Video: What they don't teach you about climate change
We all know about the greenhouse effect, but how many of us actually understand it?
Materials Science
Apr 20, 2023
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News tagged with society
Data shows that police-involved deaths in Canada are on the rise
Fatal encounters with police are on the rise in Canada. The number of civilians dying in incidents with police when force is used has steadily increased since 2000. This is leaving families and communities with little support ...
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2023
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Religiously motivated legislation has blocked freedom and democracy around the globe, finds study
A new major study documents that religiously motivated legislation has taken place in all types of societies and religions—to the detriment of democratic rights. The researchers behind the study also find that religion ...
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2023
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Spike in major league home runs tied to climate change
In the history of Major League Baseball, first came the low-scoring dead-ball era, followed by the modern live-ball era characterized by power hitters such as Babe Ruth and Henry "Hank" Aaron. Then, regrettably, was the steroid ...
Environment
Apr 7, 2023
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Downshifting: Why people are quitting their corporate careers for craft jobs
Long coveted by job centers and PowerPoint presenters, the old image of moving up the career ladder makes less and less sense by the day. In France and other Western societies, it is increasingly common to see interior designers ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2023
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How can we make the space sector more sustainable?
When talking about space, one might think about the stars one sees at night or a good sci-fi film. But space is also crowded with satellites, spacecrafts and astronauts, whose missions can last anywhere from several days ...
Space Exploration
Apr 6, 2023
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Bonobos and chimps: What our closest relatives tell us about humans
Humans are an interesting mixture of altruism and competition. We work together well at times and at others we will fight to get our own way. To try to explain these conflicting tendencies, researchers have turned to the ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2023
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Archaeology shows how hunter-gatherers fit into southern Africa's first city, 800 years ago
Where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet, forming the modern border between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, lies a hill that hardly stands out from the rest. One could easily pass it without realizing its historical ...
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2023
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Supernatural beliefs have featured in every society throughout history: New research helps explain why
Religion is a human universal. For thousands of years, humans have held religious beliefs and participated in religious rituals. Throughout history, every human society has featured some kind of supernatural or religious ...
Archaeology
Apr 4, 2023
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Pandemic prevention agreement must address wildlife trade
A new paper in The Lancet Planetary Health by an international team of scientists from the University of Washington, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and other institutions says that any future pandemic prevention agreement ...
Ecology
Apr 4, 2023
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