Washington zoo ready for baby panda Bei Bei's public debut
The National Zoo in Washington is bracing for a flood of visitors in the New Year to greet its latest star, Bei Bei, the rare giant panda born in August.
The National Zoo in Washington is bracing for a flood of visitors in the New Year to greet its latest star, Bei Bei, the rare giant panda born in August.
Plants & Animals
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South Korea got its first up-close look at its new pair of baby giant pandas Thursday at a name-revealing ceremony that doubled as an early celebration of the 100 days since their birth.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2023
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An African lion named Imani has given birth to three cubs at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2014
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"Man up!" is an emerging expression whose significance has become loaded in our society, according to Anthony Synnott, a professor at the Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology. In his most recent book, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2010
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European politicians who want women to have more children should consider the Swedish model with subsidised child care and paid parental leave. This is the conclusion of a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg.
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2011
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UBC astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to track the orbital motion of 33,000 stars in one of the Galaxy's oldest globular clusters, offering new insights into the formation of the Milky Way.
Astronomy
Jul 18, 2013
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The humpback whale calf is so new that its dorsal fin and tail flukes appear soft and flimsy, and its mother is still excreting blood, while sometimes supporting the calf on her back. The rare video minutes after birth was ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 1, 2019
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DR Congo's Kahuzi-Biega National Park is celebrating the birth of an eastern lowland gorilla, one of the world's most endangered species.
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2021
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In Tanzania, rural villages are often hours from medical facilities. Mortality among pregnant women is a grave problem: Lack of health care access results in complications and even death for either mother or baby. As many ...
Engineering
Dec 27, 2017
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Studies find airplane crews at high altitude are exposed to potentially harmful levels of radiation from cosmic rays.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2015
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