Plasticosis: A new disease caused by plastic that is affecting seabirds
A new disease has been described in seabirds, but it might just be the tip of the iceberg.
Plants & Animals
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Think you're good at math? A new study shows it may be because you had equitable math teachers
A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class equitably, especially in racially diverse schools. The study by researchers at Portland State ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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Students ate less meat in the three years after hearing talk on its negative environmental impacts
A trio of climate scientists from Occidental College, Claremont Graduate University and the University of California, respectively, has found that after a 50-minute talk outlining the negative environmental impacts of raising ...
A warmer world will make heat waves more frequent, says study
From late June to early July 2021, an unprecedented heat wave swept across Western North America (WNA), causing considerable hazards to the regional society and economy. What is the likelihood of a similar heat wave under ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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Researchers reveal disturbances of Tonga volcanic eruption
Recently, a team led by Prof. Lei Jiuhou from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the collaborators revealed the notable evidence of the dramatic thermospheric disturbances ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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How jasmonate signaling is enhanced under phosphorous-deficient conditions in plant physiology
Phosphorus (P) is a macronutrient essential for various biological processes in plants. Inorganic phosphate (Pi) deficiency modulates the signaling pathway of the phytohormone jasmonate (a fatty acid compound ubiquitous in ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2023
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HR practices have both positive and negative effects on employee mental health, research finds
Poor mental health among employees has an enormous impact on the global economy, costing companies about $1 trillion annually in lost productivity by some estimates—and the toll is only expected to rise. But as employers ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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Food insecurity worsens among low-income Angelenos as emergency boost to CalFresh program expires
In March, nearly 1.4 million CalFresh beneficiaries in Los Angeles County will receive their final pandemic-era boost intended to help make food more affordable for low-income people. Every household will receive at least ...
Economics & Business
Mar 3, 2023
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Scientists discover answer to the mystery of cloudy filters on satellites
There's a mystery happening in some satellites facing the sun, and scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) are on the case. The ...
Space Exploration
Mar 3, 2023
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Collective forms of governance, infrastructural investments, collaboration all help societies last longer, study finds
Some cities only last a century or two, while others last for a thousand years or more. Often, there aren't clear records left behind to explain why. Instead, archaeologists piece together clues from the cities' remains to ...
Archaeology
Mar 3, 2023
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