A genome study of more than 700 European red deer has identified four distribution areas on the continent (Norway, Scotland, Spain and Central Europe), each with their own genetic characteristics that need to be preserved
Ecology
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The Amazon rainforest is home to a remarkable variety of plants and animals not found anywhere else on Earth, with some species only located in certain areas, but the reason for this has perplexed and divided scientists for ...
Ecology
Sep 11, 2024
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Over the last few weeks, after a massive defeat at the UK general election, several senior staff in the Conservative Party have reportedly taken voluntary redundancy, with more staff cuts expected to follow. Perhaps not surprising, ...
Economics & Business
Sep 11, 2024
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The Nobel prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom once wrote about "the danger of self-evident truths" within academic research, warning that they were often wrong, or at the very least misleading.
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2024
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A quota system to reserve jobs in the civil service for specific groups, including descendants of war veterans, became the Achilles heel of Bangladesh's authoritarian prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. Weeks of unrest, which ...
Political science
Sep 11, 2024
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Parents concerned about the possible dangers smartphone use might have for their children are turning to "dumb phones." These are the brick-shaped or flip phones today's parents might have had themselves as teenagers, only ...
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2024
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Agriculture is hugely important to Nigeria. It makes up about a quarter of the country's economy, and almost half of the population are smallholder farmers. Most farm on less than 10 hectares of land.
Economics & Business
Sep 11, 2024
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Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water-levels in Lake Victoria flow downstream through the Nile. More than 700,000 people have been affected. Hundreds of thousands of people there were ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2024
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The intensifying great power competition between the People's Republic of China and the United States has meant the possibility of future war in the Indo-Pacific region has become a regular feature of Australia's national ...
Economics & Business
Sep 11, 2024
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The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation's official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024. The data released also indicated that the ...
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2024
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