Amphibian populations at Yellowstone, the world’s oldest national park, are in steep decline according to a major study reported in the journal PNAS. The authors link this to the drying out of wetlands where the animals live and breed, which is in turn being driven by long-term climate change. Visitors flock to Yellowstone to see …
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Day:27 October 2008
Video game youth reacts quickly, but can’t think …
Professor Michael Shayer of King’s College London looked at how 800 secondary pupils performed in problem-solving tests. Today’s 14-year-old pupils are better at quick-fire answers, but much worse at complex questions than teenagers in the 1970s. The findings reflect that children now live in an environment of text messaging, Wiis and talkback which favours instant …
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