Research on amphibian choruses shows how song and mating mix
When it comes to mating wood frogs, it turns out that sound matters.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2022
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How storytelling can motivate us to help others
The mission of the Annenberg School's Communication Neuroscience Lab has long been to figure out what kind of messages best push us to engage in healthier habits. As COVID-19 began its sweeping disruption of daily life in ...
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2022
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Structural and functional studies of adhesion receptors disclose intrinsic activation mechanism of orphan GPCRs
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a crucial role in cell signal transduction and comprise the largest drug target protein family. Despite recent breakthroughs in structural and pharmacological studies of these receptors, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2022
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Weather satellite prepares for lightning
As one of the last milestones before liftoff at the end of the year, the first Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite is being fitted with its Lightning Imager. From geostationary orbit, 36,000 km above Earth's surface, ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 20, 2022
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Radio flares observed on a nearby M dwarf star
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers have detected radio flares on a nearby M dwarf star known as SCR 1746−3214. The finding, reported in a paper published April 7 on the pre-print server ...
How much does mainstream media matter in an election campaign? (Spoiler: More than you might think)
Despite the seismic changes that have convulsed media communications and journalism since the turn of the millennium, the mainstream media remains a formidably relevant force, including at election time.
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2022
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How to survive a tactical nuclear bomb? Defense experts explain
There has been widespread discussion of Russia's threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in its war on Ukraine.
Other
Apr 20, 2022
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New method for detecting pre-eruption warning signals at Whakaari White Island and other active volcanoes
Scientifically and emotively, we think every volcano has its own "personality." However, we've discovered that volcanoes share behavior traits—and this could form the basis for an eruption warning system.
Earth Sciences
Apr 20, 2022
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Can wind turbines and migrating birds coexist?
In the race to avoid runaway climate change, two renewable energy technologies are being pushed as the solution to powering human societies: wind and solar. But for many years, wind turbines have been on a collision course ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2022
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To stay in the game directors need to rewire corporate missions and bring new faces to the table
In the first ever case of its kind, ClientEarth—a U.K.-based organization that works with NGOS to fight legal battles on environmental issues—is taking Shell's board of directors to court for failing to properly prepare for ...
Economics & Business
Apr 20, 2022
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