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Bad mood, better recall, researchers find
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2009 |
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People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.
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Moody memories? New study shows that mood has limited effect on memory
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Whether we're deciding to return to a restaurant or to purchase a DVD, many consumers rely on memory when they're making decisions. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the role of mood on those memory ...
Cicada sounds could damage hearing
Jun 08, 2007 |
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Experts say the piercing mating call of the 17-year cicadas, which have taken parts of the Chicago area by storm, could cause damage to the ears of humans.
China has its worst spell of acid rain
Sep 22, 2006 |
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China had its worst spell of acid rain in August with Beijing among the hardest hit, the China Meteorological Administration said Friday.
Tuesday wettest day of week in Manchester, suggests new analysis
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuesday is the wettest day of the week, suggests new analysis of rainfall data for Manchester.
Coin tosses can be easily rigged: study
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The ubiquitous coin toss is not so random after all, and can easily be manipulated to turn up heads, or tails, a Canadian study has found.
Worried Workers Choosing All Work, No Play
Apr 24, 2007 |
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A new survey finds that a good chunk of employees don't use their workplace-sponsored days off, squirreling them away for rainy days that never come.
Establishing healthy shrubs not the water-consuming task many think, research shows
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Good news for your utility bills and the environment: New University of Florida research shows that landscape shrubs need much less water to establish healthy roots than you might expect.
Panama butterfly migrations linked to El Nino, climate change
Oct 05, 2009 |
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A high-speed chase across the Panama Canal in a Boston Whaler may sound like the beginning of another James Bond film—but the protagonist of this story brandishes a butterfly net and studies the effects of ...
New technology may help Olympic sailing
Jun 30, 2008 |
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A team of researchers at the Ocean University of China has developed and tested a mobile lidar (light detection and ranging) station that can accurately measure wind speed and direction over large areas in real time -- an ...
Kenya's hippos hard hit by drought
Aug 30, 2009 |
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Kenya's persistent and bruising drought is having a serious impact on the country's wildlife, one of its main tourist attractions, obliging the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to feed hippos to keep them alive.
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