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[ad_1] You may not normally think about the smell of corals or how the smell changes during heat stress. However, this is what researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the University of Sydney and Southern Cross University set out to investigate on the Great Barrier Reef. Each organism …

[ad_1] There has been no news from the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 for some time. Hayabusa2 landed on the Ryugu asteroid about 290 million miles from Earth about a year ago. The spacecraft will soon return to Earth with the samples collected for analysis. Hayabusa2 is expected to land in South …

[ad_1] Spending time on your smartphone browsing social media and replying to messages isn’t bad for mental health, psychologists say. By analyzing both Android and iPhone users, British researchers found that time spent on a smartphone is a bad predictor of anxiety, depression or stress. People who scored high on …

[ad_1] Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Color-related genes help explain how there are so many species of small colorful birds called warblers. According to a new study, two genes important for the different colors and plumage patterns of torpedoes …

[ad_1] As temperatures rise due to climate change, the melting of the polar ice caps is accelerating. An international team of researchers led by geologist Dr Kim Jakob of the University of Heidelberg has now taken a closer look at the dynamics of the East Antarctic ice sheet. This is …

[ad_1] A sighted fireball falling from the night sky over parts of western and central Japan has sparked social media, with users sharing images of the unusually bright shooting star. Local media said the fireball was believed to be a fireball, an extremely bright meteor that explodes in the atmosphere. …

[ad_1] Tertiary alkylative cross-coupling of alkyl or aryl electrophiles. Credit: Kanazawa University Pharmaceuticals, plastics and many other chemicals have transformed human life. To prepare these products, chemists often use a catalyst, often based on rare metals, at various points in their synthesis. Although rare metal catalysts are incredibly useful, their …

[ad_1] The Brahmaputra River, seen here from a ferry in Bangladesh, where it is known as Jamuna. It is almost too wide to see one bank against another. Credit: Kevin Krajick / Earth Institute A new study examining seven centuries of water flow in South Asia’s mighty Brahmaputra River suggests …

[ad_1] This lively little rover uses 3D printed parts and runs on a Raspberry Pi computer. THAT Most Mars rovers are still pretty (hello, NASA Curiosity), but they’re about to be overtaken by a new kid on the block: the ExoMy rover, a Mars vehicle model you can build yourself …

[ad_1] Ignorance may seem like a joy, but preparation offers a better chance of surviving what is about to happen. And when it comes to planetary defense, ignorance has become a little more inevitable. Planetary defense is the art of identifying and mitigating threats to Earth from asteroid impacts. And …