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Amazon workers at seven warehouses walked out Thursday morning, launching a strike ahead of the holidays after Amazon failed to meet a bargaining deadline set by the Teamsters union representing the workers. In a press release, Teamsters declared it “the…
The life-size clay figurines offer new insights into the organization and structure of China’s army 2,000 years ago.
A recent study conducted in Australia found that a 10 mg dose of methylphenidate improved participants’ driving performance in a simulated driving task. The medication reduced lane weaving and speed variation, while eye movements remained almost unaffected. The research was…
When the Sun is blazing and the wind is blowing, Germany’s solar and wind power plants swing into high gear. For nine days in July 2023, renewables produced more than 70 percent of the electricity generated in the country; there…
The nonplastic polymer cleaned up eyeliner and permanent marker and broke down into molecules related to sugar and amino acids.
The robot’s flexible arms are a technology demonstration that could one day aid in satellite maintenance and space debris management.
A recent study published in the Atlantic Journal of Communication investigated how media consumption habits are linked to beliefs in unidentified flying objects. The findings provide evidence that consuming certain types of media, such as paranormal documentaries, reality television, Fox…
A mountainside in Greenland collapsed catastrophically into the ocean, last year. The landslide triggered a wave as tall as the Statue of Liberty. This wave — a tsunami — swept 80 kilometers (50 miles) down a fjord there. Its rapid…
As fatal familial insomnia progresses, patients completely stop sleeping and enter a coma-like state that results in death within months.
While keyboards dominate modern classrooms, a new study in Frontiers in Psychology suggests handwriting may be irreplaceable when it comes to learning. Researchers found that writing by hand activates far more extensive and interconnected brain networks compared to typing, particularly…
