A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England's most vulnerable children while battling their local authorities.
Other
Oct 2, 2024
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New research has found methane emissions from slurry stores on dairy farms may be up to five times greater than official statistics suggest—and highlights the huge potential for turning them into a renewable energy source.
Biotechnology
Oct 2, 2024
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Political polls underestimated the support for Donald Trump and overstated the backing for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Four years later, the polling correctly anticipated Joe Biden's win over Trump, ...
Political science
Oct 2, 2024
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Biodiversity is essential for the processes that support all life on Earth. It provides critical resources such as food and energy, and supports ecosystem health. However, climate change, deforestation, and pollution are ...
Ecology
Oct 2, 2024
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Amazon has announced that it will end remote work for its office staff starting in January 2025. A decision that seems to go against the current, as the increasing pace of digitalization since the recent pandemic has marked ...
Economics & Business
Oct 2, 2024
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Why is it important to search for exoplanets in triple star systems and how many can we find there? This is what a recent study accepted by Astrophysics & Space Science hopes to address after a pair of researchers from the ...
Astrobiology
Oct 2, 2024
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Hurricane Helene caused deadly and destructive flooding when it swept through the Southeast on Sept. 26–29, 2024. Across a broad swath of western North Carolina, where the worst flooding occurred, the amount of rainfall ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2024
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In July 2024, global temperatures reached unprecedented levels, breaking historical records with an average of 17.16°C. This extreme heat has led soil water to evaporate, leaving the vegetation and biodiversity more fragile ...
Environment
Oct 2, 2024
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New research from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research finds that nearly 50% of Harris County residents said they have been a victim of a crime or legal incident at some point in their lifetime, and one in ...
Social Sciences
Oct 2, 2024
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More than 60% of Australia's known insects are unnamed and a mystery to science. Of an estimated 500,000 Australian species, roughly half are insects, but many aren't categorized.
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2024
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