Women Have to Be Likable, and Men Don’t – New Study Shows Why
A new study in The Economic Journal finds that likability is an influencing factor in interactions between women, as well as interactions between men and women,…
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Using Albatrosses to Root Out Illegal Fishing
Albatrosses do not only inspire poets and ancient mariners! Scientists at the Centre d’études biologiques de Chizé (CNRS/La Rochelle Université) made use of these majestic…
Climate Change Could Shrink Wine Regions Dramatically – 85% Loss for 4°C of Warming
Diversity is key to resilience, says new study. If you were planning to drink your way through the climate apocalypse, here’s some unfortunate news: Just…
Change in Construction Materials Could Transform Buildings Into a Global CO2 Sink
A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction by wood can have double benefits for climate stabilization, a new study shows. First, it…
High-Level Nuclear Waste Storage Materials Will Likely Degrade Faster Than Previously Thought
Study finds the materials — glass, ceramics and stainless steel — interact to accelerate corrosion. The materials the United States and other countries plan to…
People Anticipate the Force of Gravity by ‘Seeing It’ Rather Than ‘Feeling It’
What Goes Up May Actually Be Down Researchers use virtual reality to show that people plan their movements and anticipate the force of gravity by…
Pacific Banana Mystery Solved With Microscopic Particles From 3,000-Year-Old Teeth
Humans began transporting and growing banana in Vanuatu 3000 years ago, a University of Otago scientist has discovered. The discovery is the earliest evidence of…
How Russia May Have Used Twitter to Help Seize Crimea
New research shows real-time social media data may have been a source of military intelligence for the Kremlin and potentially other governments. Online discourse by…
Small Investors Bilked Out of Billions? Tiny Price Gaps Exploited by Fast Information Systems
University of Vermont and MITRE studies show that near-light-speed differences in stock prices may be exploited by traders with faster information systems. Imagine standing in…
Mathematicians, Physicists and Materials Experts Use a Shot of Math to Brew a Better Espresso
Mathematicians, physicists, and materials experts might not spring to mind as the first people to consult about whether you are brewing your coffee right. But…
Unexpected Discovery: Chemists Find Fungal Shrapnel in the Air
In a discovery that has implications for our understanding of the air we breathe, University of California, Irvine (UCI) chemists report that they’ve found nanoscale…
Confused by U. S. Elections? MIT Researchers Use Physics to Explain Democratic Elections
U.S. elections have become more “unstable,” sometimes swinging in the opposite direction from the greater electorate’s preferences. It may seem surprising, but theories and formulas…
Do You Think You’re More Environmentally Friendly Than Others? Most People Do.
Research from the University of Gothenburg shows that we tend to overestimate our personal environmental engagement. In a study with participants from Sweden, the United…
Oil-Catching Sponge Could Be Solution for 100 Billion Barrels of Oil-Contaminated Wastewater Generated Every Year
Drilling and fracking for oil under the seabed produces 100 billion barrels of oil-contaminated wastewater every year by releasing tiny oil droplets into the surrounding…
Building Better Forecasts for Floods, Stocks & Other Chaotic Systems From Suboptimal Predictors
Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc. have introduced a method for enhancing the power of existing algorithms to forecast the…
Stress Doesn’t Always Cause Depression – Here’s Why
Changes in neurotransmission may explain intrinsic immunity to depression. Rats susceptible to anhedonia, a core symptom of depression, possess more serotonin neurons after being exposed…
One-of-a-Kind Dinosaur Specimen Discovered in China Offers View Into Dinosaur-Bird Evolution
San Diego Natural History Museum paleontologist describes a dinosaur that is new to science, shows dinosaurs grew up differently from birds. A new species of…
Surprisingly, Molecules Move Faster on Rough Terrain
Roughness, the presence of irregularities on a surface, is commonly associated to slower motion and stickiness. This is true at different length scales: at human…