World’s longest-winged birds go easy on older partners
A new study has found that wandering albatrosses with older partners spend less time on foraging trips than those with more sprightly partners presumably...
Heat and cold as health hazards
Both hot and cold environments trigger a stress response in the human body and can lead to cardiovascular problems. Physiologists have recently investigated both...
Using drones to monitor volcanoes: Researchers analyze volcanic gases with the help of ultra-lightweight...
The main gases released by volcanoes are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide. Analyzing these gases is one of the best ways of...
How a test drive may lead to an electric vehicle purchase
There's something about test driving an electric vehicle that boosts some potential buyers' personal identity as being early adopters of the latest technologies, a...
New theory on timing for human settlement of some parts of tropical Pacific
Spread across vast distances, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean are thought to have been populated by humans in two distinct migrations beginning...
Do polar bear paws hold the secret to better tire traction?
Traction is important. Humans have been continually interested in discovering how to better move across wet or frozen surfaces safely -- whether to improve...
Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises
Engineers compare wastewater 'snapshots' to daylong composite samples and find snapshots lead to bias in testing for the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes.
Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study
Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving birds, according to a new study. The authors suggest...
Active learning methods are best for addressing sustainability issues
According to an international team of educators, active learning methods, such as problem-based learning, project-based learning, and challenge-based learning are necessary to provide engineering...
Ecology: More than the sum of its parts
The number of simultaneously acting global change factors has a negative impact on the diversity of plant communities -- regardless of the nature of...
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