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Caddisfly silk gene evolves quickly without losing adhesive power

Caddisflies are among nature's master underwater builders, capable of spinning sticky silk that they use to form protective cases and webs in freshwater streams. Scientists like the University of Utah's Russell Stewart have long studied this bioadhesive material in the hope of us

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How to protect your pets from New World screwworm

Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case of New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States on June 3, pet owners and shelters alike have expressed concern about what this might mean for their animals. Because the larvae of the parasitic fly infest wounds

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Study underscores barriers for male survivor support

Male survivors of intimate partner violence are less likely to seek help than female survivors, according to new research from Michigan State University's School of Social Work. As a result, these cases of intimate partner violence go unrecognized and underreported. To combat thi

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Boxy forms and odd lights: US declassifies more UFO files

The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.

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The 'safe third country' concept turns out to be an empty shell

In her recently completed research, Dr. Gaia Romeo exposes the reality behind the EU's 'safe third country' policy. She focuses on the only case in which that policy has already been applied on a large scale: Greece. There, the concept was used to reject asylum applications and r

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Spider-like creatures help uncover the surprising origins of fatherhood

Citizen scientists have helped researchers solve a long-standing mystery about how parental care evolved in harvestmen. Using photos and observations from iNaturalist, scientists more than doubled the known cases of egg-guarding behavior and discovered that maternal and paternal

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Chemists make elusive carbon-bridged sandwich molecule once thought too strained to exist

Progress in chemistry is often gradual, with some of its most important advances taking years—sometimes decades—to unfold. A case in point is the discovery of a novel "ferrocenophane" from the class of compounds known as "sandwich molecules"—so named because of their particular s

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Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst‑case scenarios

London is underwater. The Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and the Bank of England are all submerged. Far away, the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have collapsed, triggering accelerated sea-level rise which, combined with a storm surge in the

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How tides and river water combine to amplify floods

Ocean tides push upstream along coastal rivers, in some cases reaching hundreds of kilometers (hundreds of miles) inland. These inland stretches are known as tidal rivers, and they're the scene of complex interactions between the river current and tidal oscillations. When rivers

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Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700

Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.

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New cases slow in NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak; Met museum among buildings with posi

A Legionnaires' disease outbreak in a New York City neighborhood now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said Tuesday. They reported progress on inspections for the disease-causing bacteria—finding traces in dozens of buildings including the famed Met

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IA: 7 diferenciais que tornam startups difíceis de copiar

Inteligência artificial | Foto: CanvaEm um mundo onde escrever código virou commodity, essas são as principais barreiras de entrada para startups construírem valor no longo prazo O post IA: 7 diferenciais que tornam startups difíceis de copiar apareceu primeiro em Startups.

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