Islands contribute enormously to global biodiversity, but are threatened by human activities. To understand why some islands have been more impacted since first human settlement than others, a new study compared environmental ...
Plants & Animals
May 12, 2020
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Many commentators have speculated on how the coronavirus pandemic will alter cities and the ways they are planned and used. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has tweeted: "There is a density level in NYC that is destructive ...
Social Sciences
May 12, 2020
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Around a quarter of the world's urban population—over 1 billion people – live in informal settlements and slums, the United Nations estimated in 2019. As the world confronts the COVID-19 pandemic, the urban poor living ...
Social Sciences
May 4, 2020
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Just a few weeks ago, there were news headlines about plummeting insect numbers. Academic discourse focused on three main causes: the destruction of habitats, pesticides in agriculture and the decline of food plants for insects. ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is a crisis of our own making.
Environment
Mar 31, 2020
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We may not like to think about it, but after we die many of us will end up in cemeteries. Burial grounds play an important role in society, functioning as spaces where people can mourn their loved ones.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 6, 2020
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The oldest known Australian example of a communal type of Irish settlement has been 'unearthed' in a dusty paddock in rural South Australia.
Archaeology
Feb 18, 2020
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Historic rainfall in southeastern Brazil has created deadly floods and widespread destruction in a region that was experimenting with "more progressive" planning and zoning policies than most, says Northeastern political ...
Environment
Feb 3, 2020
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An analysis of four ancient skulls found in Mexico suggests that the first humans to settle in North America were more biologically diverse than scientists had previously believed.
Archaeology
Jan 29, 2020
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Shares in German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer climbed Friday on a report it was nearing a $10 billion settlement with US plaintiffs claiming weedkiller Roundup caused their cancer.
Other
Jan 24, 2020
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