Baby-naming trends reveal ongoing quest for individuality
Choosing a baby's name that is distinctive is becoming harder, research reveals.
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2018
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News tagged with 21st century
Climate-induced soil changes may cause more erosion and flash flooding
The earth beneath our feet isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind when people think about the impacts of climate change. However, a study by a UC Riverside-led team of researchers predicts a climate-induced reduction ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2018
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Images of suffering can bring about change – but are they ethical?
In a series of provocative photographs, poor children in India were made to pose in front of fancy tables covered with fake food. A prize-winning Italian photographer, Alessio Mamo, took these pictures in 2011, as part of ...
Social Sciences
Sep 12, 2018
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US wildfire smoke deaths could double by 2100
The number of deaths associated with the inhalation of wildfire smoke in the U.S. could double by the end of the century, according to new research.
Environment
Sep 10, 2018
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2018-2022 expected to be abnormally hot years
This summer's worldwide heatwave makes 2018 a particularly hot year. And the next few years will be similar, according to a study led by Florian Sévellec, a CNRS researcher at the Laboratory for Ocean Physics and Remote ...
Environment
Aug 14, 2018
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French lawmakers ban smartphones in schools
French schoolchildren will have to leave their smartphones switched off or at home as the new academic year begins in September, after lawmakers voted for a ban on Monday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 30, 2018
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Apple sets up iPhones to relay location for 911 calls
Apple is trying to drag the U.S.'s antiquated system for handling 911 calls into the 21st century.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 18, 2018
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Research finds tornado damage impact could triple by end of 21st century
Tornadoes are one of the most unpredictable weather phenomena on Earth. Each year the United States, home to more tornadoes than any other country, sustains billions of dollars of damage, death, injuries, and disruption from ...
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2017
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Eight nations 'now equipped to terminate civilization'
Eight nations now have sufficient weapons of mass destruction to end civilization worldwide in a nuclear winter, a leading science writer has warned.
Environment
May 1, 2017
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Early warnings of an out-of-control climate
Global warming is edging perilously close to out-of-control, according to a growing number of scientific reports from round the planet, a leading science writer has warned.
Environment
Apr 17, 2017
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