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Doctoral researchers are invited to three-minute thesis competition
Registration is now open for the University of Tartu’s three-minute thesis competition for doctoral researchers, which will take place on 21 October at the University of Tartu Library. The deadline for registration is 12 October.
Empty seashells became new habitats 470 million years ago
A study shows that approximately 470 million years ago, a significant ecological change took place in the world’s oceans when the interiors of empty mollusc shells began to be used as habitats.
Estonian lunar rover platform KuupKulgur makes its debut at Luna, Europe’s unique Lunar analogue site
KuupKulgur, an Estonian lunar rover platform co-developed by Tartu Observatory and MTÜ KuupKulgur, reached a significant milestone in Estonia’s space robotics journey when it recently became the first Estonian-developed rover platform to operate at the unique lunar replica site, the ESA-DLR LUNA facility in Cologne, Germany.
Digital media may reshape people’s willingness to invest cognitive effort
A new scientific paper co-authored by University of Tartu Associate Professor Jaan Aru offers a new perspective: digital environments may primarily reshape how valuable we perceive cognitive effort to be.
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