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Social Sciences Jul 16, 2021

Self-reliance index offers opportunity to track sustainable, longer-term progress for refugees

To help address gaps in measurement and provide organizations with a tool to track the self-reliance of refugees and other displaced populations over time, researchers at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis ...

Earth Sciences Jun 24, 2021

Comet strike may have sparked civilisation shift

A cluster of comet fragments believed to have hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago may have shaped the origins of human civilisation, research suggests.

Agriculture Jun 17, 2021

Sorghum, a close relative of corn, tested for disease resistance on Pennsylvania farms

With sorghum poised to become an important crop grown by Pennsylvania farmers, Penn State researchers, in a new study, tested more than 150 germplasm lines of the plant for resistance to a fungus likely to hamper its production.

Archaeology Jun 15, 2021

Negev Desert archaeological site illuminates an important chapter in modern humans' origin

The Boker Tachtit archaeological excavation site in Israel's central Negev desert holds clues to one of the most significant events in human history: the spread of modern humans, Homo sapiens, from Africa into Eurasia, and ...

Ecology Jun 4, 2021

Insect pest eats into Lebanon's 'white gold' pine nut trade

The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a regional delicacy, but harvests have collapsed amid an exotic insect infestation experts say is accelerated by climate change.

Social Sciences Jun 2, 2021

Syrian refugees in Lebanon need targeted efforts to rebuild their lives

The number of people fleeing violence, poverty and conflict is skyrocketing worldwide and refugees often become permanently displaced. Syria's decade-long civil war has caused millions of people to flee the country, with ...

Evolution May 5, 2021

Biogeographical affinity in Cretaceous flora from two islands of Tethys Ocean

A study published in Cretaceous Research expands the paleontological richness of continental fossils of the Lower Cretaceous with the discovery of a new water plant (charophytes), the species Mesochara dobrogeica. The study ...

Environment Apr 29, 2021

Polluted Lebanon lake spews out tonnes of dead fish

Tonnes of dead fish have washed up on the shore of a highly polluted lake in eastern Lebanon in the past few days, an official said Thursday.

Social Sciences Apr 26, 2021

Violence-legitimizing verses in religious texts increase support for lethal violence

Extremist perpetrators of violence often quote verses from their religion's holy scriptures that authorize, or even prescribe, attacks on enemies of the faith. Abdullah H., the Syrian now on trial for stabbing a homosexual ...

Earth Sciences Apr 22, 2021

Ground and satellite observations map building damage after Beirut explosion

Days after the 4 August 2020 massive explosion at the port of Beirut in Lebanon, researchers were on the ground mapping the impacts of the explosion in the port and surrounding city.

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