Research suggests budget reminders cause unexpected consumer behavior
Consumers might be more naughty than nice when shopping this holiday season and facing a "should I or shouldn't I" purchase.
Economics & Business
Dec 14, 2017
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Bee-mimicking clearwing moth buzzes back to life after 130 years
An entomologist from the University of Gdansk in Poland has rediscovered a striking blue-and-white species of clearwing moth known only from a single faded and damaged museum specimen collected in 1887. The Oriental blue ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2017
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New book examines what religious Americans think about science
What do religious Americans really think about science? A new book from Rice University sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund and West Virginia University (WVU) sociologist Christopher Scheitle explores and debunks widespread ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2017
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Uber reduces ambulance usage in major cities, economists find
The advent of Uber in cities across the country has reduced per capita ambulance volume by at least 7 percent as low-risk patients likely opt to avoid the more expensive ride with paramedics, according to a working paper ...
Economics & Business
Dec 14, 2017
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Researchers study impact of space radiation on bone and muscle health
New research by Henry J. Donahue, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Engineering Foundation Professor at the VCU School of Engineering, suggests that space radiation may cause astronauts ...
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2017
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New map reveals landscape beneath Greenland's ice sheet
A new map of what lies beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet is published this week (Thursday 14 December 2017). By providing scientists with the most comprehensive, high resolution and accurate picture of the bedrock and coastal ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2017
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Australian lizards take toll on turtle eggs
Goannas have overtaken foxes as the number one predator of the endangered loggerhead turtle at its second largest Queensland nesting beach.
Ecology
Dec 14, 2017
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Doing without dark energy: Mathematicians propose alternative explanation for cosmic acceleration
Three mathematicians have a different explanation for the accelerating expansion of the universe that does without theories of "dark energy." Einstein's original equations for General Relativity actually predict cosmic acceleration ...
General Physics
Dec 14, 2017
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Image: The fault in our Mars
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) of northern Meridiani Planum shows faults that have disrupted layered deposits. Some of the faults produced a clean break along the layers, displacing and offsetting ...
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2017
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Next-generation GRACE satellites arrive at launch site
A pair of advanced U.S./German Earth research satellites with some very big shoes to fill is now at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base to begin final preparations for launch next spring.
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2017
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