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Euclid space telescope data will shed light on evolution of dark universe

Jul 12, 2023

The Euclid space telescope successfully launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 1 and is now poised to collect data about millions of galaxies across one-third of the...

In-person mindfulness courses help improve mental health for at least six months, study shows

Jul 11, 2023

University of Cambridge researchers looked at participants of group-based and teacher-led mindfulness courses, conducted in person and offered in community settings. They say the results, published in the journal Nature...

Data collection underway in First Nations-led cancer study

Jul 11, 2023

A first of its kind study exploring cancer in Indigenous Australian communities has begun data collection. Funded by the Australian Government, through Cancer Australia, it's the first cancer study designed,...

The Misinformation Susceptibility Test

Jul 7, 2023

University of Cambridge psychologists have developed the first validated “misinformation susceptibility test”. This runs counter to prevailing public attitudes regarding online misinformation spread, say researchers – that older, less digitally-savvy...

Shrinking Arctic glaciers are unearthing a new source of methane

Jul 7, 2023

The research suggests that these methane emissions will likely increase as Arctic glaciers retreat and more springs are exposed. This, and other methane emissions from melting ice and frozen ground...

Researchers teach an AI to write better chart captions

Jul 7, 2023

To help people author high-quality chart captions, MIT researchers have developed a dataset to improve automatic captioning systems. Chart captions that explain complex trends and patterns are important for improving...

Here's why you won't find kangaroos outside of Australia

Jul 7, 2023

Biologists have long described this asymmetrical distribution of Australian and Asian species by using an imaginary line that separates Australia, New Guinea and parts of Indonesia from continental Southeast Asia....

The chemistry of mosquito attraction

Jul 6, 2023

Another powerful part of this system: We can test mosquito behavior under naturalistic conditions. Anopheles gambiae, the African malaria mosquito, likes to hunt at night when humans are sleeping. Why...

Private sector companies added 497,000 jobs in June, more than double expectations, ADP says

Jul 6, 2023

The U.S. labor market showed no signs of letting up in June, as companies created far more jobs than expected, payroll processing firm ADP reported Thursday. Private sector jobs surged...

Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA

Jul 6, 2023

This is an advantage when we want to understand how rainfall replenishes groundwater (technically known as groundwater recharge). We saw differences between water flow types: slower flow through the porous...