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July 10, 2020 — A groundbreaking study is the first to analyze the relationship between group behaviors, group type, group dynamics, and kinship of beluga whales in 10 locations across the Arctic. Results show that not only do beluga whales regularly interact with close kin, including close maternal kin, they also …
Health News
July 25, 2020
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When It Comes to Happiness, What’s Love Got to Do With It?
July 23, 2020 — Researchers have conducted one of the first studies of its kind to quantify the happiness of married, formerly married and single people at the end of their lives to find out just how much love and marriage played into overall …
Physical/Tech News
July 25, 2020
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Tracking Misinformation Campaigns in Real-Time Is Possible, Study Shows
July 22, 2020 — A research team has developed a technique for tracking online foreign misinformation campaigns in real time, which could help mitigate outside interference in the 2020 American …
Environment News
July 25, 2020
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Extreme Warming of the South Pole
June 30, 2020 — The South Pole has been warming at more than three times the global average over the past 30 years, according to recent …
Latest Environment Headlines
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Coral Reefs Show Resilience to Rising Temperatures
July 23, 2020 — Rising ocean temperatures have devastated coral reefs all over the world, but a recent study has found that reefs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region may prove to be an …
Society/Education News
July 25, 2020
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Human Activity: Vertebrate Evolutionary History
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Desk-Based Jobs May Offer Protection Against Poor Cognition in Later Life
July 7, 2020 — People who work in jobs that require less physical activity – typically office and desk-based jobs – are at a lower risk of subsequent poor cognition than those whose work is more physically active, suggests new …
Plato Was Right: Earth Is Made, on Average, of Cubes
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