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Who you talk to influences how you talk, researcher finds

“In a sense, you listen to every person with different ears, because everyone speaks differently,” says Orhun Uluşahin, who will defend his dissertation at Radboud University on October 17. His research shows that our brains […]

New research finds defining childhood portrait of Marie Antoinette is really her sister

The most famous portrait of Marie Antoinette as a child is really of her sister, according to new research. Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls College at the […]

Life through lens: How photos unlock stories behind places

Research from The University of Manchester has uncovered how something as simple as walking and taking photographs can reveal powerful stories about people’s lives and the places they live.This article is brought to you by […]

These seven factors increase the risk someone will become violent toward their partner

We’re beginning to build a better picture of just how many people are affected by intimate partner violence—a crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Five youths using tech to drive change win UN-backed prize

An Indian teenager behind mobile tools to monitor water quality won a United Nations-backed youth activist prize on Thursday, alongside other young people lauded for using technology to drive positive change.This article is brought to […]

Your phone rings, and it’s a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn’t

For some Nobel Prize winners this year, the news came with a knock at the door before dawn. For others, it was a long-awaited phone call honoring a discovery made decades ago.This article is brought […]

From refugee to Nobel: Yaghi hails science’s ‘equalizing force’

Nobel chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, a quiet, studious child in a “large, rowdy family” that shared a single room with cattle they raised.This article is brought to you […]

More women to win Nobel science prizes in future: Former laureate

More women will win Nobel prizes in the science disciplines in future as their numbers in labs and research teams grow, 2023 physics prize laureate Anne L’Huillier told AFP on Tuesday.This article is brought to […]

Hiking Nobel laureate finally learns of his prize

After an amusing game of phone tag, the Nobel Prize committee on Tuesday finally spoke to laureate Fred Ramsdell, who was hiking “off the grid” when the news broke.This article is brought to you by […]

Unreachable Nobel winner hiking ‘off the grid’

One of this year’s Nobel winners is a leading medical researcher who also offers a shining example of work-life balance—so much so that he might not know he won.This article is brought to you by […]