News tagged with overcrowding

Dutch, making peace with water, tackle overcrowding

About a hundred houses float on a lake in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Ijburg --a testament to how the Dutch are trying to turn their traditional enemy, water, into an ally against overcrowding.

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created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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120,000 troubled families in UK?

The reliability of figures used as the basis for the Coalition’s ‘Troubled Families’ program is questioned in new research published by academics at the University of Bristol. The government claim ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AP IMPACT: Evacs and drills pared near nuke plants

(AP) -- Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Brazil cracks down on lucrative wild animal trade

Blue-and-yellow macaws from Amazonia, green parrots, monkeys, turtles, anacondas and pumas: wild animal trafficking is a very lucrative business that spares no species in Brazil, including those facing extinction.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Raising the school leaving – while learning from another age

In April 1947 the post-war Labour Government raised the school leaving age from 14 to 15 and paved the way for a further increase to 16 in 1972. Now, 65 years later, as the UK prepares to raise the 'education participation ...

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created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA develops Augmented Reality headset for commercial pilots

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia has been hard at work developing an Augmented Reality headset for use by commercial pilots to help reduce airline accidents due to poor weather ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Report raises alarm over Laos monkey farms

Thousands of monkeys are being held in overcrowded and barren farms in Laos and sold for international laboratory research, according to a report from a British animal protection group.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three-strikes law fails to reduce crime

California's three-strikes law has not reduced violent crime, but has contributed significantly to the state's financial woes by substantially increasing the prison population, according to a University of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Prison misconduct findings shed light on crowding problem

UT Dallas criminologist Dr. Robert Morris and doctoral student Erin Orrick won the 2012 William Simon/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Paper award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for their article that shows ...

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created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British Library puts 19th C newspapers online

(AP) -- The newspaper coverage was troubling: London's huge international showcase was beset by planning problems, local opposition and labor woes - and the transport was a mess.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Shift in ancient diet may explain modern orthodontic problems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many a parent has lamented the crowding of their children’s teeth indicating impending orthodontia bills, but few no doubt have wondered quite as deeply as Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report


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