Why are some people always jerks? Yale University psychologists have developed a mathematical model that provides an answer, and also helps to explain why the rest of us are usually nice, even to strangers.
Social Sciences
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For more than two decades, conservation groups have argued that a wolf and the rainforest in southeast Alaska where it lives are at risk.
Ecology
Jan 12, 2016
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A Purdue University researcher is co-editor of a special issue of the journal Landscape Ecology that focuses on macrosystems ecology, a relatively new field that looks to solve ecological issues by expanding the view of the ...
Ecology
Jan 12, 2016
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The old adage that says "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" has finally been put to the test – mathematically – in research led by the University of Adelaide.
Mathematics
Jan 12, 2016
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You are about to enter the strange world of coordination geometries, where energy and atomic bonding interplay to give materials unusual properties, such as negative thermal expansion (you heat something and it gets smaller) ...
Materials Science
Jan 12, 2016
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Dozens of whales have died after stranding themselves on a southern Indian beach, a forestry official said Tuesday, with local fishermen struggling to save others.
Ecology
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Amazon.com is reportedly working on a scaled-down version of its Echo voice-controlled speaker.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 12, 2016
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The demise of a deal to end decades of feuding on the Klamath River could rekindle old battles over water use and dams in a remote corner of California.
Environment
Jan 12, 2016
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UC Davis plant scientists have identified an enzyme that appears to play a key role in the insect-transmitted bacterial infection of grapevines with Pierce's disease, which annually costs California's grape and wine industries ...
Biotechnology
Jan 12, 2016
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German software giant SAP said on Tuesday that full-year earnings exceeded targets last year, powered by "exceptional" growth in its cloud business.
Business
Jan 12, 2016
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