Summary: Hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin learn critical skills like hunting, gathering, and childcare by age six or seven, thanks to a unique social learning environment. Unlike Western societies,…
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Physicists explain how fractional charge in pentalayer graphene could work
Hartree-Fock (HF) determined quantum metric, and trace condition, accompanied by the layer-4,5 occupation number. The total weight on the other 3 layers combined is ≈ 5%. The mean and variance…
Biden could score a $41 billion Trump-proof win for climate action
Comment: The US government must support a landmark OECD agreement to end international oil and gas export finance Elizabeth Bast is the executive director of the advocacy group Oil Change…
Clams use fiber optics to channel sunlight to symbiotic algae
In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that heart-shaped clams use fiber optic–like structures to channel sunlight through their shells in much the…
High exposure to everyday chemicals linked to asthma risk in children
By measuring the concentrations of 24 phenols—including nitrophenol, parabens, bisphenol, octylphenol, and nonylphenol—in urine samples collected during the first trimester of pregnancy, and performing logistic regression analysis, researchers identified that…
A better understanding of what people do on their devices is key to digital well-being
In an era where digital devices are everywhere, the term “screen time” has become a buzz phrase in discussions about technology’s impact on people’s lives. Parents are concerned about their…
Criticism Grows Over Outdated Risk Management Frameworks
Risk management in many organizations is mired in a framework that can’t keep pace with the challenges that most enterprise risk teams face. It needs to be modernized. That’s the…
Lawrence Livermore supercomputer is crowned world’s speediest
by Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Bay Area has just won a coveted crown in computing, with a massive new machine at Lawrence Livermore…
As climate-vulnerable countries, we know what kind of finance we need
Comment: COP29 negotiators must agree a new climate finance goal that genuinely works for debt-strapped developing nations Sandra Guzmán Luna is the founder and director-general of the Climate Finance Group…
