Researchers looked at how religion affects humans' willingness to co-operate with those outside their social circle. They found that beliefs about all-knowing gods fosters co-operation.
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Beliefs about all-knowing, punishing gods -- a defining feature of religions...
This is low flow in a stream. Non-extreme rainfall is essential for maintaining ecosystem functions.
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Extreme floods and droughts receive a lot of attention. But what happens when precipitation -- or lack thereof -- occurs in a more...
Next time a flu epidemic hits your area, putting everyone in bed, rejoice: it may mean that the recession is over.
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A study by Bocconi's Jérôme Adda shows that epidemics spread faster during economic booms because...
A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows how Paralympic sprinters are slowed by curves.
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A University of Colorado Boulder study shows that when rounding curves, Paralympic sprinters wearing left-leg prostheses are...
This image shows from sea to table to trash how seafood is wasted.
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As much as 47 percent of the edible U.S. seafood supply is lost each year, mainly from consumer waste, new...
Fear of something or some people within the group can cause people within a group to work better together.
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Everyone benefits when cooperation runs smoothly However, people often act obstructively. Why do they do that? Professor...
Rosy future? People tend to believe that others will come around to their point of view over time.
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People tend to believe that others will come around to their point of view over time, according...
Watered streets of Houston.
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Southern cities such as Houston and Tampa -- which faced the wrath of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, respectively -- may not be the only urban environments vulnerable to extreme weather. Northern...
The STEM enrichment activities have been running to encourage more children to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills.
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Enrichment activities to encourage pupils to study science and technology subjects have made no difference to...
The interactions between team mates and opponents in basketball are constantly influencing each other while the game itself allows for creative behaviours to emerge. This phenomenon resembles the way in which living things must continually evolve in order to...
The artist's rendering shows how potential wells are created for the light in the microresonator through heating with an external laser beam (green).
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Light particles (photons) occur as tiny, indivisible portions. Many thousands of these light...
