Smartphone use goes up in city parks, but down in forests
While a visit to the great outdoors is a common prescription for reducing screen use, a pioneering new study finds that time outdoors doesn't always reduce smartphone screentime.
While a visit to the great outdoors is a common prescription for reducing screen use, a pioneering new study finds that time outdoors doesn't always reduce smartphone screentime.
Social Sciences
May 15, 2023
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A new study which helped pet parrots make video calls to each other suggests that the birds may have benefited from making new feathered friends over the internet.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2023
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Can we truly connect with each other through video calls? Yes, according to a recent study. Psychologists found our bodies synchronize almost as much in digital conversations as in real life. But this doesn't mean we should ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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A message of faith and hope first delivered by Pope Francis in the middle of the 2020 coronavirus lockdown will be sent into space, the Vatican announced Monday.
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2023
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Scientists called for a raft of urgent measures, including a dedicated Global Green Finance Fund, to help restore degraded freshwater lakes, at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York on March 22.
Environment
Mar 23, 2023
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Scientists and policymakers have voiced growing concerns about the decline of global squid stocks, but little has been done to date to target squid fishing activities that are expanding into unregulated spaces, according ...
Ecology
Mar 10, 2023
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Multilevel societies are among the most complex societies known in nature. They are organized like Russian nesting dolls—individuals belong to family groups, which belong to clans, which belong to tribes.
Plants & Animals
Mar 10, 2023
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For a nervous horror fan, an evening watching HBO's hit post-apocalyptic television show The Last of Us might be followed by a restless night under the duvet. The silhouette of a coat slung over the back of a chair or even ...
Evolution
Mar 2, 2023
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A new study of New Zealand blue whales' vocalizations indicates the whales are present year-round in the South Taranaki Bight and their behavior is influenced by environmental conditions in the region.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2023
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Just how hard should natural resource managers fight invasive species after they establish? A new University of Illinois study suggests some invaders—even highly successful ones—can die off naturally, leaving native communities ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2023
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