Contact with nature reduces stress and aggression, one reason scholars say urban green space may reduce violence.
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Lincoln Larson, North Carolina State University; S. Scott Ogletree, Clemson University
Some parks reduce violence in the local vicinity. Other parks attract crime. The difference has to do with how these urban green spaces are designed, programmed and managed, experts say.
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The components of an iPhone add up to a different cost than the phone itself.
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Jason Dedrick, Syracuse University; Greg Linden, University of California, Berkeley; Kenneth L. Kraemer, University of California, Irvine
Trump believes the money Americans spend on Chinese imports like the iPhone goes straight into China's pockets. In reality, China gets very little value from it.
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Mona Kasra, University of Virginia
People fall for fake photos regardless of whether they seem to come from Facebook or The New York Times. What actually helps?
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Tony St. Leger, University of Pittsburgh
Just like the gut, the skin and the mouth, the eye also has a collection of microbes that keep it healthy. Understanding the eye microbiome may lead to new probiotic therapies.
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Emilie Hooft, University of Oregon
Geophysicists use sound waves to build a picture of the magma and rock beneath this active volcano, most of which is underwater. It's like CT scanning the Earth.
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