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Burying greenhouse gases to slow global warmingA.     One way to slow global warming is to take the greenhouse gases that cause it and bury them. That is the idea behind projects now under way to capture emissions from power plants and factories and force… Read More »Answers Underground

When people are deaf to music

Music has long been considered a uniquely human concept. In fact, most psychologists agree that music is a universal human instinct. Like any ability, however, there is great variation in people’s musical competence. For every brilliant pianist in the world, there are several people we… Read More »When people are deaf to music

Yawning

How and why we yarn still presents problems for researchers in an area which has only recently been opened up to study. When Robert R Provine began studying yawning in the 1960s, it was difficult for him to convince research students of the merits of… Read More »Yawning

The motor car

A There are now over 700 million motor vehicles in the world – and the number is rising by more than 40 million each year. The average distance driven by car users is growing too – from 8 km a day per person in western… Read More »The motor car

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