Gift givers often make critical errors in gift selection during the holiday season, according to…
Month: December 2016
Ice age vertebrates had mixed responses to climate change
New research examines how vertebrate species in the eastern United States ranging from snakes to…
Scientists improve predictions of how temperature affects the survival of fish embryos
Researchers found the thermal tolerance of Chinook salmon embryos in the Sacramento River is much…
Sea ice hit record lows in November
Unusually high air temperatures and a warm ocean have led to a record low Arctic…
Improving child-teacher interactions can reduce preschoolers’ stress levels
A school-based intervention that promotes warm and caring interactions between a teacher and child can…
Happy salmon swim better
What makes young salmon decide to leave their rivers and head out to Sea has…
Green delight as Trump’s Irish wall plans withdrawn
Donald Trump’s plan to erect a huge sea wall at his Irish golf course has…
Scientist uses clam shells to help build 1,000-year record of ocean climate
Scientists have sorted and studied thousands of clam shells to build a 1,000-year record of…
Predicting unpredictability: Information theory offers new way to read ice cores
A new technique based in information theory promises to improve researchers’ ability to interpret ice…
How to turn white fat brown
The browning program in white fat cells is normally suppressed by a protein called FLCN,…