Researchers Uncover Strong Link between Sadness and Smoking
Sadness, more than other emotions, heightens craving to smoke and likelihood of relapse What drives a person to smoke cigarettes—and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted to…
Scent Brings Songbirds to the Yard
Chickadees are interested in scents. That’s the news from a study out of Lehigh University, the first to document naturally hybridizing songbirds’ preference for the smell of their own…
Rising Tundra Temperatures Lead to Changes in Microbial Communities
Image-Researchers studied changes in soil microbes in tundra near Denali National Park in Alaska. Credit: Ted Schuur Rising temperatures in the tundra of northern latitudes could affect microbial communities…
Collapse of the Thwaites Glacier Could Cause as Much as Nine Feet of Sea-Level Rise
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have announced that they will jointly fund as much as $25 million in research, and make available…
