Math makes finding bat roosts much easier, our research shows
Finding bats is hard. They are small, fast and they primarily fly at night.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2024
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Sportswashing is still highly effective despite more awareness among fans
As the European football championships continue in Germany, new research has revealed that "sportswashing"—the practice of using sporting events or teams to improve a country's reputation—is still highly effective, despite ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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The more medals Canadian athletes win, the fewer Canadians participate in organized sport
President and CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker recently called for an additional $104 million in government funding for Olympic athletes.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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Industrial fleets operating in the Indian Ocean turn off monitoring systems, fail reporting obligations
Industrial fleets from top fishing countries operating in the Indian Ocean and targeting export-market species such as tuna and squid are likely to disable monitoring systems to fish more than allowed and evade authorities, ...
Ecology
Jun 26, 2024
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Wolves reintroduced to Isle Royale temporarily affect other carnivores, humans have influence as well
In a rare opportunity to study carnivores before and after wolves were reintroduced to their ranges, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison found that the effects of wolves on Isle Royale have been only temporary. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2024
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How 'One Health' clinics support unhoused people and their pets
Having a pet can be expensive, but being able to access health care for your pet should not be a luxury.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 26, 2024
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Determining refractive index at relativistic speeds
If you studied advanced physics at high school, there's a good chance that you remember Snell's law, which states how a ray of light bends when it crosses a boundary between two media. According to this law, the ratio of ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 26, 2024
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How forest fires also have an impact on lakes
The forest fires in Canada during the summer of 2023 were particularly devastating. With the destructive impact on human infrastructure, plumes of smoke covering thousands of square kilometers and millions of tons of CO2 ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2024
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New calculation approach allows more accurate predictions of how atoms ionize when impacted by high-energy electrons
During electron-impact ionization (EII), high-energy electrons collide with atoms, knocking away one or more of their outer electrons. To calculate the probability that ionization will occur during these impacts, researchers ...
General Physics
Jun 26, 2024
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Why sexual violence against men by women needs to be 'called out' too
Sexual violence against men by women is growing in areas such as social media, but is not receiving the level of attention as violence against women by men.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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