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Economics & Business 4 hours ago

Struggling with your career? This psychological intervention may help

Job loss and career uncertainty can take a toll that extends well beyond the workplace. New research suggests that a psychological intervention based on the principles of acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, may help ...

Cell & Microbiology 4 hours ago

Amino acid boosts last-resort antibiotic's effectiveness

Worldwide, antibiotic resistance is associated with millions of deaths every year, and the World Health Organization warns that the number of resistant infections is rising. Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic used when ...

Plants & Animals 5 hours ago

Smaller ants devote more of their resting energy budget to their brains

The energy required for brains of different sizes to function could play a role in how different species evolved over time. While the energetic costs of brains have long been deemed important in evolution, direct measurements ...

Plants & Animals 5 hours ago

First individual-based model of basking sharks replicates complicated social and environmental drivers of behavior

A new study published in Individual-Based Ecology presents the first individual-based model (IBM) of basking shark behavior.

Political science 5 hours ago

Q&A: Are polls trustworthy?

In the final stretch to the midterm elections, polls have come out tracking candidates' likelihood of victory at the local, state and federal levels. According to Tim Servinsky, project manager at Penn State Harrisburg's ...

Political science 6 hours ago

How to keep electricity costs down amid uncertain federal policy

Keeping the lights on nationwide is a feat of engineering that depends on millions of miles of power lines and thousands of power-generation plants.

Political science 6 hours ago

Prosecutors invoke gender stereotypes in capital cases against women

In 2001, Brenda Andrew was convicted of murdering her husband, and in 2004 she was sentenced to death.

Earth Sciences 6 hours ago

As ancient oceans warmed, carbon export and fish productivity surged

Ocean fish stocks have been increasingly exploited over time, and remote sensing shows they have declined in the open ocean over the last three decades, particularly in the tropics. But it's uncertain how fish populations ...

Economics & Business 6 hours ago

American jobs offer more autonomy—and more stress

American jobs have become increasingly stressful over the past two decades—but workers have also gained greater ability to exercise independence and make decisions at work.

Environment 8 hours ago

Why the WHO must declare climate change a public health emergency

Across the world, people have felt the impacts of climate change firsthand. The Northern Hemisphere has had another record-breaking summer season of heat and extreme weather events. The Southern Hemisphere now faces a summer ...

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