political party system in the UK is fueling low turnout at elections. The number of citizens undecided in how they’d vote has risen in Western democracies. People are becoming less … Read more

Derek Arnold, researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology, carries a male lynx weighing around 24 pounds. It was captured in a log box trap near Stuver Cabin on the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge in 2017. The lynx, in excellent condition during a population peak, was anesthetized and collared. After its … Read more

by KeAi Communications Co. Effects of phosphorus resorption on bioactive phosphorus of different-aged Pinus massoniana plantations. Credit: Xue, X. P., et al. Phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient element in plant photosynthesis. However, the adsorption of mineral P via leaching and erosion leads to a decrease in P availability and consequently P deficiency. In a … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lowering the cost of health care and prescription drug prices and protecting Medicare and Social Security are among the most important issues for Americans in determining their vote for president, according to a new national West Health-Gallup Poll released today. Nearly two-thirds say a candidate’s position on Medicare/Social Security (63%) is … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researcher David Stanley’s interest in climate change has led him to develop a program to improve how we gather data to study the inside of a cloud. The program simulated multiple satellites, collecting images of a cloud from many angles at the same time, which could help us to better understand … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Farming is a notoriously hard profession with long hours spent operating dangerous equipment and performing other arduous tasks. New Rice University research finds that Indigenous farm employees—many of whom have legal status in the U.S. after moving from Latin America—may experience more physical pain on the job than undocumented workers. Researchers … Read more