A huge global health challenge is physical and sexual violence against women and girls, affecting more than one third of all women globally.
Other
Dec 4, 2018
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The world needs a "reality check" on the threat posed by climate change, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison said Tuesday at a UN summit to chart mankind's path away from runaway global warming.
Environment
Dec 4, 2018
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Scientists at ANU have found a chronic shortage of females in a critically endangered parrot species has led to love triangles, sneaky sex on the side, increased fighting between males and fewer babies.
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2018
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The survival prospects of one of the world's most threatened and evolutionarily distinct amphibians have just received an enormous boost in the shape of a new community-based protected area in Ghana.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2018
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Université de Montréal, in collaboration with the Fonds de recherche du Québec, today unveiled the Montréal Declaration for Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence. This set of ethical guidelines for the development ...
Other
Dec 4, 2018
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Thread-like bacteria make cells that no longer have a cell wall under the influence of osmotic stress. A remarkable discovery, since the cell wall serves as a protection barrier for bacteria. It could also help to explain ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2018
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Encouraging people to change their behaviour through social marketing campaigns can help the recovery of threatened wildlife populations.
Ecology
Dec 4, 2018
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3
A super-sensitive passenger scanner that reveals hidden security threats is being trialled at Cardiff Airport in the UK.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 4, 2018
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In the westernmost reaches of Nunavut, on the Northwest Passage, Inuit hunters have told me some pithy things about climate change. "The land is changing. It isn't climate change. This is part of cycles. Our elders saw this ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2018
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An ESA-led team subjected Intel's new Myriad 2 artificial intelligence chip to one of the most energetic radiation beams available on Earth. This test of its suitability to fly in space took place at CERN, the European Organization ...
General Physics
Dec 4, 2018
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