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New observations now allow the seemingly impossible: measuring the speeds of some stars along the line of sight without ascertaining their Doppler shifts.
Image credit: NASA, H.E. Bond, and E. Nelan (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD); M. Barstow and M. Burleigh (University of Leicester, UK); and J.B. Holberg (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ).
Researchers found a gene that could pave the way toward modifying crops so that they produce stable hybrid seed lines with desirable traits.
Image credit: Aleksandr Ozerov.
Aviation regulations offer important lessons for how to mitigate whale collisions and save whales.
Image credit: Shutterstock/Manamana.
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Atmospheric methane levels increased over geological formations in Northern Siberia following a heat wave in 2020, suggesting that permafrost thaw releases methane from reservoirs.
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Pottery, burnt clay, and burnt flint from Jordan dated from 7752 BCE to 5069 BCE yielded a record of variations in Earth’s magnetic field strength during the Neolithic period.
Image credit: Thomas E. Levy.
Mechanics of ant tunneling could inspire the development of improved robotic mining techniques.
Image credit: Jose E. Andrade and David R. Miller (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA).
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Ray Block Jr. and John Holbein report that Americans are more likely to respond to an emailed survey request from a sender with a putatively White name than a sender with a putatively Black name.
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