The July average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.46°F (0.81°C) above the…
Month: August 2015
Anxiety in the workplace can lead to lower job performance
The effect of workplace anxiety on job performance is closely connected to the quality of…
School vacations and humidity linked to multiple waves of influenza in Mexico during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic
Scientists studying the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic have found that the inconsistent regional timing of…
A detector shines in search for dark matter
Results of the XENON100 experiment are a bright spot in the search for dark matter….
The unique ecology of human predators
Research reveals new insight behind widespread wildlife extinctions, shrinking fish sizes, and disruptions to global…
Unique genes in Khoe-San people may lower risk of some pregnancy hazards
An unusual mutation in an immune system gene switches a receptor from one target molecule…
Boreal forests challenged by global change
Forest management must adapt in order to ensure that forests stay healthy in a time…
Experiment attempts to snare a dark energy ‘chameleon’
Is dark energy hard to detect because it’s hiding from us? According to a recent…
Ecologists roll a century’s work on food-webs into a single model
A new model presents a common mathematical structure that underlies the full range of feeding…
Primates have been infected with viruses related to HIV for 16 million years
Disease-causing viruses engage their hosts in ongoing arms races: positive selection for antiviral genes increases…