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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

Misinformation and disinformation: Both prebunking and debunking work for fighting them, finds study

Misinformation, incorrect or false information shared unintentionally, can be extremely damaging. Its climate change-denying sort can make taking much-needed action against global warming more difficult. It can be even deadly, for example, if it enco.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Study finds UK adults aren"t connected to nature

New research indicates that UK adults experience less of a connection with nature than adults from most other countries, ranking 59th out of 65 national groups surveyed......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Study finds cheating boosts male sparrow fitness

Cheating pays. Or at least it does for male sparrows, according to new research......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Biologist finds new ways to study snake venom

Dutch biologist Mátyás Bittenbinder developed new, non-animal methods to investigate tissue-damaging snake venom. In this way, he hopes to contribute to solutions for victims. Millions of people are bitten by venomous snakes every year. Of these, 4.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighborhoods, finds study

Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street robberies right across London, according to the most detailed study of its kind......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Study finds land use influences organisms living underground

Researchers at Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) and University of Zurich have complied and analyzed a globally unique data set on the occurrence of various amphipods in groundwater......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

River flow responses to heat waves may change more rapidly under climate change, research finds

A pair of studies by researchers in Simon Fraser University's School of Environmental Science examine how climate change could alter the way Canadian rivers respond to extreme heat events......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

A growing number of Canadian households contain dangerous levels of radon gas, finds survey

The 2024 Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Exposure in the Residential Buildings of Urban and Rural Communities indicates that radioactive radon exposure in Canada is rising and continues to be a critical public health concern......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Supreme Court Justices use rhetoric to affirm high court"s power and influence, LLM analysis finds

When U.S. Supreme Court justices write opinions, they mostly talk about the case in question. But occasionally, they will discuss themselves or the court, using what is called the "monologic voice.".....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Half of young adults in UK support prison time for non-consensual condom removal

Almost nine in 10 young adults in the UK believe that removing a condom during sex without the other person's permission is sexual assault, and around half support prison time as a penalty, finds a new study by UCL researchers......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities face barriers to medical school admission, study finds

There are 45.3 million African Americans living in the United States and they represent 13.6% of the U.S. population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But only 5.7% of physicians in the United States self-identify as Black, despite multiple effor.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

China automakers to double overseas capacity to dodge tariffs, study finds

Chinese carmakers have built and commissioned complete manufacturing plants across nine countries, with annual capacity of 1.2 million units as of 2023, a figure set to more than double to 2.7 million in over a dozen countries by 2026, Bloomberg foun.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Gardens prevent pollinators from starving when farmland nectar is scarce, study finds

Gardens offer a steady and reliable source of nectar all year round, helping to keep pollinators fed when farmland sources are limited, researchers have discovered. This consistency means that even small patches of gardens in rural areas can sustain.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Researcher finds special proteins are key when antibiotic resistance spreads

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem globally. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that some bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics have the ability to spread that resistance to other bacteria via secretion systems......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Microplastics and PFAS: Daphnia study finds combined impact results in greater environmental harm

The combined impact of so-called "forever chemicals" is more harmful to the environment than single chemicals in isolation, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Birmingham investigated the environmental effects of microplastics and PFA.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Right whales are migrating in new areas, prompting need for better protections, report finds

Endangered Atlantic right whales are venturing to new areas, researchers have found in a recently released report, and many of those areas do not have speed limits on vessels......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

UN biodiversity summit hears appeals for action, money to save nature

The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Docudrama can lead to more empathy toward people who are stigmatized in society, study finds

A new study has found that after watching a docudrama about the efforts to free a wrongly convicted prisoner on death row, people were more empathetic toward formerly incarcerated people and supportive of criminal justice reform......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Microbes in environment drove methane emissions more than fossil fuels between 2020 and 2022, analysis finds

Microbes in the environment, not fossil fuels, have been driving the recent surge in methane emissions globally, according to a new, detailed analysis published Oct 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by CU Boulder researchers a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Nitrogen-fixing plant diversity declines with over-fertilization, study finds

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition and climate change can reduce the competitive advantage of nitrogen-fixing plants, leading to reduced diversity of these plants in a community. Surprisingly, changes in temperature and aridity do not contribute to th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024