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New finds in treasure-laden shipwreck off Colombia

New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgAug 9th, 2024

Study finds 30% of regions worldwide achieve economic growth while reducing carbon emissions

More and more regions around the globe combine economic growth with reducing carbon emissions, researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the University of Potsdam found......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

Women"s education influences fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa, forecasting model finds

New research reveals a strong link between higher female education and lower fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Educated women are driving a shift toward smaller families and even influencing less educated peers. This new forecasting model offers.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 5th, 2024

What this 500-year-old shipwreck can tell us about how we age

Raman spectroscopy of 12 collarbones suggests most crew members were right-handed. Henry VIII's favorite warship, the Mary Rose, sank in battle in 1545. Archaeologists successfull.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Despite democracy concerns, researchers find Americans very interested in election

A nationally representative survey of U.S. adults finds a public highly attuned to the 2024 election campaign. Researchers at the University of South Florida's Center for Sustainable Democracy, in partnership with researchers at Rutgers University, t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Rubber plantations increase leaching of dissolved organic carbon in soil, study finds

Rubber planting brings huge economic benefits, but large-scale rubber plantations have a great impact on the ecological environment, especially in terms of the soil's physical and chemical properties......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Exxon Mobil (XOM) Finds Upside With Pioneer Merger, Defying Oil Price Slump

Exxon Mobil (XOM) Finds Upside With Pioneer Merger, Defying Oil Price Slump.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

Psychological inoculation: Combining two simple tools could combat election misinformation

A popular new strategy for combating misinformation doesn't by itself help people distinguish truth from falsehood but improves when paired with reminders to focus on accuracy, finds new Cornell University-led research supported by Google......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 4th, 2024

UN summit approves fund to share benefits of nature"s sequenced genetic data

A UN nature summit agreed in Colombia Saturday on the creation of a fund to share the profits of digitally sequenced genetic data taken from animals and plants with the communities they come from......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2024

African Sahara "greening" can alter Northern Hemisphere climate, modeling study finds

Africa's Sahara Desert may be considered a vast expanse of barren sand with limited vegetation, an extreme environment for plants and animals to thrive, but life always finds a way. Indeed, vegetation growth in the desert has waxed and waned over mil.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 2nd, 2024

Apple is buying a treasure in Pixelmator, and we hope it won"t get destroyed

If Apple's surprise acquisition of Mac developer Pixelmator passes the regulators, the future of its beloved apps may be bright — or there could be dark skies ahead.Dark Sky (left) was shut down, Apple Music Classical (right) came from an acquisiti.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Government interventions can reduce deadly air pollution in South Asia, study finds

Air pollution, driven in large part by practices like crop burning, contributes to 2 million deaths a year in South Asia and persists as a public health emergency. But a new study co-led by Brown University researcher Gemma Dipoppa found that governm.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Veterans and military family members improve election confidence, study finds

Veterans and military family members (VMF) who serve in election jobs, including as poll workers, strengthen public trust in the fairness, security and safety of elections, finds a new study by the University of Maryland's Center for Democracy and Ci.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study finds

Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study finds.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Observatory finds local 1.1 ºC increase in 20 years, twice as much as predicted by climate models

The meteorological data recorded over the past two decades by sensors of the Roque de los Muchachos astronomical observatory facilities point to a rise of 1.1ºC in the average temperature. The analysis, led by UAB researchers, shows more than double.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Foreign accents protect people from being judged for bad grammar, finds study

Speaking with a foreign accent mitigates the impact of making grammatical errors, depending on the personality type of the listener, a study has found......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Study finds comb jellies can reverse age

A new article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals the unprecedented ability for reverse development in a ctenophore, also called comb jelly. The findings suggest that life cycle plasticity in animals might be more com.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024

Norman coin hoard becomes England"s most valuable treasure—it could have been worth a lot more

There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west England. A close-up shot captures someone pulling silver coin after silver coin from the churned earth as a woman laughs "the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024

Improving air quality would avoid 80,000 vet visits every year, study finds

New research conducted by Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment has found that high levels of air pollution have led to significan.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024

New study finds honesty-humility is key to auditors monitoring quality

External auditors play a vital role in upholding the accuracy of financial reports. However, recent high-profile accounting scandals have raised concerns about their effectiveness, sparking questions about why auditors sometimes fail to flag financia.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024

Bones from shipwreck suggest right- or left-handedness could affect how clavicle chemistry changes with age

A new study of human skeletal remains from the wreck of the 16th century English warship "Mary Rose" suggests that whether a person is right- versus left-handed may influence how their clavicle bone chemistry changes as they age. Dr. Sheona Shankland.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 30th, 2024