Counting the overlooked 'hidden homeless'
style="text-indent: 2em; "A person asking for change on the corner or living in a makeshift dwelling outside is easy to identify as homeless or unhoused. But there's a segment of the population without permanent housing that goes unnoticed. Molly Richard, assistant professor of public health in the University of Rhode Island
A physicist's fresh look at the 'prisoner's dilemma' reveals hope for cooperation
style="text-indent: 2em; "The "prisoner's dilemma" is one of the most famous ideas in game theory. For decades, this game has been used to explain why selfishness often beats cooperation. In the prisoner's dilemma, two players can either cooperate or cheat. Cheating always seems to pay off more, so both players end up cheati
Elongated canopy gaps may best support the natural regeneration of oak forest
style="text-indent: 2em; "As climate change intensifies, one of the key challenges facing forestry is how to balance efficient timber production with the preservation of forests' climate-regulating functions, biodiversity, and resilience. The growing public demand for recreation in forests, together with increasing oppositio
You are what you eat: Cichlid fish reveal how food sources drive evolution of digestive system
style="text-indent: 2em; "Different beak and jaw shapes are illustrative examples of how animal species have adapted to different food sources. In a new study published in the journal Nature, researchers now show how diet itself shapes the composition of intestinal tissue, using the highly diverse cichlid fishes as an exampl
A newly rediscovered moth species in Florida may already be at risk
style="text-indent: 2em; "To the untrained eye, the Florida scrub ecosystem isn't much to look at. Scattered in patches around coastal and inland Florida, the scrub landscape is dominated by shrubs and short oaks, all growing out of sandy soil.
Indian and Tibetan wolves reveal ancient lineages with unexpected genomic diversity
style="text-indent: 2em; "Wolves in India, like the pack that raised Mowgli in "The Jungle Book," can often feel disconnected from both the research and storytelling of wolves. Rice University professor Lauren Hennelly is working to change that. Her research uncovers the stories that these gray wolves, along with the nearby
From wetland sediment, scientists uncover centuries of climate chaos—and human resilience
style="text-indent: 2em; "The climate of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean was far more turbulent than previously thought—and a new study suggests that people adapted anyway. An international team of scientists, spearheaded by UC San Diego's Center for Cyber-Archaeology and Sustainability (CCAS) and the University of Haifa's
New research examines how misinformation threatens planetary defense and public trust
style="text-indent: 2em; "As misinformation spreads faster than ever across digital platforms, new research highlights growing risks to public understanding of planetary defense, an area of science that deals with the threat from asteroid and comet impacts, with potentially global consequences.
Microneedle patch vaccine could solving one of farming's most stubborn problems
style="text-indent: 2em; "Sticking needles into arms—or rather, haunches—is often the hardest part of distributing an effective agricultural vaccine. Now, University of Connecticut researchers show in the April 15 issue of Advanced Healthcare Materials that a patch can deliver a safe, temperature-stabilized vaccine against f
Findings reconsider the existence of Europa's vapor plumes
style="text-indent: 2em; "Looking back at 14 years of Hubble telescope data for Jupiter's moon Europa has given Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists a better understanding of its tenuous atmosphere. The findings have cast doubt on previous evidence suggesting that the icy moon intermittently discharges faint water
The Mediterranean Sea is capable of generating hurricanes and climate change will make them worse
style="text-indent: 2em; "In March 2026, a tropical-like cyclone named "Jolina' produced significant damage across North Africa. In 2020 and 2023, storms Ianos and Daniel both caused severe damage in Greece, and the latter triggered a humanitarian disaster in the city of Derna, Libya, where thousands were declared dead or mi
Professional chess analysis reveals faster decisions correlate with higher quality moves
style="text-indent: 2em; "In chess, faster decisions are on average of higher quality. This is the conclusion of a study that has just been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team of researchers, which, in addition to Professor Uwe Sunde from LMU, includes scientists from Erasmus Un
Vanishing birds across Norway's agricultural landscape may signal deeper changes
在欧洲，有充分记录表明，与农业景观相关的鸟类物种在过去几十年中经历了急剧下降。自1980年以来，人口减少了约60%。挪威的新数据显示，同样的负面趋势在挪威也很明显。
Banal but brutal: Career anxiety as a driving force behind authoritarianism
职业压力（而非意识形态）导致军官保护或推翻独裁者。政治学系的新研究表明，野心和焦虑可以将“普通人”变成政权的无情追随者，或者埋葬政权的人。
美因茨约翰内斯古腾堡大学 (JGU) 的研究人员开发了一种方法，可以从废品甘油中获取有价值的原材料甲酸盐和氢气。甲酸盐是甲酸的盐，广泛用于化学工业，而氢可以用作例如动力车辆的能量载体。
Arctic Weather Satellite paves way for constellation observation
欧洲航天局的北极气象卫星因其卓越性能而受到认可，甚至被用于业务天气预报，现在已经履行了其最重要的作用。这个小型原型任务成功地为类似卫星的新星座（称为 EPS-Sterna）铺平了道路。
Period pain and heavy bleeding cost the Australian economy billions every year in lost productivity
虽然经痛和经血过多很常见，但它们通常是私下处理的。然而，它们却对一个人的健康和财务造成了深远的影响。
Chandra catalog now contains 1.3 million X-ray detections across the sky
就像一位有着悠久职业生涯的录音艺术家一样，美国宇航局钱德拉 X 射线天文台拥有一份无法复制的宇宙记录“后台目录”。为了获取这些 X 射线轨迹或观测结果，我们开发了终极纲要：钱德拉源目录 (CSC)。
