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Why Do We Give Gifts? An Anthropologist Explains This Ancient Human Behavior

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Have you planned out your holiday gift giving yet? If you’re anything like.

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New EPA Methane Rule Will Slash Emissions from Oil and Gas

CLIMATEWIRE | More U.S. oil and gas operations will be regulated for methane than ever before under sweeping new federal standards, which for the first time cover petroleum infrastructure built prior.

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How Misinformation Spreads Through War

[CLIP: MSNBC NEWS] Disinformation and Propaganda.  [INTRO MUSIC] [CLIP: CNN NEWS] Viral videos about this war that are having huge impact. But they’re completely fake. But they’re having dire consequences. .

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Experts Doubt Claims that World’s Oldest Pyramid Was Discovered in Indonesia

A headline-grabbing paper claiming that a structure in Indonesia is the oldest pyramid in the world has raised the eyebrows of some archaeologists — and has now prompted an investigation by.

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Drones and AI Could Locate Land Mines in Ukraine

December 1, 2023 2 min read An AI model could speed up laborious and dangerous demining efforts By Lori Youmshajekian Signage indicates the presence of landmines at the position of.

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U.S. Targets Methane Emissions in New Batch of Rules

CLIMATEWIRE | President Joe Biden pledged to use “all available tools” to rein in methane when he was elected three years ago. Now his promise is coming due. Federal agencies are.

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New Results Reveal How to Build a Nuclear Clock

November 1, 2023 2 min read Nuclear clocks could shatter timekeeping records. Now physicists are learning how to build one By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry From satellite navigation to GPS, the world.

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U.K. Becomes First Country to Approve a CRISPR Disease Treatment

In a world first, the UK medicines regulator has approved a therapy that uses CRISPR gene editing as a treatment for diseases. The decision marks another high point for a.

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Invasive ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Are Being Sterilized in Colombia

Colombia has begun a new campaign sterilizing its invasive hippos, showing signs that it is taking the threat the animals pose to the country’s biodiversity and local communities seriously. The.

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Why Does This Hybrid Monkey Glow Green?

Scientists have just achieved a milestone in stem-cell biology after creating a monkey from two embryos. And proof of the achievement, perhaps unnervingly, showed up in the infant primate’s eerie.

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