A promising target in the quest for a 1-million-year-old Antarctic ice core
Credit: Laura Kehrl/University of Washington Ice cores offer a window into the history of Earth's climate. Layers of ice reveal past temperatures, and gases trapped...
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Cheeseburger or salad? How music volume impacts your decision
TAMPA, Fla. (May 23, 2018)- Music can be the ultimate mood setter. Faster beats ignite excitement, while slower songs help one relax. And that makes...
Self-consistency influences how we make decisions
When making decisions, our perception is influenced by judgments we have made in the past as a way of remaining consistent with ourselves, suggests new...
Study highlights environmental cost of tearing down Vancouver’s single-family homes
Credit: Credit: David Niddrie Rising property values in Vancouver have resulted in the demolition of an unprecedented number of single-family homes in recent years, many...
Determining effective methods of irrigation as water becomes increasingly scarce
College Station, Texas--A recent study out of Texas A&M University focused on the practical applications of the global concern that potable water will become less...
Long-term study shows crop rotation decreases greenhouse gas emissions
Many farmers grow corn and soybean in rotation to avoid the continuous corn yield penalty, but now there's another reason to rotate. Scientists at the...
In the beginning was the phase separation
Credit: Andreas Battenberg / TUM The question of the origin of life remains one of the oldest unanswered scientific questions. A team at the Technical...
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