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Social Sciences 20 hours ago

Impact investing in Paris suburban 'banlieue' neighborhoods: Untapped social and economic potential

From July to August, Paris will host the 2024 Olympic games. However, once the athletes and spectators have packed up and left, the Games will leave behind a lasting social impact on the run-down neighborhoods on the outskirts ...

Environment Apr 25, 2024

The guardian angels of the source of the Seine

The river Seine, the centerpiece of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in July, starts with a few drops of water in a mossy grotto deep in the woods of central France.

Condensed Matter Apr 23, 2024

The big quantum chill: Scientists modify common lab refrigerator to cool faster with less energy

By modifying a refrigerator commonly used in both research and industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have drastically reduced the time and energy required to cool materials to ...

Environment Apr 22, 2024

Czechs 3D-print Eiffel Tower from ocean waste for Olympics

A Czech company is 3D-printing a giant Eiffel Tower model for a local Olympics event, using recycled ocean waste as the primary material.

Social Sciences Apr 15, 2024

Elite coaches migrating to Western countries to advance careers

Nations battling for Olympic success in a global sporting 'arms race' has led to elite coaches migrating to Western countries as they bid to escape antiquated and restrictive coaching regimes in their home countries, reveals ...

Environment Apr 15, 2024

Japan's Sapporo sees earliest 25C day since records began

Temperatures in Japan's northern city of Sapporo—famous for skiing—on Monday passed 25 degrees Celsius at the earliest point of any year on record, a weather agency official said.

Plants & Animals Apr 1, 2024

How Washington's I-90 became safer for wildlife, drivers

Interstate 90 fractures the spine of the Cascades at its midpoint.

Archaeology Mar 28, 2024

How Spanish conquistadors, and a tiny cactus-dwelling insect, gave the world the color red

When you think about a red object, you might picture a red carpet, or the massive ruby in the Queen's crown. Indeed, Western monarchies and marketing from brands such as Christian Louboutin have cemented our association of ...

Social Sciences Mar 28, 2024

Olympics not likely to swallow up skateboarding's subversive nature into its corporate spectacle, researchers say

The subversive nature of skateboarding is not likely to be affected by its continuing place in the corporate world of the Olympics, experts have predicted.

Education Mar 26, 2024

If university grades are going up, does that mean there's a problem?

In 1894, Harvard University commissioned a report on grading standards, due to concerns that:

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