Britain's Tim Peake has hung up his spacesuit, stepping down from Europe's astronaut corps to become an ambassador for space activities, the European Space Agency said on Friday.
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2023
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The economy keeps making headlines for all the wrong reasons—stories about rising prices, supply shortages and a looming recession have been frequently making the front page these days.
Economics & Business
Jan 5, 2023
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Degrowth policies would be effective in fighting against climate breakdown and biodiversity loss and would secure human needs and well-being. Recent reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2022
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The shift to remote working in March 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions on the future of work. A new report looks at who has benefited from remote and hybrid work models and what organizations ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2022
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In 1972, the report Limits to Growth showed that business as usual on a planet with limited resources and a rapidly expanding human population can only end up in unsustainable growth and collapse. The report was inspired ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2022
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Smartphone sensors are used daily to detect time and travel, but when those two factors are combined, researchers found that these sensors can also detect a cannabis high.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 30, 2021
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In order to prevent the impacts of climate change from pushing an additional 78 million people into chronic hunger by 2050, annual global investments in agricultural research and development will need to increase by US $2 ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2021
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A team of specialists in mathematical modeling from the RUDN University suggested a qualitative model of virus evolution and of the occurrence of new strains. The results of the study can make predicting virus behavior more ...
Mathematics
Sep 17, 2020
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One of the biggest challenges of today is the migration of people associated with the impacts of climate change on crops, water resources, droughts and risks related to health. Climate models are in agreement: higher temperatures ...
Environment
Aug 24, 2020
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A new study has developed a method to determine the life expectancy and maximum lifespan of wild animal populations.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2020
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