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Yodan t1_j6w624p wrote
Reply to comment by SassiesSoiledPanties in Trees could reduce mortality from urban heat waves by a third by YoanB
the real problem always was that we have a monetary system that incentivizes infinite growth based on % annually forever but live on a planet with finite resources...so we outpace the growth/replacement rate of natural normal biology
Va1crist t1_j6w4dm9 wrote
Reply to US Emissions of the World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Are 56 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates. Electric utilities are likely responsible for the nation’s higher than expected emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, a greenhouse gas 25,000 times worse for the climate than carbon dioxide. by Wagamaga
no surprise we focuse way to much on cars then anything else.
Kennyvee98 t1_j6w48bq wrote
No way,... Nature fixes urbanisation by being nature? Madness....
MaxRockatanskyBronze t1_j6w2ou7 wrote
Reply to US Emissions of the World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Are 56 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates. Electric utilities are likely responsible for the nation’s higher than expected emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, a greenhouse gas 25,000 times worse for the climate than carbon dioxide. by Wagamaga
Go back to oil-filled and air blast circuit breakers. Problem solved.
Arturiki t1_j6w0omk wrote
Reply to comment by vibesWithTrash in Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result. by MistWeaver80
Bufff please no. Working with no external view is an immense toll (at least on me and people I know).
Rebelgecko t1_j6vyiga wrote
Reply to comment by Fleinsuppe in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
My intuition is that exposing someone to a flashing light and then asking them to do a timed "where's Waldo" style exercise would actually harm their performance compared to doing it without any light at all. Obviously I could be totally wrong, but to a layman like me it seems like an odd thing to take for granted.
winterbird t1_j6vxoln wrote
Who knew that the plant life the earth grew was something it actually needed to successfully harbor life.
Niceotropic t1_j6vuemq wrote
Reply to comment by SassiesSoiledPanties in Trees could reduce mortality from urban heat waves by a third by YoanB
Bamboo is pretty close
GlinnTantis t1_j6vtgn6 wrote
Reply to comment by UsedOnlyTwice in Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result. by MistWeaver80
Loose almonds and kids with nut allergies. The city would have a hell of a law suit should a kid die from an almond they got from the park. Plenty of other non-nut bearing trees to use.
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Reply to comment by SocialMediaDystopian in Trees could reduce mortality from urban heat waves by a third by YoanB
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BeNick38 t1_j6vqr43 wrote
Reply to comment by StarfleetGo in Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years. by MistWeaver80
Death by snu snu!
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Reply to comment by they_have_no_bullets in Long-term exposure to even low levels of multiple ambient air pollutants, association with depression, anxiety by 9273629397759992
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Incredulouslaughter t1_j6voc4d wrote
Reply to comment by drchris498 in Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years. by MistWeaver80
Did you ever tell the root rats
Bruh, chill
?
Incredulouslaughter t1_j6vo7bo wrote
Reply to comment by MountainScorpion in Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years. by MistWeaver80
Yes. Wanna root? Classic Ozzie Romeo line.
Incredulouslaughter t1_j6vo0dv wrote
Reply to comment by tanglekelp in Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years. by MistWeaver80
Yeah and without women and children first, some men would just push past smaller, more vulnerable people. Like women and children.
DentalBoiDMD t1_j6vnqnu wrote
Reply to comment by Fleinsuppe in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
how can they be so sure that randomized is equivalent to non-strobing? i mean you can't just assume that randomized = no strobing. you even said it yourself that it "might as well have been without", so you don't know for sure which leaves a huge hole in this experiment because it's already based off assumptions that aren't proven yet.
i feel like you'd want to find significance between normal non-strobing and strobing environments before you measure the differences between lights strobing at different rhythms. How can they verify that randomized strobes didn't decrease cognitive function instead of rhythms helping?
its like if i wanted to see if a program helped kids to better in school, it would be useless to test between different programs when im not sure how the students were doing before they started it
right?
Mr_MacGrubber t1_j6vmgt4 wrote
Reply to comment by pipeuptopipedown in Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years. by MistWeaver80
Like Ilie Nastase for athletes.
arcytech77 t1_j6vm864 wrote
Reply to comment by MakeStupid in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
Looks like you started this quite a while ago, how long has this been an area of study?
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Reply to Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years. by MistWeaver80
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Larryloose t1_j6vky77 wrote
Reply to US Emissions of the World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Are 56 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates. Electric utilities are likely responsible for the nation’s higher than expected emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, a greenhouse gas 25,000 times worse for the climate than carbon dioxide. by Wagamaga
i knew it. Those electric cars will be the end of us.
personman t1_j6vjbg4 wrote
Reply to Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
I'm extremely confused by seemingly directly conflicting claims in the article, which no one seems to be discussing.
The experiment described, and the headline, seem to be about "syncing up" with a pulse at your alpha troughs. But then quotes from the scientists talk about "presenting information at your natural frequency", which seems to have nothing to do with the study at all? Like, the learning tasks weren't modulated based on the participant's rhythm at all, right?
SassiesSoiledPanties t1_j6vinhz wrote
Reply to comment by Gayfunguy in Trees could reduce mortality from urban heat waves by a third by YoanB
Problem is that trees take way too long to grow to a desirable height. I wonder if geneticists and botanists have ever designed a tree that would reach its maximum height in less than 10 years.
SrBrahma t1_j6w68lh wrote
Reply to comment by Kalapuya in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
Aren't they bs