A swarm of mosquitoes is an accident waiting to happen. But perhaps the bigger issue facing Australia isn't so much whether the mosquitoes here are swarming, but rather whether a certain "tiger" mosquito lurking just to the ...
Ecology
Oct 31, 2016
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Traffic accidents claim lives, cause injury and cost money. Working on ways to reduce them is a constant battle.
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2015
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High air pollution levels across England prompted the government to issue health warnings on Wednesday.
Environment
Apr 2, 2014
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Hong Kong on Friday announced new targets in its bid to cut emissions from power plants, part of an ongoing effort to tackle air pollution in the Chinese city that is regularly covered in smog.
Environment
Oct 19, 2012
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Millions of U.S. drivers cross faulty or obsolete bridges every day, highway statistics show, but it's too costly to fix all these spans or adequately monitor their safety, says a University of Maryland researcher who's developed ...
Engineering
Jul 29, 2011
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Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
Environment
Jul 19, 2023
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Wildfire smoke blanketing western Canada has triggered health warnings in several cities, but was also helping to cool blazes by blocking out a hot sun across hard-hit portions of the country Sunday.
Environment
May 22, 2023
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to crack down on antisocial behavior. The proposals include making offenders wear hi-vis jackets to wash police cars and clean up vandalism, within 48 hours of being served a ...
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2023
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Fires in heat wave- and drought-stricken Argentina have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forests in the northern Corrientes province in just days, officials reported Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 15, 2023
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As the UK-EU deal or no-deal drama limps on, most attention focuses on the economic consequences of a new trade relationship. But UK health security—in the sense of measures to prevent and mitigate health emergencies such ...
Political science
Oct 21, 2020
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