#Report: Moratorium on evictions during COVID-19 protects vulnerable children

“#Report: Moratorium on evictions during COVID-19 protects vulnerable children” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children who experience housing eviction are more likely to live in families earning low incomes, belong to communities of color, and have special education needs than children who do not experience eviction, according to new research from the Center for Child and…

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#Chemists developing paper-strip urine test for at-home/office/clinic COVID-19 evaluation

“#Chemists developing paper-strip urine test for at-home/office/clinic COVID-19 evaluation” Robbyn Anand and students in her research group are developing a new paper-strip test to detect the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Credit: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Chemists at Iowa State University are developing a paper-strip urine test to detect infection by the coronavirus that…

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#Scientists discover unusual underwater rivers along Australia’s coastline

“#Scientists discover unusual underwater rivers along Australia’s coastline” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists from The University of Western Australia have discovered underwater rivers along most of Australia’s continental shelf that are unique and do not occur at this scale anywhere else in the world. The research has been published today in Nature Scientific Reports. The…

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#New economic tracker finds flaws in U.S. recovery plan

“#New economic tracker finds flaws in U.S. recovery plan” Credit: Rose Lincoln/Harvard Staff Photographer Results from a new economic tracker that looks at real-time statistics on consumer spending, jobs, and business revenue suggest that the government’s traditional recovery strategies to reverse the downturn triggered by the pandemic are not having a major impact, because they…

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#Insect-crunching reptiles on ancient islands of the U.K.

“#Insect-crunching reptiles on ancient islands of the U.K.” Two species of the lizard-like reptile Clevosaurus hunting their preferred prey; Clevosaurus hudsoni feeding on a crunchy beetle (top) and Clevosaurus cambrica (bottom) feeding on a softer insect. Credit: Sofia Chambi-Trowell By analyzing the fossilized jaw mechanics of reptiles who lived in the Severn Channel region of…

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#Peculiar chemical abundance pattern detected in the star RAVE J183013.5−455510

“#Peculiar chemical abundance pattern detected in the star RAVE J183013.5−455510” DSS blue finding chart for RAVE J183013.5−455510. Credit: Placco et al., 2020. An international team of astronomers has carried out spectroscopic observations of a distant star known as RAVE J183013.5−455510. Results of this observational campaign show that this object exhibits a peculiar chemical abundance pattern….

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#When Vega met satellites

“#When Vega met satellites” Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG – P. BAUDON The upper composite containing 53 separate satellites being attached to the rest of the Vega launcher, ahead of Friday morning’s launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This will be the inaugural launch of Vega’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser, providing a…

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#Antarctic sea ice loss explained in new study

“#Antarctic sea ice loss explained in new study” Sea ice in the Weddell Sea has reduced by one third over the last five years. Credit: Susie Grant Scientists have discovered that summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica has decreased by one million square kilometres—an area twice the size of Spain—in the…

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