The endeavor of individuals who want to medically change their gender has become a hot-button topic in contemporary society. But it's actually been part of the cultural dialog for more than a century.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2021
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The UK has seen some exciting marine visitors recently, such as walruses, humpback whales and bluefin tuna, but a current group of arrivals has been much more of a cause of concern. Large numbers of huge stinging jellyfish ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2021
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Carbon emissions are set to hit an all-time high by 2023 as just two percent of pandemic recovery finance is being spent on clean energy, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
Environment
Jul 20, 2021
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Last month, unusually high winds knocked down 15 giant sequoias in Yosemite. If you haven't had a chance to see them in person, giant sequoias are big—like, warp-your-sense-of-scale and melt-your-brain big. Then, once you've ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2021
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Fire ants are on the move, and aided by climate change, they're heading north.
Ecology
Jun 18, 2020
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The Atlantic and Caribbean hurricane season has just begun, with the world worried about the prospect of providing humanitarian relief in the context of a pandemic and lockdowns. But Bangladesh recently experienced one of ...
Environment
Jun 8, 2020
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The geography of entrepreneurship is "spiky", meaning that from region to region there are significant variations in rates of start-ups and, in particular, "scale-ups"—new businesses that are evolving into larger enterprises.
Economics & Business
Dec 4, 2019
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New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests that male migration and poor working conditions for women combine with institutional failure or poverty to hamper women's ability to adapt to climate variability ...
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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The dead are never really gone. In archaeology and the forensic sciences, that's quite literally true. Though people tend to think that mortal remains quickly turn to nothing, in reality, the human body is very resilient ...
Archaeology
Nov 6, 2019
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"Take with food" is a common warning for people using antibiotics, but a discovery announced this week in the scientific journal Nature may create a path to more targeted drugs.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2019
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