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How social media is changing the way people get to know one …
WEBOct 27, 2021 · Credit: Unsplash/User dole777. Social media has the ability to connect us with almost anyone in the world, but it can also change the way brains form new social relationships, maintain current ...
What is fracking and is it harmful? Key terms and negative effects …
WEBOct 19, 2022 · There are many negative effects associated with fracking, both health-wise and environmentally. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, because of the toxic air pollution resulting ...
Global temperatures over last 24,000 years show today's warming ...
WEBNov 10, 2021 · Global temperatures over last 24,000 years show today's warming 'unprecedented'. by University of Arizona. A University of Arizona-led effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age ...
Space News - Space, Astronomy, Space Exploration - Phys.org
WEBAstronomers investigate the nature of a bright low-mass X-ray binary system. Using various space observatories, astronomers have performed X-ray polarimetric and spectral observations of a bright ...
Is it time to get rid of homework? Mental health experts weigh in
WEBAug 16, 2021 · Emmy Kang, mental health counselor at Humantold, says studies have shown heavy workloads can be "detrimental" for students and cause a "big impact on their mental, physical and emotional health ...
'Desert': drying Euphrates threatens disaster in Syria - Phys.org
WEBAug 30, 2021 · Fresh water supply from the station on another river has been disrupted at least 24 times since 2019, affecting 460,000 people, the United Nations says. 'Drought is coming'. But Syria analyst ...
Air pollution: The silent killer called PM2.5 - Phys.org
WEBMar 11, 2021 · The researchers focused on air pollution called PM2.5—responsible for an estimated 4.2 million premature deaths every year globally. This includes over a million deaths in China, over half a ...
What will the planet look like in 50 years? Here's how climate ...
WEBSep 10, 2021 · Hausfather, along with co-author Schmidt, compared 17 model projections of global average temperature developed between 1970 and 2007 with actual changes in global temperature observed through the ...
A new quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed …
WEBAug 24, 2020 · A fallen tree observed by one may not be a fact for everyone else. All of this does not imply that you can choose your own reality. Firstly, you can choose what questions you ask, but the answers ...