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Dirty city air killed more than 1.8 million people globally in 2019

Cities worldwide are shrouded with air pollution – and it's killing people.

Environment

Jan 9, 2022

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South Africa snips lions to manage species in small reserves

On the cusp of sexual maturity, a young lioness is about to be sterilised. It's to prevent mating with her father and uncles, the only three wild males on this small South African reserve.

Ecology

Dec 15, 2021

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It's time to move conversation beyond abortion

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which is considered by many to be the most significant battle over abortion rights in decades. If the court upholds the Mississippi ...

Political science

Dec 10, 2021

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Endangered orangutan in New Orleans expecting twins

A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan in New Orleans is pregnant with twins, the zoo in New Orleans announced Thursday.

Plants & Animals

Oct 21, 2021

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Flint water crisis worsened birth outcomes, especially for Black babies

Not long after Flint, Michigan, started using river water as the local drinking supply, incidences of childhood lead poisoning skyrocketed. For the next several months, residents across the city—many of them Black and below ...

Environment

Oct 21, 2021

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New embryo identification IVF method set to boost cow milk and meat production

Research from the University of Kent, the University of Nottingham and L'Alliance Boviteq Inc., has established a method of significantly improving in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in cattle.

Molecular & Computational biology

Sep 8, 2021

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Tiny, pink and identical: Giant panda twins born at Madrid zoo

A giant panda gave birth to twin cubs at Madrid zoo on Monday in what officials hailed was a "great contribution" to the conservation of the vulnerable species.

Plants & Animals

Sep 6, 2021

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Endangered Bengal tiger cub born at Nicaragua zoo

A Bengal tiger cub is being cared for by humans at Nicaragua's National Zoo after its mother was unable to produce the milk necessary to feed the latest little addition to the endangered species, the zoo's director Eduardo ...

Plants & Animals

Sep 1, 2021

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