Brazilian farmer Rodrigo Pozzobon drives his pick-up truck toward his giant corn and soybean fields at the edge of the Amazon rainforest where, pandemic or not, business is booming thanks to surging demand from China.
Environment
Aug 12, 2020
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As the Bushfire Royal Commission investigates the deadly "Black Summer" and how it could have been prevented, research from the Climate the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX) and Climate Change Research ...
Environment
Jul 29, 2020
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To stay current about the COVID-19 pandemic, people need to process health information when they read the news. Inevitably, that means people will be exposed to health misinformation, too, in the form of false content, often ...
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2020
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Three teams working independently to test the possibility of using CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing to remove genetic defects in human embryos report finding unwanted changes in the genomes. The first team, working at the Francis ...
We live in a time of unprecedented access to information. And in this era of sheltering-in-place around the nation and the globe, the desire for news may be higher than ever—at least for some people. But do we really want ...
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2020
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Estimates of tree hollows—which form the houses of several endangered species in northern Australia—are much too high, researchers at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory have found.
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2020
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Ever wonder why there's so much bad news out there? Maybe it's because people find bad news more interesting than good news.
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2019
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Forest elephant extinction would exacerbate climate change. That's according to a new study in Nature Geoscience which links feeding by elephants with an increase in the amount of carbon that forests are able to store.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2019
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We're squandering increasing amounts of time distracted by our phones. And that's taking a serious toll on our mental and physical well-being.
Software
Dec 4, 2018
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What do Australians love more than food? Wasting it. Here's how we can change.
Environment
Nov 5, 2018
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