California farmers who install solar panels on their land can earn up to $50,000 per acre annually - 25 times more than they would from planting crops on that same acre.
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California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
Solar is helping farmers in California save water and secure reliable income in the face of drought and economic pressure.
There are 4 distinct types of supernatural belief in the US, according to a group of sociologists who study religion: religion, spiritual forces, witchcraft, and luck. Younger Americans are more likely to believe in witchcraft and luck.
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Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US
Sociologists who measured supernatural beliefs in the US found that higher education and higher income are associated with lower levels.
What defines a "great power" in international relations? The ability to shape global order, not just regional influence. A political science professor explores how great powers have evolved, from the days of territorial expansion to today’s diplomatic pressure:
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What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a multipolar world?
Great powers rely on military, diplomatic and economic dominance. But in a multipolar world, power has been duluted.
Peer review of scientific claims shapes what gets published and ultimately influences medical practice. But the process is better at catching sloppy thinking than detecting fraud, according to a clinical nurse who reviews health care studies.
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What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
Peer review is an important step after a researcher has carried out a scientific study but before it gets published by a journal and shared with th...
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#AI is changing more than just class assignments - it's altering relationships on campus. Students describe avoiding peers and professors due to AI concerns, according to education researchers.
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University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers
Whether students and faculty are actively using AI or not, it is having significant interpersonal, emotional effects on learning and trust in the c...
Tasty but invasive and harmful to native mushrooms: Golden oyster mushrooms are a wood-decay fungus that threatens forest biodiversity and fragile ecosystems already stressed by climate change. A fungi expert reveals the dark side of escaped mushrooms:
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The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
Kits that help people grow their own golden oyster mushrooms at home may be one reason this nonnative species is now spreading in the wild.
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Tasty but invasive and harmful to native mushrooms: Golden oyster mushrooms are a wood-decay fungus that threatens forest biodiversity and fragile ecosystems already stressed by climate change. A fungi expert reveals the dark side of escaped mushrooms:
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The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
Kits that help people grow their own golden oyster mushrooms at home may be one reason this nonnative species is now spreading in the wild.
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Flash floods in #Texas Hill Country highlighted communities' vulnerability. The state helps plan for disaster response – but local governments don’t have the staff or money to update emergency communications or protect flood-prone buildings.
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Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of funding plays a big role
There are ways the state could help these communities, as a team of disaster planning specialists explains.
41,000 years ago, weird space weather blasted Earth with extra radiation – and ancient humans may have fought back with ochre “sunscreen” (seen here) and cave time.
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Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago – our unusual scientific collaboration explores how
Two geophysicists and an archaeologist teamed up to connect space weather 41,000 years ago to human behaviors that might have been in response – ...
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A recent survey conducted by Ohio State University's College Impact Laboratory reveals important insights from the pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. campuses last year – and how some schools avoided violence.
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How universities can keep protests from turning violent: 3 lessons from the 2024 pro-Palestinian encampments
Engaging early and often resulted in less violent protests, according to the authors’ survey of college campuses.