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

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

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

His march to the sea had a great, destructive effect on the spirit of the South.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

New Wal-Mart stores have had a big effect on small communities in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

But it did have an effect on efforts to rebuild the South following the war.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Citrus growers know that the number of fruit in their current crop has an inverse effect on the number of flowers in the return bloom.

VOA: special.2009.11.10