Everybody acts differently while they are being watched, especially by those with authority. Whether it’s your boss sitting in the next cubicle next door or a cop car driving behind you, observation leads to behavioral […]
Different forms of motivation affect how pupils perform in upper secondary school, a recent NTNU study shows. Pupils who believe they can improve through practice enjoy their subjects more and achieve better academic outcomes. The […]
Picture a cockpit crew of two who met just minutes before takeoff, now descending through a turbulent midnight sky. They aren’t looking at each other—their eyes scan the instruments in the cockpit and the horizon […]
For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that plants will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to a rapidly warming planet. But the […]
Improving tsunami hazard assessments depends on understanding what happens at the moment an earthquake ruptures beneath the seafloor, especially near deep-ocean trenches where measurements are often scarce. When a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off […]
The analysis of a sediment core from an oasis lake in Chad provides new insights into the history of precipitation in the Sahara. The study, led by the University of Cologne, shows that a prolonged […]
In the game of survival, you can’t always go it alone. Tiny algae living in the harsh conditions of the world’s polar oceans appear to be better able to withstand the cold, high salinity, and […]
A biological process long thought to protect biodiversity and help species coexist may actually threaten diversity when species are separated by natural landscapes, infrastructure, or other barriers, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University’s […]
Each spring, river herring populations migrate from Massachusetts coastal waters to begin their annual journey up rivers and streams to freshwater spawning habitats. River herring have faced severe population declines over the past several decades, […]
Courtship calls among two species of fish commonly found on Australian coral reefs have been described, and researchers say their “accents” can vary significantly between regions. Scientists led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science […]
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