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What makes a fruit flavorful? Artificial intelligence can help optimize cultivars to match consumer preferences

  • Written by Marcio Resende, Assistant Professor of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida
imageAroma plays a big role in flavor perception.Lina Darjan/500px via Getty Images

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Which flavors and chemical compounds make a particular variety of fruit more appealing to consumers can be identified and predicted using artificial intelligence, according to our recently...

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New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

  • Written by Ludovic Slimak, CNRS Permanent Member, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès
imageThe Grotte Mandrin rock shelter saw repeated use by Neanderthals and modern humans over millennia.Ludovic Slimak, CC BY-ND

Perched about 325 feet (100 meters) up the slopes of the Prealps in southern France, a humble rock shelter looks out over the Rhône River Valley. It’s a strategic point on the landscape, as here the Rhône...

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Ski jump: Flying or falling with style?

  • Written by Amy Pope, Senior Lecturer of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
imageSki jumpers use aerodynamics and physics to overcome gravity -- at least for a whileAP Photo/Matthias Schrader

If you or I jump in the air as high as possible, we can stay off the ground for about half a second. Michael Jordan could stay aloft for almost one second. While there are many events at the Winter Olympics that feature athletes performing...

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Partnering up can help you grow as an individual – here's the psychology of a romantic relationship that expands the self

  • Written by Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
imageFollowing a partner's lead in an activity they enjoy can foster growth for you.The Good Brigade/DigitalVision via Getty Images

It’s common to want to become a better version of yourself. Much like the desires to eat, drink and avoid harm, human beings also experience a fundamental need to learn, grow and improve – what psychologists...

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Pandemic-related school closings likely to have far-reaching effects on child well-being

  • Written by Sandra M. Chafouleas, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
imageSchools are wrestling with the consequences of long-term closures because of the pandemic.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

A global analysis has found that kids whose schools closed to stop the spread of various waves of the coronavirus lost educational progress and are at increased risk of dropping out of school. As a result, the study says, they will earn...

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Disasters can wipe out affordable housing forever unless communities plan ahead – that loss hurts the economy

  • Written by Shannon Van Zandt, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
imageSlow recovery for vulnerable households can slow the recovery of the entire community.Scott Olson/Getty Images

The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people displaced or homeless. For many of them, it will be months if not years before their homes are rebuilt.

Tha...

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Disasters can wipe out affordable housing for years unless communities plan ahead – the loss hurts the entire local economy

  • Written by Shannon Van Zandt, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
imageSlow recovery for vulnerable households can slow the recovery of the entire community.Scott Olson/Getty Images

The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people displaced or homeless. For many of them, it will be months if not years before their homes are rebuilt.

Tha...

Read more: Disasters can wipe out affordable housing for years unless communities plan ahead – the loss hurts...

Dogs can be trained to sniff out COVID-19 – a team of forensic researchers explain the science

  • Written by Kenneth G. Furton, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University
imageResearchers at Florida International University successfully trained One Betta, a Dutch Shepard, and three other dogs to detect COVID-19 on face masks. The dogs got it right 96% to 99% of the time. Joe Raedle/Staff/Getty Images North America

With up to 300 million scent receptors, dogs are among the best smell detectors in the animal world. The...

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The Jan. 6 Capitol attacks offer a reminder – distrust in government has long been part of Republicans' playbook

  • Written by Amy Fried, John M. Nickerson Professor of Political Science, University of Maine

The Republican National Committee has legitimized the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attacks. The RNC declared on Feb. 4, 2022, that the insurrection and preceding events were “legitimate political discourse” — an assertion that Sen. Mitch McConnell soon after countered, saying that it was a “violent insurrection.”

The Justice...

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Japan's Shinto religion is going global and attracting online followers

  • Written by Kaitlyn Ugoretz, PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
imageA Shinto priest performs a ritual at an altar.Leo Laporte/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the Japanese religion known as Shinto.

While Cox’s interest in Shinto was...

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