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Indoor ant populations might start invading outdoors due to global warming

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Some ant species that can only survive indoors in cooler regions could begin to move outdoors due to climate change, according to a new U of T Scarborough study.This post was originally published on this […]

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Single pollen parents in flowering plants may be more common than previously thought

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While all seeds produced within a fruit have the same maternal genome, the paternal genomes of seeds can come from the pollen of one or more paternal parents. A common assumption about flowering plants is […]

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Drug used for rare disease can turn human blood and surfaces deadly to mosquitoes

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A drug that makes human blood lethal to mosquitoes also acts as a potent contact insecticide absorbed through the feet, providing a promising new approach to combating insecticide resistance.This post was originally published on this […]

Earth Sciences

As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

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The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but complicated political and practical negotiations […]

Lifestyle

Five ways digital nomads can have a positive impact on the places they travel to for work

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Digital nomads are everywhere. Working and living wherever they lay their laptops, there may be as many as 40 million people who earn their keep online while they travel the world.This post was originally published […]

Earth Sciences

An integrated vision of Earth’s natural ‘CO₂ vacuum cleaners’

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Natural weathering processes are removing CO2 from the air in a wide range of environments across continents and oceans. Until recently, these “CO2 vacuum cleaners” were often studied separately, without properly examining their complex interactions.This […]

Earth Sciences

Perito Moreno Glacier’s retreat accelerates, raising concerns about future stability

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The Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina—often described as one of the most stable glaciers in Patagonia—is retreating far more rapidly than previously thought, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment. The results show […]

Nature

Female gorillas overpower larger male rivals, challenging assumptions of male dominance

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Over 50 years ago, the idea that males had universal social power over females across all mammalian species was challenged by the discovery that females had power over males in spotted hyenas and some species […]

Lifestyle

What your credit score says about how, where you were raised

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A person’s credit report tells a story about their childhood. New research, released last month by Harvard’s Opportunity Insights, shows that a strong predictor of an adult’s bill-paying habits—the main determinant of credit scores—is the […]

Education

How ChatGPT and other LLMs might help to dispel popular misconceptions

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Large language models such as ChatGPT recognize widespread myths about the human brain better than many educators. However, if false assumptions are embedded into a lesson scenario, artificial intelligence (AI) does not reliably correct them.This […]

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  • Misspelled names may give brands a Lyft if the spelling isn’t too weird

    Consumers don’t mind when companies use misspelled words—think Lyft for “lift” or Froot Loops for “fruit loops”—as their brand names, as long as the alterations aren’t too extreme and the misspelling makes sense.This post was [...]
  • Study highlights resilience of small exporters in wartime Ukraine

    As the shocks of war continue to be a daily reality for people in Ukraine, smaller exporting firms have demonstrated the critical role of relational capital—fostering trust, cooperation, and communication with foreign partners—to survive and [...]
  • Tropical systems spin up Mid-South crop insurance rates

    Farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi pay four to six times more for crop insurance than their counterparts in the upper Midwest, and Hunter Biram wanted to know why.This post was originally published on this [...]

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