#Gender bias kept alive by people who think it’s dead

“#Gender bias kept alive by people who think it’s dead” Bias beliefs. Credit: Christopher Begeny, University of Exeter Department of Psychology Workplace gender bias is being kept alive by people who think it’s no longer an issue, new research suggests. In the study, managers were given identical descriptions of a worker—the only difference being either…

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#Geochemists solve mystery of Earth’s vanishing crust

“#Geochemists solve mystery of Earth’s vanishing crust” Scientists examined hundreds of samples taken along the global ridges that contain recycled ancient oceanic crust in variable amounts. “Depleted” segments of the ridge received lower than “normal” amounts of recycled crust, while “enriched” segments contain a larger proportion of recycled crust. Credit: Caroline McNiel/National MagLab Thank goodness…

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#International team of scientists warns of increasing threats posed by invasive species

“#International team of scientists warns of increasing threats posed by invasive species” Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a new study, scientists from around the world—including a professor at the University of Rhode Island—warn that the threats posed by invasive alien species are increasing. They say that urgent action is required to prevent, detect and control…

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#Researcher dives to Challenger Deep

“#Researcher dives to Challenger Deep” WHOI scientist Ying-Tsong (Y.T.) Lin emerges from the deep-sea submersible Limiting Factor following his historic dive to the deepest part of the ocean, Challenger Deep, with Caladan Oceanic’s Victor Vescovo on June 22, 2020. Credit: Mike Moore, EYOS Expeditions A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researcher became one of just a…

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#Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology

“#Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology” A simulated phylogenetic tree. Time runs from top to bottom, and nodes represent species, lines represent the mutations in DNA associated with the gene that is being studied. Bifurcations signify speciation events. This tree has a complex structure but is also fractal in a…

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#Suomi NPP satellite sees Tropical Storm Boris form

“#Suomi NPP satellite sees Tropical Storm Boris form” On June 25, 2020, NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a visible image of Tropical Storm Boris in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, during its short time as a tropical storm. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided…

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#Genome study opens pathway toward sustainable edible seaweed

“#Genome study opens pathway toward sustainable edible seaweed” The four strains were originally cultivated in different areas of Okinawa, labelled on the diagram. Credit: OIST Since the 1980s, in seaweed farms dotted along the coastline of the subtropical islands of Okinawa, farmers have cultivated the edible brown alga Okinawa mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus). Popular in Japanese…

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#Old pine trees witness the rewilding in Mediterranean mountain forests in consequence of late-medieval pandemics

“#Old pine trees witness the rewilding in Mediterranean mountain forests in consequence of late-medieval pandemics” Old Pinus heldreichii trees in the Pollino National Park (southern Italy) Credit: Gianluca Piovesan Subalpine ecosystems are natural laboratories to study the evolution of global warming, since their dynamics are particularly sensitive to temperature changes. However, the impacts of past…

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