Emotional news alters men's financial risk-taking, research shows
Emotional news stories have a strong impact on men's financial decisions, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2025
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Fully recovering Australia's threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can't do it all at once—so let's start here
Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonization. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate. Their populations have fallen 2%–3% every year over ...
Ecology
Jan 7, 2025
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South Africa's rare succulent plants are threatened by illegal trade—how to stop it
South Africa's succulents—small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas—are sought after by an increasingly international collector market.
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2025
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Expert discusses how to make resolutions that stick
The fresh slate of the new year offers an opportunity to re-think goals and set new habits. But to ensure success with those goals, people need to think carefully about timing and what they really want, according to Tim Bono, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2025
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Coordinating risk assessments for radiation in outer space
In the next few decades, crewed missions to the moon and Mars will likely become frequent. One of the main challenges faced by these future missions will be the need to protect astronauts from the intense radiation of outer ...
Space Exploration
Jan 7, 2025
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Sustainable nanofiber coating can extend fruit shelf life
As fruits and vegetables are perishable, it can be challenging to keep them fresh and safe to eat. In the time it takes to transport them from farm to table, these difficulties with post-harvest storage mean that enormous ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 7, 2025
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Fabricating single-photon detectors from superconducting aluminum nanostrips
In quantum computers, information is often carried by single photons and picked up by structures named superconducting nanostrip single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). In principle, traditional type-I superconductors would be ...
Superconductivity
Jan 7, 2025
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Building resilience: Risk perception and hurricane preparedness in Florida
When I first delved into the study on hurricane preparedness among communities in Florida, I was struck by a paradox. Here we have a group of individuals living in one of the most hurricane-prone regions of the United States, ...
'Living school gate' and green infrastructure deliver major health and environmental benefits, study finds
A pioneering study at Guildford town center's Sandfield Primary School highlights the benefits to schoolchildren's health delivered by protective green infrastructure, demonstrating a nearly one-third reduction in harmful ...
Environment
Jan 7, 2025
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How white educators can boldly teach about race in engaging ways
The United States is rich in diversity but is facing continual racial disparity and growing political division—challenges which should be addressed right from the early years, according to academics.
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2025
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