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As federal support for election security faces major cutbacks, a study in the journal Operations Research introduces a scientifically backed, low-cost solution to strengthen the integrity of U.S. elections.This post was originally published on this […]

More female athletes believe it is fair (43%), rather than unfair (36%) for athletes with a DSD—difference in sex development—to be included in the female category for contact sports like rugby and non-contact sports reliant […]

A watched pot never boils, goes the old saying, but many of us have at least kept an eye on the pot, waiting for the bubbling to start. It’s satisfying to finally see the rolling […]

The world has been gripped by the case of Australian woman Erin Patterson, who was charged with the murder of three people after allegedly serving them a lunch of beef wellington containing poisonous death cap […]

With US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “proud” cancellation of the military’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program, the “war on woke” has found its latest frontier—war itself.This post was originally published on this site

Researchers at QuTech in Delft have combined superconductors and quantum dots to observe and manipulate so-called Majorana bound states, which have properties that could enable stable quantum computation. By building a chain of three coupled […]

Laundry is a major source of microplastic pollution into the environment, and in-line washing machine filters are one potential solution for preventing fibers from entering waterways. But how likely would people be willing to pay […]

The school curriculum has changed a lot from when many parents and grandparents were at school.This post was originally published on this site

Following the end of native logging in Victoria on January 1 2024, the state’s majestic forests might be expected to regenerate and recover naturally. But our new research shows that’s not always the case.This post […]