When magnetic field lines of opposite directions merge, they create explosions that can release massive amounts of energy. On the sun, the merging of opposing field lines causes solar flares and coronal mass ejections, giant ...
General Physics
Apr 28, 2022
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When it comes to mating wood frogs, it turns out that sound matters.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2022
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Researchers at Dartmouth College have built the world's first superfluid circuit that uses pairs of ultracold electron-like atoms, according to a study published in Physical Review Letters.
General Physics
Apr 19, 2022
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Along-standing theorem in the study of American politics holds that candidates will run to the middle in an attempt to win support from the average voter.
Mathematics
Mar 22, 2022
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For women who choose to get married, one decision that they may face is whether to change their last name or not. For a researcher who is published in academic journals, a marital name change may make it difficult for others ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2022
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The first atlas to measure the movement and thickness of the world's glaciers gives a clearer, but mixed picture of the globe's ice-bound freshwater resources, according to researchers from the Institute of Environmental ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2022
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In the U.S., 52% of irrigated land is used for corn, soybean and winter wheat production. Corn and soybean are two of the country's most important crops, with 17% of corn production and 12% of soybean production coming from ...
Ecology
Jan 28, 2022
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New research provides further evidence that rocks representing up to a billion years of geological time were carved away by ancient glaciers during the planet's "Snowball Earth" period, according to a study published in Proceedings ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2022
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When two people are on the same page in a conversation, sometimes their minds just "click." A Dartmouth study demonstrates that clicking isn't just a figure of speech but is predicted by "response times" in a conversation ...
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2022
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Evidence arguing for a "whiff of oxygen" before the Earth's Great Oxygenation Event 2.3 billion years ago are chemical signatures that were probably introduced at a much later time, according to research published in Science ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 5, 2022
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