The opportunity to make a small charitable donation on a store owner's nickel may be just the encouragement shoppers need to forgo toting their goods home in a single-use plastic bag, new research suggests.
Economics & Business
Nov 29, 2021
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While Australian cricket fans celebrate their team's triumph at the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the tournament's results have sparked a debate over whether the team that bats second has a potentially match-winning advantage ...
Mathematics
Nov 17, 2021
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An analysis of data from four U.S. states suggests that Black people may be more likely than white people to be nonfatally shot and injured by police in these states, and these disparities are greater than seen for fatal ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Toronto and Ohio Wesleyan University are collaborating in a quest to find out how lizards can adapt to the world's changing climate.
Ecology
Oct 22, 2021
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Food pantries, soup kitchens, and other community food services played a critical role in helping Americans meet their food needs, especially during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2021
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Galaxies—massive collections of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems—are a fundamental component of our Universe. Understanding how they have formed and evolved over cosmic eras remains one of the ...
Astronomy
Aug 24, 2021
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A continuous rise in global population has led to fears that conflicts and war will become more frequent as resources dwindle. But this widespread belief has not been quantified based on actual Japanese archaeological data, ...
Archaeology
Aug 20, 2021
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Exactly 30 years ago, I was pondering a graph of primate group sizes plotted against the size of their brains: the larger the brain, the larger the group size. I was curious to know what group size this relationship might ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2021
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A study conducted by a team of researchers fromNanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that Singaporeans who score high levels of empathy choose to prioritize the environment over the convenience ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2021
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Nataliya Matveeva, Ivan Sterligov, and Maria Yudkevich have analyzed the research activity of universities participating in Russia's Academic Excellence Project 5-100. Overall, the quality of publications of these universities ...
Education
Dec 4, 2020
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