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Social Sciences Apr 18, 2024

Social media for sex education: South African teens explain how it would help them

Most teenagers dread talking about sex with their parents. Their parents feel the same way. In some societies it's considered taboo to even broach the subject. And, even where sexuality education is taught at schools, research ...

Archaeology Apr 16, 2024

Researcher reveals the hidden story behind St. Augustine's 11-foot statue of Francisco López de Mendoza Grajales

New details have emerged about the history of one of St. Augustine's most popular tourist attractions. University of South Florida Spanish Professor David Arbesú pieced together documents that were scattered around the world ...

Plants & Animals Apr 4, 2024

A natural history of the Red Sea and the uncertain future of its corals

Early in May 2023, a small team of marine biologists arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. They'd flown into the local airport from Guam, the United States, Portugal, Spain and Japan, and they'd soon rendezvous with ...

Economics & Business Feb 2, 2024

Ambitious workers park the office politics when employer is struggling, study suggests

New research from a team at City, University of London sheds light on how perceived threats and opportunities to their teams affect office politics.

Plants & Animals Jan 26, 2024

The botanical imperialism of weeds and crops: How alien plant species on the First Fleet changed Australia

Locally grown produce fills Australian shops, but almost all of these species were imported, as native as cane toads. Icons of Australian agriculture, like the Big Banana and Big Pineapple, proudly display the regions' crops, ...

Earth Sciences Jan 17, 2024

How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns

Sea-level rise—along with increasing temperatures—is one of the clearest signals of man-made global warming. Yet exactly how rising water levels affect the coast is often misunderstood.

Earth Sciences Jan 4, 2024

Seawater dynamics in an underexplored Antarctic fjord

About 150 kilometers north of the Antarctic Peninsula lie the South Shetland Islands, a cluster of more than a dozen islands that harbor glaciers, volcanoes, and a tundra ecosystem with penguins and seals. On the southwestern ...

Plants & Animals Dec 19, 2023

Washington sets aside 2,000 acres of forest for conservation, cancels timber sale near Elwha River

Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz has announced a proposal to conserve some 2,000 acres of state forest land.

Plants & Animals Oct 25, 2023

Washington trapped a big number of these invasive, tree-eating moths in 2023

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has trapped 103 invasive spongy moths this year, one of the highest counts in recent decades.

Astrobiology Sep 12, 2023

How to prove you've discovered alien life: New research offers a guide

In the past few decades, several phenomena have led to excited speculation in the scientific community that they might indeed be indications that there is extraterrestrial life. It will no doubt happen again.

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