What You Do Impacts Your Eating Habits
Our eating habits are affected by the type of activities we engage in and the amount of attention they require, according to recent studies.
Read MoreOur eating habits are affected by the type of activities we engage in and the amount of attention they require, according to recent studies.
Read MoreDoes a person’s attractiveness go up when their availability goes down? Scientists decide to find out by taking a look at an old dating strategy.
Read MoreLoneliness is recognizable in brain maps that capture levels of closeness with others and feelings of similarity to or difference from others.
Read MoreBlack Birders Week helped show the world that Black scientists exist in the great outdoors. Now, participants hope to keep the conversation going.
Read MoreTo most of us, uncertainty means not knowing. To scientists, uncertainty expresses how well something is known—and research reduces uncertainty.
Read MoreFrom Computer Science to Engineering, women continue making waves with their accomplishments. meet more diverse scientific superstars.
Read MoreDiverse scientific superstars: Chemistry and computer science have historically excluded women and minority groups from their sphere of privilege.
Read MoreBy Shelby Nilsen (@shellbeegrace) Human language is unlike any other form of natural communication. It is the fundamental mechanism that we as a society use to exchange information. Using oral sounds and written characters, we express our needs and ask questions. We describe our thoughts and opinions, tell stories, and teach one another new things. Through language, we connect and share common ideas. What humans can communicate through the spoken word is limitless. But how did language come to exist? Researchers at the Leipzig Research Centre for Early Childhood Development…
Read MorePopulation growth and climate change are making water an even more scarce resource. Does agriculture have the power to reduce water shortages? By Mackenzie Myers This article is part of a series about key science policy issues. Please use these articles to become an informed voter, ask political candidates about the issues, and put every candidate on record about science. This time of year in California’s Central Valley, it’s easy to see where the Golden State gets its nickname. Golden sun shines on golden grasses of rolling golden hills, parched…
Read MoreBy Neha Jain Countries around the world, both developed and developing, have been grappling with growing piles of plastic waste from overuse of packaging materials, such as those for food and beverages, and single-use plastic tableware. In 2015, 42 percent of all plastic produced was used for packaging, much of which is used only once and then tossed, according to a 2017 study published in Science Advances. The study estimates that from 1950 to 2015 about 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic has been produced globally. And of the 6.3 billion…
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