UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don't ...
Environment
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For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light increasingly lit cities and towns at night, the stars began to disappear.
Astronomy
Feb 23, 2023
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A slow-motion movie on sports television channels shows processes in hundredths of a second. By contrast, processes on the nanoscale take place in the so-called femtosecond range: For example, an electron needs only billionths ...
Nanophysics
Feb 23, 2023
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Climate change and unchecked construction in flood- and landslide-prone areas are making disasters like the violent storm that killed at least 48 people in southeastern Brazil ever more frequent, according to a leading expert.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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From pandas to sea lions to tigers, hundreds of wildlife species across the globe are contaminated by potentially harmful "forever chemicals", according to a review of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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In the skies above the New Mexico wilderness, federal agents in helicopters this week plan to shoot and kill dozens of feral cattle, which officials say threaten protected lands and the public's safety.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2023
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White sage, which is sacred to a number of Native American tribes in the southwest United States, has been adopted by both some contemporary Pagans and New Age practitioners for purification rites. As Emily McFarlan Miller ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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Ever feel like the universe is just a big carton of old milk? Well, you may be correct.
Astronomy
Feb 23, 2023
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High-resolution microscopy techniques, for example electron microscopy or super-resolution microscopy, produce huge amounts of data. The visualization, analysis and dissemination of such large imaging data sets poses significant ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 23, 2023
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A leading strategy expert at Bayes Business School says failing to target individual local improvement plans will result in the deepening struggles of left-behind towns in the U.K.
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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