The effects of monsoon rainfall on food insecurity in Nepal vary by earthquake exposure, with regions that experienced both heavy earthquake shaking and abundant rainfall more likely to have an inadequate supply of nutritious ...
Environment
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As school districts consider their options in light of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, a University of Michigan study shows they need to be flexible in offering both in-person and virtual options or risk losing more enrollees.
Education
Sep 10, 2021
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A study of sexual violence in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic finds that children were more likely than adults to be attacked by somebody familiar to them, and incidents were more likely to happen during the daytime in ...
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2021
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One silver lining to come from the pandemic may be how much more mindful we are about money, a new University of Otago report reveals.
Economics & Business
Sep 10, 2021
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Physicists at the University of Sussex have discovered that black holes exert a pressure on their environment, in a scientific first.
Astronomy
Sep 10, 2021
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What is molecular plant breeding? Are genetically modified plants dangerous? And what opportunities and risks are associated with CRISPR/Cas?
Biotechnology
Sep 10, 2021
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India's newly announced plan to move from being the world's biggest importer of palm oil to that of major producer of the crop may be at the cost of large-scale deforestation of ecologically sensitive areas.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2021
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European colonists mistakenly labeled quolls as "native cats" when in fact they are among Australia's last living carnivorous marsupials.
Ecology
Sep 10, 2021
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The dull roar of traffic, the barking of dogs in backyards and the screeching of cockatoos at dusk. The shattering of early morning quiet by the first plane overhead or the garbage truck on its rounds. The squealed delights ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2021
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As firefighters tried to protect homes near Lake Tahoe from one of California's largest fires on record, they battled, windblown embers that kept sparking new small fires, some well away from the fire line.
Environment
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