South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country's per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from income is distributed, stands at 0.65. This puts it among countries ...
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In a world with political polarization, war, extreme weather events and increasing costs of living, we need to be able to cope as individuals and communities.
Social Sciences
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Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike—with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows.
Evolution
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Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom more than 800 times over ...
Ecology
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Glitter is festive and fun—a favorite for decorations, makeup and art projects. But while it may look harmless, beautiful even, glitter's sparkle hides a darker side. Those shimmering specks often end up far from party tables ...
Environment
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Clouds form upon existing particles in the atmosphere and extreme weather events like flooding and snowstorms are related to the production of large amounts of ice in clouds.
Earth Sciences
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MIT physicists have captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the "free-range" particles that until now were predicted but never directly observed. Their ...
Quantum Physics
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The African wild dog is one of Africa's most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact and utilizing vast, remote territories to remain out of sight. Current estimates suggest that ...
Plants & Animals
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A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan.
Digital disruption can claim many casualties, from the landline telephone and fax machine to compact disks and encyclopedias. But not all of these can be casually chalked up to the march of progress.
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