Optimistic thinking has long been immortalized in self-help books as the key to happiness, good health and longevity but it can also lead to poor decision making, with particularly serious implications for people’s financial wellbeing. Optimistic thinking has long been immortalized in self-help books as the key to happiness, good health and longevity but it …
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When it comes to self-discipline, psychological research traditionally focuses on individual responsibility. Some researchers believe this is too short-sighted. Self-discipline doesn’t work without effective regulation. When it comes to self-discipline, psychological research traditionally focuses on individual responsibility. Some researchers believe this is too short-sighted. Self-discipline doesn’t work without effective regulation. When it comes to self-discipline, psychological …
White, wealthy neighborhoods in the LA area — and likely around the world — are about to start feeling the same heat that has plagued poorer, Hispanic neighborhoods for generations. A new study shows the protective effect of income has largely eroded over the past 40 years, as landscape plants can’t keep up with the …
Money to burn: Wealthy, white neighborhoods losing their heat shields Read More »
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai opened with an agreement on key details of a long-awaited fund to help low-income countries pay for climate-related damages, but how much money will flow is still unclear The COP28 climate summit in Dubai opened with an agreement on key details of a long-awaited fund to help low-income countries …
COP28: Countries agree on how to fund climate ‘loss and damage’ Read More »
An enormous planet has been spotted orbiting a small star, and it could not have formed under either of our existing models of the birth of planets An enormous planet has been spotted orbiting a small star, and it could not have formed under either of our existing models of the birth of planets An enormous …
Tiny star found harbouring a huge planet that shouldn’t exist Read More »
Researchers have worked out how a protein called photolyase repairs DNA using light, and their discoveries could guide the development of light-based manufacturing technologies Researchers have worked out how a protein called photolyase repairs DNA using light, and their discoveries could guide the development of light-based manufacturing technologies Researchers have worked out how a protein called …
DNA repair has been captured in a step-by-step molecular movie Read More »
While incubating their eggs, chinstrap penguins need to stay vigilant for predators – so they only sleep for a few seconds at a time While incubating their eggs, chinstrap penguins need to stay vigilant for predators – so they only sleep for a few seconds at a time While incubating their eggs, chinstrap penguins need to …
Chinstrap penguins take thousands of very short naps every day Read More »
Approach that effectively adds antacids to seawater could grow into a multibillion-dollar industry Approach that effectively adds antacids to seawater could grow into a multibillion-dollar industry
In the geological past, several groups of crocodiles evolved towards a morphology adapted to marine life. However, the extent of these adaptations and their evolutionary trajectories remained unknown. An exhaustive study of their morphology has now shed light on the evolutionary mechanisms at work, thanks to three-dimensional reconstructions. In the geological past, several groups of …
Multiple evolutionary trajectories in aquatic crocodiles Read More »
Ancient cycad lineages that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs may have done so by relying on symbiotic bacteria in their roots to fix atmospheric nitrogen. The finding came from an effort to understand ancient atmospheres, but became an insight into plant evolution instead. Ancient cycad lineages that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs may …
Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air Read More »