Intensively managed grazing can increase profits, improve environment
What is good for the environment can also be profitable for livestock producers.
Ecology
Oct 8, 2021
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Children live online more than ever: We need better definitions of 'good' and 'bad' screen time
The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of our lives, not least the time we spend on digital devices. For young people in particular, the blurred line between recreational and educational screen time presents new ...
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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Indonesians' support for the death penalty declines with more rigorous survey methods
Indonesia, like its regional neighbors in Southeast Asia, has supported capital punishments for decades, particularly for drug-related offenses.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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The remarkable variability of actinide tetrafluoride electronic structures
Scientists have synthesized tetrafluoride powders of four radioactive elements—thorium, uranium, neptunium, and plutonium. These four elements are actinides, a series of heavy and radioactive elements. Tetrafluoride powders ...
Materials Science
Oct 8, 2021
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New report finds stark transit inequity in Baltimore
Shortcomings in the Baltimore region's public transit system disproportionately affect low-income and minority neighborhoods, according to a new report from Johns Hopkins University's Department of Environmental Health and ...
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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The discovery of red blood cells acting as micro-electrodes opens new doors in medical research
In a paper published in Scientific Reports, academics at the University of Surrey have discovered that biological cells generate an electric field voltage that appears outside and not just within, meaning each cell acts as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2021
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Trans people and cisgender gay men in the UK are most likely to experience violence
Using responses from the LGBT survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, they compared the findings of over 28,000 people identifying as LGBT in Germany, Portugal and the UK.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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Perseverance's first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists
In the short time since NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, it's already made history.
Planetary Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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New method for predicting the response of ecosystems to marine heatwaves
Marine heatwaves, driven by climate change, are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide. Although we know that heatwaves kill marine organisms and have devastating effects on ecosystems, there is currently no way to ...
Ecology
Oct 8, 2021
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Student sex work is happening, and universities need to respond with health services
As university and college semesters unfold, a small but increasing percentage of students will likely also be taking on a largely under-reported and overlooked form of part-time employment: sex work.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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