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Babies born during high pollen and mold seasons have greater odds of wheezing by age two

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newborns whose first few months of life coincide with high pollen and mold seasons are at increased risk of developing early symptoms of asthma, suggests a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.





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A rainy day in Beijing

Bad mood, better recall, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

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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Rapid changes in the winter climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 5

The Baltic Sea winter climate has changed more in the last 500 years than previously thought. Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that our part of the world has experienced periods of both ...


Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep

Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep

Biology / Evolution

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research due to be published in ...


La Niña Anomaly Could Affect Winter Weather in Colorado

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A strong La Niña that developed early last winter, only to disappear this summer, is showing signs of life again and could affect our winter weather, said University of Colorado at Boulder and NOAA atmospheric ...


Moody memories? New study shows that mood has limited effect on memory

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


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Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an ...


NASA waits for dry weather to bring shuttle home (AP)

NASA waits for dry weather to bring shuttle home

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- NASA is waiting for a break in Florida's rainy weather so the space shuttle Atlantis can return home on schedule.


Baby seals dying in Baltic Sea

Biology /

created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

German conservationists said a warm winter has left hundreds of baby seals dying of cold and starvation in the Baltic Sea.


Linking Climate Change in Siberia and Britain

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (14) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have for first time demonstrated a critical link between the Siberian climate and the circulation of the major current system which gives us our mild winters here in the UK. This new understanding ...


Early promising results in malaria vaccine trial in Mali

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A small clinical trial conducted by an international team of researchers in Mali has found that a candidate malaria vaccine was safe and elicited strong immune responses in the 40 Malian adults who received it.



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