There's a term that crops up whenever Aotearoa New Zealand's political debates turn to the Treaty of Waitangi and its contemporary relevance: "race relations."
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2024
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As the summer draws to a close, the start of your very first term looms if you are starting university. You will hopefully be looking forward to going, although you may be feeling a little apprehensive and may even be very ...
Social Sciences
Aug 20, 2024
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Statistical analysis of classic literature has shown that the way punctuation breaks up text obeys certain universal mathematical relationships. James Joyce's tome "Finnegans Wake," however, famously breaks the rules of normal ...
Mathematics
Aug 20, 2024
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Flames surrounded West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund's crews. Firefighters had dug in to protect the $75-million Rose Valley Water Treatment Plant from the 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire.
Environment
Aug 20, 2024
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Cost is a major driving factor in the development of space exploration missions. Any new technology or trick that could lower the cost of a mission makes it much more appealing for mission planners. Therefore, much of NASA's ...
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2024
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Scientists at Arkansas Tech University and University of Arkansas have produced a high-quality genome assembly for a scorpion. The genome could lead to the development of new medically relevant pain treatments. The work is ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2024
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are hardly the only examples of politicians who work well into their golden years. Members of the baby-boom generation—Americans born between 1946 and 1964—are the ...
Political science
Aug 20, 2024
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A pioneering new DNA forensics technique is looking for a reliable method to measure a suspect's individual level of natural shedding of skin and other cells to add to, and compare with, evidence collected at crime scenes.
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 20, 2024
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The ratchet mechanism is a fascinating energy-conversion system that converts disorderly or random motion into orderly, directed movement through a process known as spontaneous rectification. It is a critical component of ...
General Physics
Aug 20, 2024
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How common are Earth-like exoplanets—also called exo-Earths—and which exoplanetary systems should we target to find them?
Planetary Sciences
Aug 20, 2024
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