With intense wildfires in the western U.S. and frequent, intense hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, the nation is again affected by extreme weather-related events resulting from climate change. In response, cities, states ...
Earth Sciences
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How will you cope with the death of your mother or spouse? Their death may disturb your concentration, causing accidents or lowering your productivity. Some bereaved cannot sleep, and others cannot get out of bed. Some lose ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2020
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? The answer: not the organizations led by narcissists.
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2020
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Biotechnologists from MIPT have developed a method for extracting the active constituents from the fat of black soldier fly larvae. These compounds possess unique antimicrobial properties and can destroy bacteria that cause ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2020
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A team of soil scientists from RUDN University organized a summer school to study urban soils in 5 climatic zones. Students from Germany, Russia, China, and the U.S. spent two weeks analyzing the state of soils and vegetation ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 5, 2020
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The lives of animals in the wild are full of risky situations with uncertain outcomes. Whether they are exploring new habitats in unfamiliar terrain or searching for new food sources, they run the risk of being caught and ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2020
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The rehoming of laboratory dogs was the first of its kind in Finland. The rehoming process was started with months of practicing basic pet dog skills with the dogs and by familiarizing them with the world outside the laboratory.
Veterinary medicine
Oct 5, 2020
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Horseweed is considered one of the most troublesome weeds in the United States and Canada—able to produce devastating losses in both corn and soybean yields when left uncontrolled. Populations of herbicide-resistant horseweed ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2020
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An analysis by a University at Buffalo-led team using two estimates of undocumented immigration suggests that, on average, this population reduced or had no effect on crime in 154 U.S. metropolitan areas studied, including ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2020
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A new study by Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority indicates that a workshop for smelting copper ore once operated in the Neveh Noy neighborhood of Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev Desert. The study, ...
Archaeology
Oct 5, 2020
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