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Having a large social network makes people SLOWER to respond in times of crisis

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During a crisis people with a large social network are slower to respond to the problem than more isolated individuals, a new study shows.  Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University put 2,480 people into one of 108 groups of various sizes and presented them with a range of disaster scenarios. Those in larger groups were less … Read more

Salad seeds in outer space grew at a slower rate than Earth-bound counterparts 

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Salad seeds that went on a round trip to outer space and back grew at a slightly slower rate and aged faster than those on Earth, scientists have found.  A million rocket seeds (Eruca sativa) amounting to 2kg were sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 with legendary British astronaut Tim Peake.  Six … Read more