Anticrepuscular Rays over Sicily
Anticrepuscular Rays over Sicily
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The Battle for Sullivan’s Island
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory The Battle for Sullivan’s… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice…
Turn your room into a galaxy: The best Prime Day deals on star projectors for aspiring astronomers
How many star projectors do you need? I still don’t have an answer. It started with a blue, Northern-Lights style projector, then one capable of projecting actual stars, albeit not in the right color. Now I’m eyeing up these Prime…
How to manage public investment in science with balance
Public debt is higher today and growing at a faster rate than before the pandemic in 80% of the world’s economies. According to the latest fiscal report from the International Monetary Fund, global public debt could rise to 100% of…
Integration could be key to computational thinking in students
Training in computational thinking can improve a student’s ability to tackle complex problems, according to research in the International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, which examined both students’ perceptions of their own skills and their demonstrated performance. The findings come…
Foreign funds help make housing unaffordable, according to research
It’s no secret that U.S. housing has gotten less affordable. From 2019 to 2025, average home prices rose 60%, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
After parenthood, same-sex parents diverge from different-sex norms—and from each other, researcher finds
Research by Penn sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons and others has shown that after a man and a woman have a child, the couple’s relative share of paid and unpaid labor tends to change dramatically, with the father specializing in paid work…
Social media messages may help counter youth loneliness epidemic by encouraging real-world connection
Loneliness among young adults has reached what the U.S. surgeon general has called an “epidemic,” with recent estimates suggesting that roughly half of U.S. adults report feeling lonely, and rates are particularly high among people ages 18–29. A new study…
The cask is the shipping container of the late Middle Ages
What do wooden casks tell us about trade and everyday life between 1300 and 1800? Ph.D. candidate Jeroen Oosterbaan studied the life cycle of this shipping container and has shown how these everyday objects played a key role in the…
AI in policing: Safeguards can’t keep up, new research warns
Artificial intelligence is being adopted across policing and the wider criminal justice system of England and Wales faster than the rules designed to govern it, according to major new research published by Northumbria University.