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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 ...

Environment May 26, 2023

Vietnam battles plastic blight in idyllic Ha Long Bay

Squinting in the bright light of a hot summer morning, Vu Thi Thinh perches on the edge of her small wooden boat and plucks a polystyrene block from the calm waters of Vietnam's Ha Long Bay.

Earth Sciences May 25, 2023

Snowpack predicted to retreat in California's mountains due to climate change

This winter's major storms laid down one of the largest snowpacks recorded in California's Sierra Nevada, along with an unusual amount of snow at low mountain elevations.

Environment May 22, 2023

US states reach agreement to save dwindling Colorado River

Western US states said Monday they have reached an agreement to cut the amount of water they take from the dwindling Colorado River, which is threatened by a quarter of a century of drought and worsening climate conditions.

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