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Submitted by jkeegan13 t3_y2764y
In 2007, NASCAR switched from leaded to unleaded fuel. After the switch, children who were raised near racetracks began performing substantially better in school than earlier cohorts. There were also increases in educational performance relative to students further away.
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Submitted by damianp t3_xy0102
Stressed plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them. Plants that need water or have recently had their stems cut produce up to roughly 35 sounds per hour, the authors found. But well-hydrated and uncut plants are much quieter, making only about one sound per hour.
nature.comSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_126wnf6
Submitted by gridnews t3_11xmr4u
New idea for sucking up CO2 from air and storing it in the sea shows promise: novel approach captures CO2 from the atmosphere up to 3x more efficiently than current methods, and the CO2 can be transformed into bicarbonate of soda and stored safely and cheaply in seawater.
bbc.co.ukSubmitted by Litvi t3_11mnigz