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Why does slicing onions make you cry?

Here's why you may start tearing up while slicing an onion.

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From tool use to warfare — here are 5 ways Jane Goodall revolutionized our knowledge of chimpanzees

Pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall has died at age 91. These are her five biggest contributions to how we understand about our closest living relatives.

LiveScience

Study finds organised scientific fraud is now a booming industry

Researchers uncover strategies used by academicians to publish fraudulent research

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Nor'easters have become 20% more destructive in the last 80 years, scientists warn

Nor'easters are becoming more destructive as the climate warms, a new study finds, with a 20% increase in storm intensity recorded from 1940 to now.

LiveScience

Laser scans reveal secrets of mysterious tattoos on 1,200-year-old mummies

Study expands understanding of artistic development in pre-Hispanic South America

The Independent UK

Middle children are more agreeable, humble and honest than siblings, new study suggests. The baby of the family would like a word.

A new study finds that middle kids and kids from larger families are more agreeable, honest and humble than younger and older kids or kids from smaller families, but the results contradict other research on the topic.

LiveScience

Nuclear Energy Prevents Air Pollution and Saves Lives

Economists estimate that each nuclear plant built could save more than 800,000 life years.

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A Big Panic Over Tiny Plastics

Science can detect increasingly small particles of plastic in our air and water. That doesn't mean it's bad for you.

Reason

Does breathwork really heal the body?

Techniques like the Wim Hof method are all the rage, but the evidence for their healing prowess is mixed

Salon

Earth's ice caps are in serious trouble

One study projects that the Arctic could see summer days without sea ice within the next decade

Salon

Our planet is simply getting too hot

Recent study finds that millions will be displaced as climate change makes their regions too hot to live

Salon

7 rules that explain Earth's most extreme animal shapes and sizes

Nature has a few rules to help explain the extreme shapes and sizes we see in the animal kingdom.

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Ecosystem collapses may happen rapidly

A new model suggests feedback loops could accelerate environmental breakdowns

Salon

When did the Isthmus of Panama form between North and South America?

The linkage of the Americas had outsize impacts globally, and its controversial timing has similarly large implications for science.

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World's First Wood Transistor Chops Out at 1 Hz

The first wood transistor doesn’t switch very fast, but it gets extra points for sustainability and biodegradability.

Inverse

Camel and Shark Blood Could Help Treat Elusive Human Diseases

Scientists hope to harness them as treatments for ills from cancer to Covid, for tracking cells in the body, and more.

Inverse

New research finds a disturbing pattern of discrimination at the highest levels of STEM

Gender and racial bias in academia in well-documented.

Salon

Why we need more protected areas

New research supports efforts to designate more land and water to save biodiversity and fight climate change

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The Independent UK

Long-lost branch of the Nile helped build Egyptian pyramids, study confirms

Study sheds light on environmental conditions that enabled construction of the pyramids of Giza

Asharq Al-Awsat

Study Shows Environmental Impact of 57,000 Products Sold in Supermarkets

Eating fruits and vegetables is better for the planet than eating meat and cheese, but a new study by scientists released Monday showed chips and sugary drinks also have a very low environmental impact. Scientists analyzed some 57,000 products sold in supermarkets in Britain and Ireland, in a large study…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Milk May Exacerbate Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms, New Study Suggests

Researchers at the University of Bonn have found a link between the consumption of dairy products and more severe multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms in MS patients. Multiple sclerosis sufferers often complain of more severe disease symptoms after consuming dairy products. Researchers have now found a possible cause for this and…

LiveScience

Triceratops: Facts about the three-horned dinosaur

Triceratops lived at the end of the Cretaceous period, between 67 million and 65 million years ago. Once considered solitary, new fossil discoveries indicate it was a social animal that may have lived in herds.

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