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Environment Mar 16, 2023

New maps chart our affective relationship with the local environment

EPFL researchers have studied Vernier, a city in the canton of Geneva, as the pilot site for an interactive map that explores our relationship with the built and natural environments.

Environment Mar 16, 2023

Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction

Parts of California are under water, the Rocky Mountains are bracing for more snow, flood warnings are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to make room for an expected bountiful spring ...

Social Sciences Mar 9, 2023

Expert on violence assesses police brutality and mass shootings in America

Tage Rai is a psychologist and assistant professor of management at UC San Diego's Rady School of Management who studies ethics and violence. He co-authored the book "Virtuous Violence," outlining research that finds that ...

Space Exploration Mar 4, 2023

New results from NASA's DART planetary defense mission confirm we could deflect deadly asteroids

What would we do if we spotted a hazardous asteroid on a collision course with Earth? Could we deflect it safely to prevent the impact?

Environment Mar 3, 2023

Toxic 'forever chemicals' about to get their first US limits

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing ...

Evolution Feb 28, 2023

Plant and animal species that adapt quickly to city life are more likely to survive, finds research

It's five o'clock on a summer morning in Winnipeg. Our research team is unloading a series of small traps from the trunk of our car, which is parked on a residential road. Using a stick, we slather peanut butter from a huge ...

Environment Feb 21, 2023

Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in US

Less than two weeks after train cars filled with hazardous chemicals derailed in Ohio and caught fire, a truck carrying nitric acid crashed on a major highway outside Tucson, Arizona, killing the driver and releasing toxic ...

Environment Feb 20, 2023

California's biggest environmental cleanup leaves lead contamination and frustration

California's largest and most expensive environmental cleanup has failed to properly remove lead pollution from some homes and neighborhoods near a notorious battery recycler in southeast Los Angeles County, leaving residents ...

Mathematics Feb 16, 2023

Shake and divide: The cocktail formula for global consensus

For yet another year, the world's conference on climate change—COP27—concluded with few agreements and a clear division between North and South.

Social Sciences Feb 2, 2023

Tyre Nichols' death underscores the troubled history of specialized police units, say academics and former officers

The officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were not your everyday uniformed patrol officers.

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