Where tomorrow’s scientists prefer to live − and where they’d rather not

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Graduate students interested in an academic career after graduation day have often been told they need to be open to moving somewhere they may not want to live. This advice is because of how hard it is to get a...

How Asian American became a racial grouping – and why many with Asian roots don’t identify with the term these days

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For the first time, in 1990, May was officially designated as a month honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage. Though the current U.S. administration recently withdrew federal recognition, the month continues...

AI can scan vast numbers of social media posts during disasters to guide first responders

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When disasters happen such as hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes every second counts. Emergency teams need to find people fast, send help and stay organized. In todays world, one of the fastest ways to get information...

Why collect asteroid samples? 4 essential reads on what these tiny bits of space rock can tell scientists

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Chinas Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). The country could join the United States and Japan, whose space agencies have both...

What do bacon and faeces have in common? They can produce the same feeling of disgust

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What do crispy bacon, a juicy beef steak, human flesh and faeces have in common? Theyre all foods that trigger a powerful emotional reaction in people disgust. And according to new research, for vegetarians, meat sits in...

Lim Cosmic Rhapsody: this orchestral journey to outer space aims to deliver hope amid global crisis – but falls short

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On the evening of May 5, I took my seat in Londons Barbican Centre to experience a programme of interplanetary music. The concert began with the world premiere of Lim Cosmic Rhapsody, a piece by composer Manu Martin, and...

Could gravity be evidence that the universe is a computer simulation? My new study suggests so

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We have long taken it for granted that gravity is one of the basic forces of nature one of the invisible threads that keeps the universe stitched together. But suppose that this is not true. Suppose the law of gravity is...