Experts are urging parents to brush up on national guidelines following a rapid rise in screen time on electronic devices for children under two.
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Saving Lives with Cleaner Air
Research findings from the Center for Air Quality, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES) at Carnegie Mellon University show significant human health benefits when air quality is better than the current national ambient air quality standard.
Rising CO2 Levels Could Boost Wheat Yield but Slightly Reduce Nutritional Quality
Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) are rising, which experts predict could produce more droughts and hotter temperatures.
Cold, Dry Planets Could Have A Lot of Hurricanes
Nearly every atmospheric science textbook ever written will say that hurricanes are an inherently wet phenomenon – they use warm, moist air for fuel.
New Technique Could Help Engineer Polluted Water Filter, Human Tissues
Scientists can turn proteins into never-ending patterns that look like flowers, trees or snowflakes, a technique that could help engineer a filter for tainted water and human tissues.
Monarch Butterflies Rely on Temperature-Sensitive Internal Timer While Overwintering
The fact that millions of North American monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles each fall and somehow manage to find the same overwintering sites in central Mexican forests and along the California coast, year after year, is pretty mind-blowing.