News tagged with fertility level

Water quality improves after lawn fertilizer ban, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to keep lakes and streams clean, municipalities around the country are banning or restricting the use of phosphorus-containing lawn fertilizers, which can kill fish and cause ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Earth is having a bad acid trip, study finds

Earth may be overdosing on acid - not the "turn on, tune in, drop out" kind, but the "kill fish, kill coral, kill crops" kind. And it's shaping up to be a very bad trip.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Research finds attractive women increase risky behaviour in young men

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research suggests that the presence of a beautiful woman can lead men to throw caution to the wind.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Men can rest easy -- sex chromosomes are here to stay

Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a new genetic study which examines the sex chromosomes of chickens.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Surprising results in a new study on childbearing and education

In almost every country, women with more education have fewer children. But does education reduce childbearing, or does childbearing get in the way of education, or both? New research by Joel E. Cohen and colleagues in Norway ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Link found between arsenic in drinking water and strokes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in Michigan in the U.S. suggests the presence of moderate levels of arsenic in drinking water could increase the risk of strokes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report