Saturday, February 8, 2025

Offbeat: How the brain decides what to learn —

In order to learn about the world, an animal needs to do more than just pay attention to its surroundings. It also needs...

Offbeat: It alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures as soon as...

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change finds that if Bitcoin is implemented at similar rates at which other...

Offbeat: DNA tests of illegal ivory link multiple ivory shipments to same dealers —

The international trade in elephant ivory has been illegal since 1989, yet African elephant numbers continue to decline. In 2016, the International Union...

Offbeat: How individuals can help save the planet from climate catastrophe with a guiding...

Individuals have as big a role to play in tackling climate change as major corporations but only if they can be encouraged to...
When Do the Clocks Go Back 2024? Everything You Need to Know!

When Do the Clocks Go Back 2024? Everything You Need to Know!

As the end of October approaches, the UK will soon mark the end of British Summer Time (BST), with clocks set to go back...

Offbeat: Calorie counts on restaurant menus have customers ordering less —

Bye-bye artichoke dip. Heavyweight appetizers and fatty entrees may not get much love when restaurants list calories on their menus. In a new study,...

Offbeat: Kids store 1.5 megabytes of information to master their native language —

Learning one's native language may seem effortless. One minute, we're babbling babies. The next we're in school reciting Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I...

Offbeat: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’ —

Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history -- and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on...

Offbeat: Research suggests that there are more layers to political trust than the public...

There's more to trust than credence and faith, especially as it comes to politics. Research from Michigan State University and North Carolina State...

Offbeat: Millions in danger of food insecurity due to severe Caribbean droughts —

Climate change is impacting the Caribbean, with millions facing increasing food insecurity and decreasing freshwater availability as droughts become more likely across the...

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