Conservation programs need—and often incentivize—community involvement. For example, a program in Zanzibar, Tanzania, asked communities to protect their village forests in exchange for access to the carbon credits market. ...
Environment
May 23, 2024
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School readiness at age 4–5 could help predict unemployment and education drop-out at age 16–17, according to a study led by the University of Leeds with Lancaster University. Children who were behind in their development ...
Social Sciences
May 23, 2024
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Although assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), have had a tremendous impact on treating certain forms of infertility—not all forms of infertility can be targeted with existing ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 21, 2024
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There are high rates of harassment behaviors within the obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) specialty, according to a review published online May 8 in JAMA Network Open.
Social Sciences
May 9, 2024
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The division between liberals and conservatives on both climate-change beliefs and related policy support is long-standing. However, the results of a newly released global experiment show that despite these differences, the ...
Political science
May 9, 2024
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In the early 20th century, the development of a catalyst for ammonia synthesis by the Haber-Bosch method took more than 10,000 experiments before it was successful. The development of new materials is a time-consuming and ...
Nanomaterials
May 7, 2024
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Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mostly plastic. As a marine biology Ph.D. student at Liverpool University, I kept removing it, ...
Environment
May 6, 2024
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After several highly publicized alleged murders of women in Australia, the Albanese government this week pledged more than A$925 million over five years to address men's violence towards women. This includes up to $5,000 ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2024
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A new study co-authored by Yale sociologist Nicholas A. Christakis demonstrates that tapping into the dynamics of friendship significantly improves the possibility that a community will adopt public health and other interventions ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2024
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It is well known that getting plenty of exercise and mental training are important for a long and healthy life. But which is more effective? Do the tasks develop abilities that go beyond them?
Veterinary medicine
Apr 30, 2024
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