Meltwater from the polar ice caps, combined with the shifting spin of Earth's core, is messing with the Earth's rotation to the point that we might need to adjust for a "negative leap second."
Planetary Sciences
Apr 3, 2024
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Managers can do much to help their workers become more resilient to inevitable time disruptions in today's workplace, says new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2024
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Scientists say they have revealed a host of strategies that can facilitate the flow of information among global virtual teams (GVTs) of different cultural, linguistic, and geographic backgrounds.
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2023
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People ducked under desks and tables in California and other earthquake-prone areas around the world for an annual drill held Thursday to practice ways to stay safe during quakes.
Environment
Oct 19, 2023
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Employees who act as brokers (i.e., they sustain communications between coworkers who do not communicate directly) are more likely to burn out and become abusive towards their co-workers, according to new research from ESMT ...
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a computational model for predicting the resilience of local and regional infrastructure networks and the recovery time for impacted communities following a massive earthquake ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 8, 2022
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A research team from University of Lisbon (Portugal) and Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany) has developed for the first time an advanced numerical model of one of the main processes behind the movement of Earth's tectonic ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 11, 2022
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Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have investigated more than 1000 planetary systems orbiting stars in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and have discovered a series of connections between planetary ...
Astronomy
Nov 30, 2020
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In a year defined by obstacles, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student rocket team persevered. Working together across five time zones, they successfully designed a hybrid rocket engine that uses paraffin and ...
Space Exploration
Aug 26, 2020
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Pulling that final zipper closed on a stuffed suitcase or getting the tailgate of a packed car shut is a true feeling of victory at the start of any road trip. Sending supplies to the International Space Station—including ...
Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2020
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