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Economics & Business Mar 20, 2024

Examining why women are no further ahead in the workforce than 30 years ago

A report exploring the working conditions of pregnant employees and parents has been released today, calling for major changes in Australian workplaces to counter the "vast discrimination and disadvantage" experienced by ...

Planetary Sciences Mar 20, 2024

US and Germany partnering on mission to track Earth's water movement

NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR (German Aerospace Center) have agreed to jointly build, launch, and operate a pair of spacecraft that will yield insights into how Earth's water, ice, and land masses are shifting by ...

Political science Mar 20, 2024

Terrorist content lurks all over the internet—regulating only six major platforms won't be nearly enough

Australia's eSafety commissioner has sent legal notices to Google, Meta, Telegram, WhatsApp, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) asking them to show what they're doing to protect Australians from online extremism. The six companies ...

Earth Sciences Mar 20, 2024

Evaluating land-based mitigation strategies for achieving 2°C climate targets

Global warming poses a significant threat to ecosystems, societies, and economies worldwide. In recent decades, an international climate policy goal of limiting global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels was established. ...

Biotechnology Mar 20, 2024

Novel method to measure root depth may lead to more resilient crops

As climate change worsens global drought conditions, hindering crop production, the search for ways to capture and store atmospheric carbon causing the phenomenon has intensified. Penn State researchers have developed a new ...

Environment Mar 20, 2024

Vietnam farmers struggle for fresh water as drought brings salinization

Every day, farmer Nguyen Hoai Thuong prays in vain for rain to fall on the cracked dry earth of her garden in Vietnam's Mekong Delta—the country's "rice bowl" agricultural heartland.

Archaeology Mar 19, 2024

Study reveals 'cozy domesticity' of prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England's ancient marshland

A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals in unprecedented detail the daily lives of England's prehistoric fenlanders.

Ecology Mar 19, 2024

Increased risk of major bark beetle outbreaks in Norway

The European spruce bark beetle has killed several hundred million spruce trees in Sweden and Central Europe in the last five years. A warmer climate will ultimately result in more damage also in Norwegian spruce forests. ...

Biotechnology Mar 19, 2024

Searching for data in DNA with CRISPR

The digital age has led to the explosive growth of data of all kinds. Traditional methods for storing data—such as hard drives—are beginning to face challenges due to limited storage capacities. With the growing demand ...

Environment Mar 19, 2024

How do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?

In Europe, increasing efforts on climate change mitigation, a sudden focus on energy independence after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and reported breakthroughs in nuclear fusion have sparked renewed interest in the potential ...

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