Is it worth the effort to seek high status in a group or setting for which a person has no real passion? New Cornell research suggests the answer is "no."
Social Sciences
May 9, 2024
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A member of President Joe Biden's administration stopped in the city of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, on May 6 to talk PFAS with local officials, visiting an area that's been at the forefront of contamination just three weeks after ...
Environment
May 7, 2024
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A group-based curriculum called Journey of Life (JoL)—delivered over 12 sessions in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda—led to improvements in mental health, social support, parental warmth and attitudes around ...
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2024
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Much of Earth's water is hidden hundreds of meters beneath our feet, among soil particles and deep within rock pores and fractures.
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2024
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Far more methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is being released from landfills and oil and gas operations around the world than governments realized, recent airborne and satellite surveys show. That's a problem for the climate ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2024
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A country's economic prosperity is linked with improved well-being in its residents, according to a study published in PLOS ONE by Feng Huang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and colleagues.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2024
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New research highlights the conflict between the needs of a team and the needs of the individuals in the team—and what leaders can do to strike the right balance to keep things ticking smoothly.
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2024
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University of Calgary researchers have found a link between radon exposure in rural homes based on how close they are to drilled groundwater wells. The transdisciplinary team was investigating why homes in rural communities ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2024
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Increasing access to water in extremely arid parts of sub-Saharan Africa can help nomadic livestock farmers in the short term. However, in the long run, it may lead to serious consequences for their livelihoods. This is shown ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2024
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After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking steps to limit the injection of wastewater from oil and gas extraction deep into the ground. As a result, the number of earthquakes, ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2024
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