When is fruit ready to pick? Nature offers different clues
It takes just a twist of the wrist to determine when pears are ready to come off the tree.
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Prejudice against darker skin continues to depress wages for legal immigrants: Study
Legal immigrants with darker skin are paid up to 25 percent less than otherwise comparable lighter-skinned immigrants, a wage penalty that widened significantly four years after these immigrants first received permanent legal ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2019
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Armed with affection, octogenarian is an 'octopus whisperer'
Wilson Menashi palmed a squid in his left hand and extended his arm into an aquarium tank, watching as a giant Pacific octopus stretched out arms to greet him like a friend.
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2019
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Study shows the influence of immersive virtual reality on racial bias
Researchers of the University of Barcelona have studied the influence of immersive virtual reality (IVR) on racial bias. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, has used this technology to analyse the effects of immersion ...
Social Sciences
May 22, 2017
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Video: The chemistry of redheads
St. Patrick's Day evokes thoughts of all things often associated with the Irish—including red hair. Chemically speaking, what sets redheads apart from the crowd is pigmentation—specifically melanins.
Other
Mar 14, 2017
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Lightness/darkness of skin affects male immigrants' likelihood of gaining employment
Skin color is a significant factor in the probability of employment for male immigrants to the United States, according to a new study by two University of Kansas (KU) researchers.
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2015
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Physicists patent method to change skin-color perception
How someone perceives color is determined by how the item they are looking at scatters and emits light. In August, three City College of New York physicists affiliated with the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 5, 2013
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Studying 'squid skin' to create new camouflage patterns
As an octopus, a squid, or a cuttlefish moves around a reef in the ocean, it instantly camouflages itself against the background. Known as cephalopods, these animals have the extraordinary ability to conceal themselves from ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2011
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The ultimate camo: Team to mimic camouflage skill of marine animals in high-tech materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- Camouflage expert Roger Hanlon of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is co-recipient of a $6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to study and ultimately emulate the exquisite ability of some ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2011
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Skin color: Handy tool for teaching evolution
Variations in skin color provide one of the best examples of evolution by natural selection acting on the human body and should be used to teach evolution in schools, according to a Penn State anthropologist.
Evolution
Feb 20, 2011
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