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Biometric devices help pinpoint factory workers' emotions and productivity
Happiness, as measured by a wearable biometric device, was closely related to productivity among a group…
Whether horseradish flea beetles deter predators depends on their food plant and their life stage
Horseradish flea beetles use plant defense compounds, so-called glucosinolates, from their host food plants for their…
Quantifying objects: Bees recognize that six is more than four
Writing in iScience, zoologists have shown that insects have the cognitive abilities to perform so called…
Federally protected lands reduce habitat loss and protect endangered species, study finds
Using more than 30 years of earth satellite images, scientists at Tufts University and the non-profit…
ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/02/2020
DOSIS 3D (Dose Distribution Inside the ISS – 3D): The crew swapped cables inside the DOSIS…
5,000-year-old milk protein points to importance of dairying in eastern Eurasia
By analyzing milk proteins extracted from calcified dental plaque, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for…
When rocks lay the groundwork for the origin of life
Mineral catalysts found in deep-sea vents convert CO2 and H2 to biomolecules, showing striking parallels to…
Weird star was born when two white dwarfs merged instead of blowing up
White dwarf stars are common in the galaxy, but astronomers have found one that doesn’t seem…
Early Earth may have been a 'waterworld'
Kevin Costner, eat your heart out. New research shows that the early Earth, home to some…