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What makes people more likely to give to charity after a disaster

The scope and breadth of natural disasters facing Australia right now can feel overwhelming.This post was originally published on this site

China is becoming more sexually liberal—if you are a man

Sexual attitudes have relaxed significantly in China since the Mao era. Approaching the 50th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s death and the subsequent end of the Cultural Revolution, there has been a significant de-politicization of everyday […]

Protostars carve out homes in the Orion Molecular Cloud

Young stars need time to grow into their final masses before they begin fusing lighter elements into heavier elements as main-sequence stars. They can spend hundreds of thousands of years as protostars, when they’re still […]

Liquid metal powers a whole new kind of motor

Researchers at UNSW have developed a new type of motor that spins, not with rigid components, but with a droplet of liquid metal. The breakthrough could transform soft robotics, flexible electronics, and medical devices.This post […]

Study advances the global understanding of human attachment and emotional development

Dr. Kazuko Behrens, Professor and Coordinator of Psychology at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has published two major peer-reviewed studies that advance the global understanding of human attachment and emotional development. Her newest research appears in Psychoanalytic […]

Study reveals key reasons Bristol’s ethnic minorities 40% less likely to visit local parks

New research by grassroots charity Your Park Bristol & Bath (YPBB) and the University of Bath has revealed that fears around dogs, safety, and feeling unwelcome are keeping Bristol’s ethnic minority residents from visiting parks […]

Why head coaches often lose the blame game

Head coaches often take the blame—and the firing—when their teams flop, but it may not be a winning game plan, University of Alberta research suggests.This post was originally published on this site

X-ray observations reveal hidden disturbances in galaxy cluster Abell 3571

Using the Einstein Probe (EP), astronomers from China and Germany have observed a nearby galaxy cluster known as Abell 3571. Results of the observational campaign, published January 8 on the arXiv pre-print server, provide more […]

Bottleneck in hydrogen distribution jeopardizes billions in clean energy

A study from Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University found that while hydrogen production, storage and fuel cell technologies are advancing rapidly, the hydrogen distribution infrastructure is developing at half the speed, creating a critical […]

A new approach to energy harvesting opened up by the quantum world

Touch the back of a laptop and it often feels warm. This is because part of the energy used for computation and communication escapes to the outside as heat. Yet even this “waste heat” still […]