News tagged with discrepancy
Whale population size, dynamics determined based on ancient DNA
Estimates of whale population size based on genetics versus historical records diverge greatly, making it difficult to fully understand the ecological implications of the large-scale commercial whaling of the 19th and early ...
May 09, 2012 |
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Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets
Warming of the ocean's subsurface layers will melt underwater portions of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets faster than previously thought, according to new University of Arizona-led research. Such melting ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 03, 2011 |
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Countries consider time out on the 'leap second'
It's high noon for the humble leap second. After ten years of talks, governments are headed for a showdown vote this week on an issue that pits technological precision against nature's whims.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Hitches emerge as culprit in 'faster-than-light' particle (Update)
Scientists who last year found particles that appeared to break the Universe's speed limit are looking at two technical issues that could have skewed the controversial finding, CERN said Thursday.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Astrophysicist team suggests axions could explain dearth of lithium-7 in dark matter theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand how everything came to be as it appears today, astrophysicists have put together theories that seek to explain how events transpired from the time of the Big Bang, ...
Feb 24, 2012 |
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World timekeepers split on scrapping leap second
Timekeepers meeting in Geneva failed to agree Thursday on a proposal to abolish a 40-year-old practice of adding the occasional second to world time.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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European food outbreak soars; mystery deepens
(AP) -- The number of people hit by a massive European outbreak of foodborne bacterial infections is a third bigger than previously known and a stunningly high number of patients suffer from a potentially ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Odds of living a very long life lower than formerly predicted
Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Flower study aids crop development
Warming autumn evenings are causing plants to flower faster than they used to, scientists have found.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Scientists raise concerns regarding erroneous reporting of Greenland ice cover
Scientists from the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) have raised concerns regarding what they believe are erroneous claims of a 15% decrease in the permanent ice cover of Greenland in just 12 years.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Too much information: When does adding mildly favorable details dilute the big message?
When a large item and a small one are packaged together, consumers often perceive the overall value to be less than that of the large item, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. This applies to inf ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Restaurants cherry pick parties by size
Wait times quoted by restaurants typically increase depending on the size of the party. Though large parties are often given longer wait times, the actual time spent waiting to be seated turns out to be shorter than the ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 09, 2011 |
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Feeding the five thousand -- or was it three? Researchers claim most crowd estimations are unreliable
The public should view crowd estimation with scepticism, say the authors of a study published today in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association, as they suggest more r ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Study: Working moms multitask more and have worse time doing so than dads
Not only are working mothers multitasking more frequently than working fathers, but their multitasking experience is more negative as well, according to a new study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 01, 2011 |
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How do consumers revise their unreachable goals?
Most consumers spend their lives setting -- and revising -- goals. Authors of a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research have unveiled a new model that captures the dynamics of goal revision.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2011 |
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