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The Porsmose Man from the Neolithic Period, found in1947 in Porsmose, Denmark. Credit: The Danish National Museum Four research articles published in Nature follow the genetic traces and geographical origins of human diseases far back in time. The analyses provide detailed pictures of prehistoric human diversity and migration, while proposing an explanation for a rise … Read more

The remains of a Type Ia supernova – a kind of exploding star used to measure distances in the universe. Credit: NASA / CXC / U.Texas, CC BY What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter of a century, scientists have believed “normal” stuff … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Migration is an increasingly dominating topic in politics and is discussed with increasing vehemence among the German population. Those in favor of migration say that the lack of skilled workers and shortage of staff will become worse without immigration. Those who oppose migration fear that an increasing number of immigrants will … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When you go running in the woods in your running tights, elastane is the reason they fit you so comfortably. Elastane is an elastic material that allows the fabric to stretch and adapt to your body. But when elastane fibers are mixed with cotton, wool, nylon or other fibers, as is … Read more

Structural and optical symmetry breaking in polar crystals. Credit: FHI An international team of scientists provide an overview of the latest research on light-matter interactions. A team of scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute, the City University of New York, and the Universidad de Oviedo has published a comprehensive review article in Nature Reviews Materials. … Read more

Carbon sequestration effects of particulate organic carbon released during macroalgal growth. Credit: Li Hongmei Macroalgae are the most productive plants in coastal ecosystems. They have attracted worldwide interest due to their ability to sequester carbon. The growth of macroalgae can produce significant amounts of particulate organic carbon (POC), but it is unclear how these POC are … Read more

This map of Earth in 2023 shows global surface temperature anomalies, or how much warmer or cooler each region of the planet was compared to the average from 1951 to 1980. Normal temperatures are shown in white, higher-than-normal temperatures in red and orange, and lower-than-normal temperatures in blue. An animated version of this map shows … Read more

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Modeling is a dream occupation for many young women, but for those who make modeling a career, finding work can be a traumatic, sexualized nightmare, a Rutgers University-New Brunswick study finds. To land a modeling job—the first photo shoot, the next gig—models must constantly network, an essential element of entrepreneurial labor. … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that can improve the lives of Americans are still ongoing, thanks to the help and insight of UNM’s Center for Social Policy (CSP.) CSP Director and Political Science Professor Gabriel Sanchez and Ph.D. candidate Melanie Sayuri Dominguez just published research with one of these major … Read more

A figure depicting global surface temperature anomalies in 2023. Credit: C3S/ECMWF In 2015, most countries, including Canada, signed on to the Paris Climate Agreement which set the objective of “holding the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing the limit of 1.5 C to significantly reduce the … Read more