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• Slow traffic, fast food: Study links road delays with unhealthy eating February 3, 2025
  Ever notice how much more tempting it is to pick up fast food for dinner after being stuck in traffic? It's not just you. New research shows that traffic delays significantly increase visits to fast food restaurants, leading to unhealthier eating for millions each year.
• Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner February 3, 2025
  Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding is significant because the data reported by the study support the idea that water arrived towards the final stages of Earth's development into […]
• More, bigger crevasses open up in Greenland ice sheet, threatening increased sea level rise February 3, 2025
  More crevasse activity could lead to positive feedback loop threatening Greenland glacier's stability.
• Global internet grid could better detect earthquakes with new algorithm February 3, 2025
  Early detection of earthquakes could be vastly improved by tapping into the world's internet network with a groundbreaking new algorithm, researchers say. Fiber optic cables used for cable television, telephone systems and the global web matrix now have the potential to help measure seismic rumblings thanks to recent technological advances, but harnessing this breakthrough has […]
• Life cycles of some insects adapt well to a changing climate: Others, not so much February 1, 2025
  Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a 65-year-old grasshopper collection, scientists have documented that some species -- those overwintering as juveniles -- got larger over the years, helped by an earlier […]