Scientists say the auxin has an indirect effect on buds on the side of the stem to prevent branching.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

He says the changes went into effect on May twenty-ninth with the goal to process all requests within two weeks.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Parents often wonder what effect thumb sucking or sucking on a pacifier might have on their baby's teeth.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

He says more experiments on different kinds of pain are needed to better understand the effect of swearing.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

That can have a big effect on their behavior, helping them work harder and longer in therapy sessions.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch's effect on ocean environment.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

People removed by as much as 3 degrees of separation still had an effect on a person's happiness.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

Many people think that the Industrial Revolution was the first time people began to have a major effect on the earth's ecology.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

And the smaller the physical distance between friends, the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

His specialty was representing the effect of light on an environment with color and loose brushstrokes.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

Another finding is that people who are married or work together do not have as much of an effect on happiness as friends do.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

One person attending that evening described how the perfection of all things in the museum seemed to have an unusual effect on the guests.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

She says the increase in income has a huge effect on the whole community as well.

VOA: special.2010.06.16