News tagged with discrepancy
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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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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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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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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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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Charter schools spend more on administration than traditional public schools
While charter school advocates criticize public school bureaucracies as bloated and wasteful, it turns out that charters spend more on administration and less on instruction than traditional public schools, according to a ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 13, 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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A research challenges the theories on the global increase in jellyfish population
An international research, involving the participation of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), provides a new perspective on the jellyfish proliferation in world's oceans. This phenomenon has noticeably impacted ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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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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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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Supporting primary children's understanding of physics
New software has significant benefits for primary school children and their understanding of elementary physics, research shows. Studies funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) focused on what primary school ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2012 |
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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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