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Plants might not hold on to carbon as long as we thought

Plants might not hold on to carbon as long as we thought

That fact became a scientific silver lining to the bomb tests: The bursts of radiocarbon circulating through Earth’s system, scientists realized, were a lot like pulses of radioactive medical tracers traveling through a human body.


Governments bans on quantum computer exports have no basis in science

Governments bans on quantum computer exports have no basis in science

There are two possibilities here: either they are wrong, as scientific evidence suggests, and pointless legislation is now being cut and pasted across the world, or they are right and have now alerted their adversaries that this is a number worth paying attention to.


‘Unprecedented and inconceivable’: pylon falls over after nuts removed

‘Unprecedented and inconceivable’: pylon falls over after nuts removed

Recently, in the International Journal of Advance and Applied Research, Hanumant Dattatray Shinde of Shri Padmamani Jain Arts and Commerce College calculated that, over the course of a year, “up to 1.56 TMC [thousand million cubic metres]” of water evaporates from the Ghod Dam.


Panda ant: The wasps whose black and white females have giant stingers and parasitic babies

Panda ant: The wasps whose black and white females have giant stingers and parasitic babies

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‘Space hurricanes’ churn at both of Earth’s magnetic poles

‘Space hurricanes’ churn at both of Earth’s magnetic poles

When the lines reconnect, they roil ionized gas in the ionosphere, driving flows of electric current upward, the team suggests.


Floating whale carcasses are a problem – can we predict their drift?

Floating whale carcasses are a problem – can we predict their drift?

After the satellite data was collected, the team used a search-and-rescue computer model to see what paths it simulated for various objects that resembled the profile of a dead whale, including a skiff, a life raft and a small vessel called a panga, based on the same location and weather conditions.


How doctors can help demystify birth control amid online confusion

How doctors can help demystify birth control amid online confusion

Centering the patient during contraceptive counseling means validating and exploring their concerns and talking about “what you can do to support them in a treatment plan that feels good to them,” says Andrea Hoopes, an adolescent medicine physician-researcher at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.


Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia

Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia

Pfautsch, who is a professor of urban planning and management at Western Sydney University, also expressed concern about the project's reliance on public donations to keep afloat: "Continued state and federal government funding is critical to secure the growth of the trees," he said.


Artificial flavours released by cooking aim to improve lab-grown meat

Artificial flavours released by cooking aim to improve lab-grown meat

Johannes le Coutre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, says he is sceptical of the work for numerous reasons, including that the flavour tests predominantly used an electronic nose to assess the chemicals being released, rather than human judgement of whether they smelled appetising.


Making roofs white or reflective is the best way to keep a city cool

Making roofs white or reflective is the best way to keep a city cool

A 2023 report by the Greater London Authority suggested that cool roofs may become an increasing policy focus for city officials as summer temperatures rise under climate change.


More than 100 shark species may face major population declines by 2100

More than 100 shark species may face major population declines by 2100

Noémie Coulon at the French National Museum of Natural History subjected catshark eggs to various ocean conditions, including monthly temperature changes, in tanks in the lab.