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Month: March 2015
200th anniversary of Tambora eruption a reminder of volcanic perils
The volcanologist Stephen Self, an expert on super-eruptions, was the first modern-day scientist to visit…
Travelling pollution: East Asian human activities affect air quality in remote tropical forests
Researchers have detected a human fingerprint deep in the Borneo rainforest in Southeast Asia. Cold…
People in MTV docusoaps are more ideal than real: Obese characters are no-shows in ‘reality’ programs
More midriff, cleavage and muscle is seen in MTV’s popular television docusoaps such as The…
‘Pan-Eurasian experiment’ searches for solutions to Northern climate, environmental issues
European, Russian and Chinese scientific leaders and researchers in climate issues gathered recently in Helsinki,…
Secrets of the seahorse tail revealed
A team of engineers and biologists reports new progress in using computer modeling and 3D…
How to make a profit from rotting garbage
Landfills can make a profit from all their rotting waste and a new patent explains…
HIV patients experience better kidney transplant outcomes than hepatitis c patients
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)-positive kidney transplant patients experienced superior outcomes when compared to kidney transplant…
Internet searches create illusion of personal knowledge, research finds
Searching the Internet for information may make people feel smarter than they actually are, according…
New clues to why poor nutrition in the womb leads to obesity later in life
Babies receiving poor nutrition in the womb tend to be smaller at birth, which has…