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Earth Sciences Mar 8, 2024

The Southern Ocean upwelling is a mecca for whales and tuna that's worth celebrating and protecting

The Great Southern Australian Coastal Upwelling System is an upward current of water over vast distances along Australia's southern coast. It brings nutrients from deeper waters to the surface. This nutrient-rich water supports ...

Environment Dec 11, 2023

UN climate talks home in on fossil fuel deal

UN climate talks enter their endgame on Monday as negotiators seek to convince an increasingly isolated Saudi Arabia and other holdouts to give up their opposition to a historic phase-out of fossil fuels.

Astronomy Apr 18, 2023

NASA's TESS celebrates fifth year scanning the sky for new worlds

Now in its fifth year in space, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) remains a rousing success. TESS's cameras have mapped more than 93% of the entire sky, discovered 329 new worlds and thousands more candidates, ...

Environment Jan 15, 2023

Tackling threat of mudslides in soaked California

Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California's long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month.

Social Sciences Oct 4, 2022

Facebook posts seeking missing Black children get much less attention than posts of white kids

Social media could be an equalizer for finding missing children, highlighting posts about kids from all backgrounds without the filters of traditional media and police gatekeepers.

Environment Aug 25, 2022

Climate change exacerbated hurricane Harvey's flood damage, hitting low-income neighborhoods disproportionately harder

New research published today shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent of residences in Houston's Harris County would not have been flooded by Hurricane Harvey five years ago. The study, ...

Environment Dec 9, 2021

A century of tragedy: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel

On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new fuel blend into one of their test engines. Immediately, the engine began running more quietly and putting out more power.

Education Sep 7, 2021

Extreme views are widespread in classrooms in England

Schools across England lack the resources and training to teach pupils how to reject and discuss dangerous extremist views and ideologies according to a major new study by UCL researchers and commissioned by education charity ...

Social Sciences Jul 27, 2021

How inheritance laws affect child height in India

Can an inheritance law lead to taller children? The answer is a qualified yes, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Space Exploration May 5, 2021

60 years since 1st American in space: Tourists lining up

Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps.

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