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3,585 results for: assessments
- Humans
Jumping on the bandwagon brings rewards
A study of day traders finds that being in the crowd can lead to better performance.
- Life
Don’t trust any elephant under 60
Herds with older leaders are more attuned to danger, a study finds.
- Health & Medicine
Obesity messes with the brain
Excess weight may compromise memory and concentration, possibly by spurring inflammation that damages white matter.
- Humans
Noise is what ails beaked whales
Large-scale experiments reveal a sensitivity to sonar, apparently at lower levels than other species.
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- Life
Worries grow over monarch butterflies
Migrants overwintering in Mexico rebounded somewhat this past winter, but still trending downward.
- Earth
Bricks, mortar and magnetism
Medieval French castle, churches yield new data about Earth’s changing magnetic field.
- Space
Galactic black holes may be more massive than thought
The giant black holes at the cores of massive nearby galaxies may be two to four times heftier than estimated.
- Planetary Science
Solar system’s future could be bumpy
A new study assesses the chances that two planets will collide or a planet will plunge into the sun in the next 5 billion years.
- Health & Medicine
Gene plus stress equals depression debate
A reanalysis of data challenges a prominent report that a particular gene variant interacts with stressful experiences to promote depression, sparking controversy.
- Health & Medicine
Test might ascertain who needs appendectomy
Appendicitis might be diagnosable with a new urine test, an advance that could prevent many unnecessary surgeries.
- Space
Iron-ic twist deepens cosmic ray puzzle
Researchers announce an intriguing new finding about the most energetic charged particles in the universe.
