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East Antarctic Ice Sheet’s history tells a relevant story for today and beyond

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Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of melting. Researchers dig into this “after” period and see how it relates to previous […]

Nature

I study rat nests—here’s why rodents make great archivists

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Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists.This post was originally published on this site

Nature

How shipwrecks become ‘islands of life’ in barren seas

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When a ship sinks, it is often in tragic circumstances. Beneath the waves, however, a different story unfolds: shipwrecks become the foundations of new life.This post was originally published on this site

Nature

The sound of droplets striking water: How cowbirds control two sound sources in the syrinx to create ‘liquid notes’

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Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the “watery” timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets striking water, a quick burst followed by a fading ripple.This post was originally published on this […]

Earth Sciences

Warming may make tropical cyclone ‘seeds’ riskier for Africa

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An existing body of research indicates that climate change is making tropical cyclones wetter and more powerful. Now, a new study is indicating the same thing may be happening to the precursors of these storms: […]

Earth Sciences

Deepest gas hydrate cold seep ever discovered in the Arctic at 3,640 m depth

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A multinational scientific team led by UiT has uncovered the deepest known gas hydrate cold seep on the planet. The discovery was made during the Ocean Census Arctic Deep–EXTREME24 expedition and reveals a previously unknown […]

Lifestyle

Federal Earned Income Tax Credit has unexpected result, researchers say—it decreases domestic violence

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Fifty years since the federal earned income tax credit went into effect and a team of researchers from UConn and City University of New York have identified an unintended benefit of the antipoverty program—a significant […]

Earth Sciences

Social media users in the Central Valley are freaking out about unusual fog, and what might be in it

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A 400-mile blanket of fog has socked in California’s Central Valley for weeks. Scientists and meteorologists say the conditions for such persistent cloud cover are ripe: an early wet season, cold temperatures and a stable, […]

Lifestyle

Study shows the 2008 recession caused people to identify with a lower class

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Class identity, which is how individuals view their economic and social positions in relation to others, has wide-ranging effects on people’s well-being, thoughts, and behavior. Previous studies have shown that people who identify with a […]

Lifestyle

Report calls on the UK banking industry to consider interventions that ‘design out’ economic abuse

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Researchers have published the findings of a new study that brought together victim–survivors and banking professionals to co-design ways of preventing economic abuse in the U.K. banking industry.This post was originally published on this site

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  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals

    “All I want is an income of 20,000 sesterces from secure investments,” proclaims a character in a poem by Juvenal (1st–2nd century CE), the Roman poet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Treasure the emotional connections to the clothes you have and style could be a whole lot more sustainable

    With January sales around the corner, another flood of unwanted clothes risks drowning our wardrobes and the planet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Can you ‘live long and prosper’ by learning economics from Star Trek? Or is that ‘highly illogical?’

    It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know. But can “Star Trek” teach us anything about the economics of our own society?This post was originally published on this site

Highlights

  • Why central bankers look to the ‘stars’ when setting interest rates
  • AI model uses social media posts to predict unemployment rates ahead of official data
  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals
WHAT’S NEW
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  • ‘Lifting and shifting’ workers is not always the best answer
  • Early motherhood carries wage penalty, while delaying pays off
WHAT’S INTERESTING
  • Citizens have greater trust in parliaments with higher female representation, new research finds
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  • Hidden bias gives ‘swing state’ voters more influence over US trade policy
  • Report challenges climate change as sole trigger of Syrian Civil War, exposing governance failures in drought response
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