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Reading an Arabic newspaper, a book, or academic prose fluently, whether digital or in print, remains challenging for many ...

People who sign consent forms feel more trapped—not more empowered—than those who give consent verbally, according to new ...

That low-frequency fuzz that can bedevil cellphone calls has to do with how electrons move through and interact in materials ...

What is lost when a worker completes actions—such as helping a client or ensuring safety—in exchange for incentives like digital badges, placement on a leaderboard, or in-office rankings? A study by ...

Two-dimensional (2D) materials promise revolutionary advances in electronics and photonics, but many of the most interesting ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

For decades, scientists have tried to answer a simple question: why be honest when deception is possible? Whether it is a peacock's tail, a stag's roar, or a human's résumé, signals are means to ...

Scientists have captured a rare view of one of the ocean's least understood whales—without ever seeing it. By listening to ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change drove early human innovation. Instead, researchers find that cultural developments arose under different environmental conditions, shaped by ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered experimental evidence that particles of matter emerging from energetic ...

Terpenes are volatile organic compounds that are responsible for, among other things, the typical scents of plants, resins or ...