Briefing: Parents’ stress may play a key role in child obesity, study finds
Strategic angle: Managing parents’ stress significantly reduces the risks of obesity in young children, according to a new study.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
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Briefing: Scaling Strategy, Not Compute: A Stand-Alone, Open-Source StarCraft II Benchmark for Accessible Reinforcement Learning Research
Strategic angle: A new benchmark aims to bridge the gap in reinforcement learning research using StarCraft II.
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Briefing: How to make farms tree-friendly and boost food production
Strategic angle: New research suggests that agroforestry could enhance UK farmland productivity.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Raccoons solve puzzles for the fun of it, new study finds
Strategic angle: A new study suggests raccoons may be genuinely curious, not just opportunistic.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: In search of a room-temperature superconductor, scientists present a research agenda
Strategic angle: The quest for loss-free power transmission continues as researchers outline their goals in the pursuit of room-temperature superconductors.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Epstein used his ties to Nobel laureate scientists to try to rebuild his image
Strategic angle: A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands highlights Epstein's efforts to leverage his wealth for influence.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Students with lower self-control tend to procrastinate with short-form video, study finds
Strategic angle: New research reveals a link between self-control and procrastination in the context of short-form video consumption.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Experts challenge idea that social media harms teen empathy
Strategic angle: A new meta-analysis suggests that increased social media use may correlate with higher empathy in teenagers.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Lactose-free milk presents an opportunity to boost dairy consumption and coffee shop visits with coffee drinkers
Strategic angle: A new study highlights the potential of lactose-free milk to enhance coffee shop experiences and increase dairy sales.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Silicone wristbands can help scientists track people's exposure to pollutants like 'forever chemicals'
Strategic angle: A new study reveals how wearable technology can monitor environmental pollutants in daily life.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Narrow-ridged finless porpoises are more social than assumed, study finds
Strategic angle: A new study reveals surprising social behaviors in narrow-ridged finless porpoises, challenging previous assumptions about their social structures.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Multi-wavelength observations track bright gamma-ray blazar's three-year cycle
Strategic angle: European astronomers analyze data from various observatories to study the gamma-ray blazar S5 1044+71.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Cattle grazing boosts nature recovery in Yorkshire Dales
Strategic angle: Research shows that cattle grazing has significantly increased plant diversity in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Briefing: Cornwall ocean study highlights value of low-cost eDNA tests
Strategic angle: A new study reveals the potential of affordable environmental DNA tests for monitoring ocean wildlife.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Dangerous droughts triggered by heatwaves are accelerating at an alarming rate, study shows
Strategic angle: Heatwaves, drought, wildfire risk and El Niño are compounding to create a dangerous cocktail of climate change.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Strategic view: Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Strategic implications in focus: Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño.
Editorial Staff Mar 6