Researchers have analyzed Taylor Swift’s accent in interviews.Credit: Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management
Researchers have confirmed what Taylor Swift fans have long suspected: the music megastar’s dialect and pitch…
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Contested environmental views | Nature Energy
Energy transitions research is increasingly recognizing the importance of the role of personal value systems in informing how (and why) people accept emerging green energy technologies. Other important factors influencing acceptance include…
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Upstream data need to prove soil carbon as a climate solution
We thank participants of the workshop ‘Agricultural Soil Carbon: A Call for Improved Evidence of Climate Mitigation’, for discussions that informed the content of this Comment, and A. DiMauro and M. McCall for research on studies used for…
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Challenges and opportunities in scaling enhanced weathering for carbon dioxide removal
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global Warming of 1.5 °C. An IPCC Special Report on the Impacts of Global Warming of 1.5 °C Above Pre-Industrial Levels and Related Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Pathways (World…
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Sneezing from cats or dust? Safe UV light may neutralize allergens in minutes
Cats. Dust mites. Mold. Trees.
For people with allergies, even a brief whiff of the airborne allergens these organisms produce can lead to swollen eyes, itchy skin and impaired breathing.
Such allergens can persist indoors for months after the…
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Scientists finally capture water’s hidden state that’s both solid and liquid
Despite being one of the most familiar substances on Earth, water holds many secrets that scientists are still working to understand. When confined to extremely small spaces — such as within certain proteins, minerals, or artificial…
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Author Correction: Geospatial analysis enables combined poultry–fish farm monitoring in the fragile state of Myanmar
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate…
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Hidden gene trick lets ants smell with super precision
Ant societies are built on scent. Pheromones guide the insects to food, warn them of predators, and regulate the rhythms of their colonies. This chemical communication system is governed by a simple rule: one receptor, one neuron. Ant genomes…
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Clear skin in a week with this breakthrough acne patch
Waking up with a pimple is no longer cause for panic, thanks to pimple patches — small, sticker-like bandages that cover and help heal the unwanted zit. A team of researchers publishing in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces has designed a…
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