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Leading academic publisher Springer Nature made its stock market debut Friday, one of the few initial public offerings in Frankfurt this year despite the exchange’s strong performance.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud of violence.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Next week’s Nobel Prize announcements will crown achievements that made the world a better place, a glimmer of optimism amid a spiraling Middle East conflict, war in Ukraine, famine in Sudan and a collapsing climate.This […]

Artificial intelligence is already disrupting industries from banking and finance to film and journalism, and scientists are investigating how AI might revolutionize their field—or even win a Nobel Prize.This article is brought to you by […]

A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England’s most vulnerable children while battling their local authorities.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

The European Union’s chief on Tuesday warned that the continent was “losing ground” in the global technology race and must boost research spending to “turn the tide”.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Argentine biochemist Alejandro Nadra worries that President Javier Milei’s budget cuts will undo his scientific quest to unravel the cause of genetic diseases that disable and kill millions.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

As summer approaches, the threat of bushfires looms. Earlier this month, an out-of-control blaze in Sydney’s northern beaches burnt more than 100 hectares of bushland, threatening nearby homes.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

This week, biologists tracked down a mysterious group of orcas near Chile; Hubble spotted a black hole jet that causes stars along its trajectory to erupt; and researchers explained mysterious craters that began appearing in […]

Linguists have long known that sign languages are as grammatically and logically sophisticated as spoken languages—and also make greater use of “iconicity,” the property by which some words refer to things by resembling them. For […]