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Ecology Jul 18, 2023

Oregon's Cannon Beach reopens after cougar sighting on iconic coastal rock led to closure

A cougar that climbed onto a towering rock off the coast of northwest Oregon over the weekend—probably in search of feathered prey—has abandoned the craggy formation, allowing for the popular Cannon Beach to reopen to ...

Space Exploration Jul 17, 2023

Virgin Galactic's next spaceflight will include sweepstakes winners

Virgin Galactic's next spaceflight will include a mother-daughter duo from the Caribbean who won their tickets in a sweepstakes contest, as well as an 80-year-old former Olympian.

Social Sciences Jul 7, 2023

With another case of abuse in elite sports, why are we still waiting to protect NZ's sportswomen from harm?

The ten-year coaching ban handed down this week by Athletics New Zealand to national pole vault coach Jeremy McColl is merely the latest in a long line of investigations to reveal the failure of sports organizations to protect ...

Social Sciences Jun 26, 2023

A year after Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, Black women still struggle for access to reproductive health care

It's been a year since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, and the predictions by several experts that the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would ...

Evolution Jun 23, 2023

A new species of early toothed whale helps us understand the history of modern dolphins

Have you ever wondered what the earliest ancestors of today's dolphins looked like? Then look no further, meet Olympicetus thalassodon, a new species of early odontocete, or toothed whale, that swam along the North Pacific ...

Social Sciences Jun 19, 2023

Q&A: How social media can be better used by people with intellectual disabilities

A team at the TUM Think Tank is investigating how social media can be better used by people with intellectual disabilities—together with athletes from the Special Olympics World Games, which take place in Berlin from June ...

Ecology Jun 16, 2023

Opinion: The massive dam removal on the Klamath may save salmon but can't solve the West's water crisis

Sheldon SmilingCoyote locked his eyes on the push and pull of the waves in front of him, suddenly slashing the tip of his handheld hook through the water, pulling out a slimy prehistoric fish.

Biotechnology Jun 9, 2023

Scientists demonstrate 3D 'bio-printing' inside organoids growing in hydrogels

Scientists from the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (a collaboration between GOSH and UCL), London, and University of Padova, Italy, have shown for the first time how 3D printing can be achieved ...

Environment Jun 5, 2023

Treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated, study finds. So are people and the environment safe?

Wastewater is a byproduct of humanity produced all day, every day. At home, wastewater is the used water that disappears when you flush the toilet, empty the sink or drain the washing machine.

Environment Jun 2, 2023

Arizona limits building as groundwater dries up

New houses that rely on dwindling groundwater supplies around one of the United States' biggest cities are to be banned, officials said Thursday, in a sign of the strains that drought and climate change are causing across ...

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