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Study finds that students benefit from depth, rather than breadth, in high school science courses

A recent study reports that high school students who study fewer science topics, but study them in greater depth, have an advantage in college science classes over their peers who study more topics and spend less time on ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Ocean warming causes elephant seals to dive deeper

Global warming is having an effect on the dive behaviour and search for food of southern elephant seals. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association cooperating ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High planetary tilt lowers odds for life?

Highly-tilted worlds would have extreme seasons, subjecting life to alternating periods of scorching and subzero temperatures. This could make the development of all but hardiest, simplest creatures a long ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

UNH ocean scientists shed new light on Mariana Trench

An ocean mapping expedition has shed new light on deepest place on Earth, the 2,500-kilometer long Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean near Guam. Using a multibeam echo sounder, state-of-the-art equipment ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

UCSF leaders explore bioinformatics in research, patient care and education

In the world of bioinformatics, the rush is on to extract gold from a data mine.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips

When the crew of Apollo 17 snapped the famous Blue Marble photo of Earth in 1972, they gave humanity its first truly global perspective on the planet we all call home. The image helped spark recognition of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Workplace safety program can reduce injuries if aggressively enforced, study finds

A longstanding California occupational safety program requiring all businesses to eliminate workplace hazards can help prevent injuries to workers, but only if it is adequately enforced, according to a new study by the RAND ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists aboard Iberian coast ocean drilling expedition report early findings

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mediterranean bottom currents and the sediment deposits they leave behind offer new insights into global climate change, the opening and closing of ocean circulation gateways and locations ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Straight from the horse's mouth -- study reveals owners supplement choices

Horse owners are most likely to use their vet to guide the choice of nutritional supplements they feed their animal, but also rely heavily on recommendations from other riders, a unique study has revealed.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why smart growth frustrates players in the system: study

Maryland planners, developers and land-use advocates consider the state's smart growth tools too weak, frustrating their desire for development within existing urban areas, finds a new University of Maryland ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US health experts seek more study on 'fracking'

A group of US medical professionals called Monday for a halt to a type of drilling for natural gas called "fracking" in populated areas until more is known about its health impacts.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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