Science & Technology
School focus on grades, test scores linked to violence against teachers
Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has found.
Webb finds evidence for neutron star at heart of young supernova remnant
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of a recently observed supernova. The supernova, known as SN 1987A, was a core-collapse supernova, meaning the compacted remains at its core …
Metabolic diseases may be driven by gut microbiome, loss of ovarian hormones
Mice that received fecal implants from donors that had their ovaries removed gained more fat mass and had greater expression of liver genes associated with inflammation, Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and atherosclerosis. The findings may shed li…
Combination of group competition and repeated interactions promotes cooperation
How did cooperative behavior prevail in human evolution? Researchers have challenged two prevailing explanations — repeated interactions on the one hand or group competition on the other. Instead, both mechanisms synergistically contribute to fosterin…