What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of May 11, 2021

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Lego structure

Tue, 11 May 2021
Why our brains miss opportunities to improve through subtraction

Researchers explain why people rarely remove something as a solution

If, as the saying goes, less is more, why do we humans overdo so much?

In a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded paper in the journal

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crop irrigation

Tue, 11 May 2021
Scientists propose improvements to precision crop irrigation

Water scarcity complicates need to feed a growing global population

With threats of water scarcity complicating the need to feed a growing global population, it is more important than ever to get crop irrigation right. Overwatering can deplete local water supplies and lead to polluted runoff, while underwatering can lead to sub-optimal crop

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