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Will the home office become the new normal even after the pandemic?

About 54% of polled workers say they would prefer to continue working remotely full time and 75% said they would like to continue to work from home in at least a partial capacity.

Children as young as 4 use 'cognitive aids' to simplify thinking

Our tendency to use calendars or smartphones as 'thinking aids' starts in childhood.

The planet healed during the lockdown. Now, researchers want to track wildlife changes during the "anthropause"

Movements, stress levels and behaviors of animals will be reviewed.

Leading experts warn that COVID-19 might trigger diabetes in previously healthy patients

Researchers warn that the coronavirus may cause the onset of diabetes in some patients.

Can you exercise with a mask on? Yes, but it could be dangerous for some

Masks reduce the intake of oxygen and increase the intake of carbon dioxide.

Sugar drink makers spent more than $1 billion on advertisements in 2018

Black and hispanic youth were specifically targeted.

Elephant poaching is still at its peak in most of Africa

Central and Western Africa are the most affected regions.

Nanoplastics can contaminate plants, making them smaller, shorter

Plastic waste could impact our crops.

China launches the last of 55 satellites for its own GPS system

The USA, Europe, Russia, and now China all have their own GPS system.

Man who can't see numbers due to rare brain disorders provides new insights into awareness

Instead of recognizing digits like "8" or "2", the patient sees a scrambled mess. His vision is otherwise perfect.

Painless surgical tape can be removed from wounds without damage

It's like a painless Band-Aid for internal wounds.

Ring of ancient, massive shafts found near Stonehenge

These structures are thousands of years old and the reasons why they were built are still poorly understood.

Pluto may have had a 'hot start' harboring liquid oceans when it first formed

Although Pluto orbits the sun at an average distance of 3.7 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers), some studies claim that the icy dwarf planet may have a liquid ocean under its surface. According to a new study, the accretion of new material during Pluto’s early geological history may have generated enough heat to sustain the […]

Indonesian volcano erupted twice last Sunday

Luckily, no loss of life or damage to property has been reported so far.

Overconsumption is the bane of sustainability, new study concludes

Technology alone won't solve our environmental problems.

Dogs show remarkable prowess at smelling coronavirus: 95% success rate from sweat samples

Man's best friend is truly fantastic.

The four countries hardest hit by the coronavirus are all led by authoritarian leaders

The crisis has laid bare the tendencies of authoritarian leaders and their disregard for human life.

You can now get an 8GB 64-bit single-board microcomputer -- and it's only $75

The miniaturization of computers has sure come a long way.

Coronavirus was in Italy already in December, sewage study shows

Researchers are starting to get a better picture of the spread of the virus.

Mathematics and our quest for beauty, truth, and human flourishing

A heartfelt and thought-provoking read that links

Robot teches itself to do sutures by watching YouTube videos

Robots are far away from replacing doctors, but they're still nifty.

One in five people worldwide is at risk of severe COVID-19

Think only the weak and sickling are at risk? If that's so, more than a fifth of the entire planet is weak and sickling.

Should Google be able to purchase Fitbit?

If the deal is accepted, Google would have access to a lot of sensible information

The earliest dinosaurs probably laid soft-shelled eggs

Dinosaurs evolved hard-shell eggs independently three times, the team adds.

Soap bubbles are quite good pollinators, a new paper shows

They look pretty, too.

Facebook's new AI can translate from one programming language to another

This could save billions of dollars and years of work.

The coronavirus racial disparity is even worse than we thought

The risk for black people is up to 10x higher than for white people.

Australia has a climate denier problem -- and it's worse than you thought

The way media report on climate change has a big influence on people's beliefs, report shows

New AI algorithm can transform blurry faces into sharp portraits

The algorithm can produce sharp images from blurred images, but there's a catch: the faces aren't real.

Half the world’s population are exposed to increasing air pollution, study shows

It is a threat to public health and economic progress

The first prescription video game fights ADHD

It's not meant as a full replacement for treatment, but it does help children manage their AHDH.

‘Murder hornets’ highlight the dangers of invasive species control budget cuts

Invasive species are one of the most dangerous (and overlooked) environmental threats.

How fish got on land, and stayed there

Life, as they say, finds a way.

Toilet flushing could create coronavirus cloud

Coronavirus or not, you should close the lid before flushing.

Wildfires can change the songs birds sing

Events such as wildfire spread birds -- and their songs -- around.

Researchers find cheap, already available drug that could reduce coronavirus deaths

Dexamethasone is a steroid already in use for treating several conditions.

Aurora-like phenomenon spotted on Mars for the first time

The glow comes from oxygen atoms and it was long predicted, but never observed before

New fossil insect species points to a Canada-Australia land route 50 million years ago

Better understanding of such fossils lets us peer into the geological past.

Virtual private networks grow popular under the lockdown

With our online activity rising to such prominence in our lives, many people are looking to protect both their privacy and data.

Volcano-dwelling beetle inspires new 'passive cooling' material

It helps disperse heat and reflect sunlight.

What will the economy look like after the pandemic? Past crises suggest rising inequality

It's hard to say what the full economic effects of the pandemic will be, but past events can teach us valuable lessons.

Seismic waves reveal surprisingly widespread blobs near the Earth's core

Our planet’s core might be pockmarked with hot blobs. We don’t know what they are, we don’t know where they’re from, but according to a new study, they’re there. Ever stopped and wondered just how we know so much about the Earth’s interior? Since we’re kids, we’re told that the Earth has a crust, a […]

What second wave? The US still hasn't flattened the first one

Data from New York is making US trends look better than they are.

Archeologists find 1,700-year-old Roman board game in Norway

This could have be a precursor of a popular Ancient game.

Hummingbird eyes can detect UV, allowing them to see the world in colors that humans can't even imagine

A fourth color cone type in the hummingbird's eyes allows the birds to see in extra colors tinted in ultraviolet.

Last month was the warmest May ever recorded

Average temperatures over land set a new record, while ocean temperatures ranked only second highest.

Microbiologists are worried by rising bacterial co-infections in COVID-19 patients, as well as the dangers of microbial resistance

Many patients are at risk of dying from bacterial infections acquired in the hospital rather than of the virus itself.

A mutated coronavirus, better at infecting cells, is now "dominant" in the world

Whether or not this makes the virus more transmissible in society isn't yet clear.

This stunning Uyghur complex dates from exactly 777 and it was never used -- now, researchers know why

If you travelled to the Tuva mountains in Southern Russia, some 1,300 m (4,300 ft) above sea level, you might find a rather inconspicuous lake called Tere-Khol, hidden among the rolling hills. The lake itself would not be very interesting were it not for an island in its midst. In truth, the island itself is […]

Artificial synapses work together with biological brain cells

The hybrid system forms connections that mimic how learning occurs in the brain.