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Studying crowd dynamics could inform strategies that help to prevent dense gatherings from becoming dangerous.

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Despite strong interest in using artificial intelligence to make research faster, easier and more accessible, researchers say ...

The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

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The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing ...

Mathematics skills learnt in real-world situations may not translate to the classroom and vice versa, according to a new study. A team surveyed children in India who work in markets, to see whether ...