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'Risk-free' matched betting? More than half of surveyed users report losses
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'Risk-free' matched betting? More than half of surveyed users report losses

A new peer-reviewed study from Bournemouth University has found a striking gap between how people perceive the risks of matched betting and what some experience in practice. Matched betting involves using free bets given out by online gambling companies as a promotion to attract new customers. This allows people to bet on different results for the same event, such as a football match. It is frequently promoted online as a controlled or even 'risk-free' way of making money.

📅 2026-09-23 09:16:01    •    Phys.org
Snapshots reveal key molecular machine in tropical parasites at near-atomic resolution
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Snapshots reveal key molecular machine in tropical parasites at near-atomic resolution

A study conducted by the University of Liège and Rockefeller University reveals, with near-atomic precision, the three-dimensional structure and function of a gigantic molecular machine essential to the survival of trypanosomatid parasites, which cause serious diseases in humans, animals and plants. The work has been published in Nature Communications.

📅 2026-09-23 09:00:05    •    Phys.org
The hunt for extraterrestrial life is fundamentally flawed. But there's a fix.
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The hunt for extraterrestrial life is fundamentally flawed. But there's a fix.

The hunt for extraterrestrial life on distant planets may be operating with a big blind spot. That's because we aren't accounting for the nature of the light coming from the host star itself when we interpret the chemical signatures of life, or biosignatures, on some of the most promising candidate planets beyond the solar system. If we don't consider that crucial factor, we could be led on a wild-goose chase across the cosmos.Despite having discovered thousands of exoplanets, we have not detected convincing evidence of alien life on any of them. But astronomy is reaching a point where powerful telescopes can zoom in on many more potentially habitable worlds. Planets that orbit M dwarfs, whi...

📅 2026-09-23 09:00:00    •    Live Science
Tech elite's new school aims to replace universities
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Tech elite's new school aims to replace universities

The most powerful venture capital firm in Silicon Valley is starting a two-year private school intended to replace college, as some members of the U.S. tech elite question the benefits of a traditional university education.

📅 2026-09-23 08:50:01    •    Phys.org
Livestock grazing may boost soil carbon storage in Iceland's subarctic grasslands
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Livestock grazing may boost soil carbon storage in Iceland's subarctic grasslands

Grassland plants transfer large amounts of carbon to soil through their roots, and most of that carbon is stored underground. Therefore, promoting soil carbon storage can help combat climate change. Grazers feed on grassland plants, and conventional wisdom often assumes that removing grazers benefits carbon storage, but a new study in Global Change Biology Communications reveals that the opposite may be the case.

📅 2026-09-23 07:10:14    •    Phys.org
Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global
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Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global

Scientists have found strong observational evidence that a key part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has been weakening across a wide stretch of ocean for nearly two decades. The slowdown could eventually reshape weather patterns, rainfall, storms, winters, and coastal sea levels around the Atlantic.

📅 2026-09-23 05:09:29    •    ScienceDaily