Cities—home to over half of the world's population—currently account for more than 70% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Apr 22, 2022
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There is much disinformation surrounding the preventative measures that have been implemented across the globe in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and deaths from the disease it causes COVID-19. ...
Political science
Apr 20, 2022
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Over the last two decades, almost 1,000 hydropower dams have been built around the globe. And while these dams provide many benefits to farmers, wildlife and the climate, the costs of their construction on local communities ...
Environment
Mar 15, 2022
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When pay-to-conserve programs don't come through with payments, they don't conserve, indicates a case study by the University of California, Davis, of a REDD+ Readiness program on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania.
Environment
Feb 23, 2022
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As parents and schools seek to support students' social and emotional needs—and teach them what they need to learn—some education leaders are missing one particularly effective opportunity.
Education
Feb 15, 2022
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Human children are known for their sensitivity to social cues (such as eye-gaze and joint attention) more so than other primates. While most research on joint attention (two people focused on the same object) has focused ...
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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Students who are the first in their family to attend college tend to see it as a means to improve their personal lives and as an opportunity for social mobility. That contrasts with the main message students get from policymakers ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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Nazli Choucri is a professor of political science and an expert on climate issues, who also focuses on international relations and cyberpolitics. She is the architect and director of the Global System for Sustainable Development, ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2021
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Because each person on the autism spectrum is very different, there is a saying that when you have met one person on the autism spectrum, you have met one person on the autism spectrum. Due to these many differences, providing ...
Education
Dec 6, 2021
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Kenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop was found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten last week. The fact that the police arrested her husband in connection with the death has brought the subject of domestic ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2021
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