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Dec 18 2024SCIENCE

Spring's Warm Spells: A Quick Change for Forest Herbs

Have you ever thought about how plants react to warm spring days? Well, it turns out they can make their growing phases happen quicker! Scientists recently studied how spring-flowering herbs in woodland areas respond to warm days during one growing season. They gathered data from five botanic garden

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Dec 18 2024BUSINESS

Revolutionizing Quotes: DealHub's New API-First CPQ

DealHub, a top provider of enterprise-level Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) platforms, has introduced something exciting: an API-First, headless quoting system. This new setup allows DealHub's powerful CPQ tools to work across all sales channels, such as PLG, e-commerce, and self-service portals. The

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Dec 18 2024SCIENCE

The Power of Electrochemistry: Cleaning Up Seas

Scientists have been exploring a new way to fight climate change by removing carbon from the oceans using electrochemical systems. These systems use a process called alkalinity-swings to get rid of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC). This can be done in two ways: by releasing carbon dioxide gas or by

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Dec 18 2024SCIENCE

How Friendships Shape Our Views

Ever wondered why opinions can be so hard to change? Scientists have been digging into this question, discovering that people often stick to their views, even when new information comes along. One reason might be the rules people have in their minds that make it tough to shift their stance. But ther

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Dec 18 2024ENVIRONMENT

The True Price of CO2: What Experts Say

Estimating how much a ton of CO2 costs society, called the social cost of carbon (SCC), is tough. It needs to consider the whole climate and economic system, and how changes spread in time and space. Scientists have looked at the models used to calculate SCC but in bits and pieces. No one has put it

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Dec 17 2024ENVIRONMENT

President Biden's Climate Legacy: Challenge of LNG Exports

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face today. President Biden has been working hard to address this issue. He brought the U. S. back into the Paris Agreement and invested a lot in clean energy. Now, with a new president-elect coming in, it's more important than ever to do something

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Dec 17 2024WEATHER

Maize Farmers in Zimbabwe: How Weather Forecasts Boost Crop Yields

In Zimbabwe's rural areas, like Manicaland Province, small-scale maize farmers face big challenges from changing weather patterns, especially droughts. These shifts can seriously harm their livelihoods. But what if they had reliable weather forecasts tailored to their locations? Such forecasts could

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Dec 17 2024WEATHER

Snow Dreams May Melt for Many This Holiday

Christmas is around the corner, but for many in the US, a white Christmas might just be a dream. Weather forecasts suggest temperatures could be way above normal for much of the country on December 25. Last year, the US experienced its warmest winter ever. This year, the country could be split into

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Dec 16 2024ENVIRONMENT

Weather Changes and Fertility Choices in West Africa

Have you ever thought about how climate change might affect the number of children people want to have? In the dry, hot lands of Sahelian West Africa, scientists have been looking into this. They studied data from surveys and weather records in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria. They found th

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Dec 16 2024HEALTH

The Scottish Surgeon Who Revolutionized Indian Surgery with Hypnosis

Dr. James Esdaile, a skilled Scottish surgeon, worked in colonial India during the 1840s. Instead of sticking to traditional surgical methods, he decided to use something quite different: mesmeric anaesthesia, better known as hypnosis. This change marked a significant shift in his career. Esdaile te

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