Does metabolic rate drive population size?
All organisms must eat to sustain themselves, but some more so than others.
Ecology
Aug 16, 2021
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Emergence of leaders and influencers a result of a self-reinforcing social process, not necessarily skills and talent
New research by UTS economist Associate Professor David Goldbaum suggests influential leaders emerge from an evolutionary social process that has less to do with skills and talent than we might think.
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2021
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How people prefer to receive life-changing news, be it good or bad
When finding out life-changing news, whether good or bad, some people prefer to receive information as soon as possible. Others wish to receive and process bits of information over time or wait until the last minute to hear ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2021
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New model shows how our social networks could contribute to generating economic phenomena
Many standard economic models assume people make perfectly rational, individual decisions. But new research suggests economic phenomena like inequality and business cycles are better explained by models which recognize that ...
Economics & Business
Jul 6, 2021
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Rattlesnakes may like climate change
When it comes to climate change, not all organisms will lose out. A new Cal Poly study finds that rattlesnakes are likely to benefit from a warming climate.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2021
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Rearranging orchestral musicians to reduce disease-spreading aerosols
A team of researchers at the University of Utah Salt Lake City has found, via simulation, that it is possible to rearrange musicians playing wind instruments in an orchestra to reduce the spread of disease-laden aerosols. ...
Theoretical proof that a strong force can create lightweight subatomic particles
Using only a pen and paper, a theoretical physicist has proved a decades-old claim that a strong force called Quantum Chromo Dynamics (QCD) leads to light-weight pions, reports a new study published on June 23 in Physical ...
General Physics
Jun 24, 2021
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Designing public institutions that foster cooperation
Humans often cooperate, but ample research has shown that they're conditionally cooperative; that is, they are far more likely to cooperate with those who they consider "good."
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2021
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Climate models can predict decadal rainfall variations on Tibetan Plateau
Summer rainfall on the Tibetan Plateau is highly predictable on multiyear timescales in large ensemble predictions, according to a research team led by Zhou Tianjun from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2021
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Dogs can sniff out COVID, but not after dinner when they need a nap
The idea of cute puppy dogs playing a role in leading us out of this pandemic is about as tantalizing a story anyone could conjure up right now.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 4, 2021
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