Rats trained to drive tiny cars find it relaxing, scientists report
Sometimes life really can be a rat race.
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2019
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News tagged with natural settings
Why some beaches are getting bigger despite rising sea levels
In a warmer world, rising sea levels could render many coastlines, beaches, and reef islands uninhabitable, or destroy them altogether. The 1.09℃ Earth has warmed since pre-industrial times has already heightened seas by ...
Earth Sciences
May 02, 2022
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The uncertain role of natural gas in the transition to clean energy
A new MIT study examines the opposing roles of natural gas in the battle against climate change—as a bridge toward a lower-emissions future, but also a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Dec 16, 2019
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Sugar feeding may inhibit mosquitos' ability to get infected, transmit arboviruses
Sugar feeding prior to having an infected blood meal could protect a mosquito's ability to get infected and transmit arboviruses such as Zika, dengue and chikungunya, according to a new study.
Plants & Animals
Sep 03, 2021
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Children learn science in nature play long before they get to school classrooms and labs
The number of preschools pursuing learning through nature play is growing fast worldwide. However, the effectiveness and impacts of this approach is largely untested, and we recently completed the first large-scale study ...
Education
Sep 23, 2021
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NASA at your table: Where food meets methane
Today, human sources are responsible for 60% of global methane emissions, coming primarily from the burning of fossil fuels, decomposition in landfills and the agriculture sector. Nearly a quarter of methane emissions can ...
Environment
Aug 14, 2021
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Angelenos versus New Yorkers: What do they talk about online?
A team of computer scientists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering set out to develop new tools automate and organize social science data. What did they use as their data sets? Twitter posts from the coastal capitals, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 28, 2021
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Soil bacteria evolve with climate change
While evolution is normally thought of as occurring over millions of years, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that bacteria can evolve in response to climate change in 18 months. In a study ...
Evolution
Apr 28, 2021
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Extreme heat harms forest-dwelling bird chicks more than city ones
Forest bird nestlings are significantly smaller and more likely to die as a result of extreme heat compared to their urban counterparts, reports a new study. This research is among the first to measure the joint impact of ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2022
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Do depressions in Canadian prairies hold the key to groundwater recharge?
The water cycle is a delicate balance. In natural settings, water from rainfall or snowmelt can soak into soil or runoff to streams. Some of the water is stored in natural underground reservoirs—called groundwater. Plants ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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