Around 46 million people across the UK are expected to have visited their local high street to go shopping over the last weekend in November, encouraged by so-called Black Friday sales. The projected spend in-store and online ...
Environment
Nov 27, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With Christmas Day looming, why do so many people wait until the last moment to do Christmas shopping? Research has modelled procrastination as a scheduling problem and has found, as the deadline gets ...
Economics & Business
Dec 22, 2010
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Timothy Peake, the first Briton to represent the European Space Agency aboard the International Space Station, will be away from the planet for six months but looks forward to Earthly pleasures like seeing the new Star Wars ...
Space Exploration
Dec 14, 2015
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Tiny predators in the soil can literally sniff out their prey: soil bacteria, which communicate with each other using scent. A team of researchers from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) has discovered that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 8, 2016
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Three species of reptile on Australia's Christmas Island have been declared extinct in the wild, according to a study released on Tuesday, with scientists baffled as to the cause.
Ecology
Dec 5, 2017
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Target and other brick-and-mortar retailers are treating this holiday season as an offensive against online rivals such as Amazon.com, using tactics such as price-matching to win back dominance of the Christmas shopping season.
Business
Oct 22, 2012
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This holiday season brings surprising news about your Christmas tree. Scientists just discovered that globally, trees growing in wetter regions are more sensitive to drought. That means if your tree hails from a more humid ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2023
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New York on Tuesday finally ended a record streak of more than 700 days without measurable snowfall, with a thin layer of white powder covering Central Park and other parts of America's most populous city.
Environment
Jan 16, 2024
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A bad-tempered or overly complimentary boss, colleagues who drink too much alcohol and behave badly, an awkward atmosphere, forced festivities or a party in a random pub in the middle of nowhere—there are many factors that ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2023
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"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
Ecology
Dec 18, 2012
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