A new study published in the CABI journal Human-Animal Interactions suggests that companion animals—including dogs, cats, fish and birds—do not significantly benefit the emotional health of owners with severe mental illness.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2023
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The Nobel Chemistry Prize was awarded to three scientists on Wednesday for their work on click chemistry, a way to snap molecules together like Lego that experts say will soon "change the world".
Materials Science
Oct 6, 2022
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The severe droughts in the USA and Australia are the first sign that the tropics, and their warm temperatures, are apparently expanding in the wake of climate change. But until now, scientists have been unable to conclusively ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 25, 2020
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A rapid rise in temperature on ancient Earth triggered a climate response that may have prolonged the warming for many thousands of years, according to scientists.
Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2019
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How much climate change is natural? How much is man-made?
Environment
Sep 18, 2019
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The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age was apparently accompanied by severe droughts between 1302 and 1307 in Europe; this preceded the wet and cold phase of the 1310s and the resulting great famine ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 5, 2021
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SolarCity, well-known for rooftop solar systems, is expanding to so-called microgrids, larger power systems that can be tapped by communities when the power grid goes down.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 27, 2015
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Every year, severe weather endangers millions of people and causes billions of dollars in damage worldwide. But new research from Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and AccuWeather has found ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2017
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Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief.
Biochemistry
Apr 14, 2020
0
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Fish do not feel pain the way humans do. That is the conclusion drawn by an international team of researchers consisting of neurobiologists, behavioural ecologists and fishery scientists. One contributor to the landmark study ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2013
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