More than 80% of Kenya's land mass is made up of arid and semi-arid areas. So, if Kenya is to increase its agricultural production, which currently accounts for 22.4% of GDP, it must turn to irrigation-based farming in the ...
Agriculture
Apr 24, 2023
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A study co-led by The University of Queensland has found Australia is lagging behind similar countries in funding basic research, particularly in the medical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2023
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Firms that have their roots in selling non-physical digital products, also known as "born digital firms," can establish an international presence without ever physically setting foot in another country. But experience shows ...
Economics & Business
Apr 18, 2023
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The UK government on Tuesday announced its latest plan to better protect England's water supplies, amid a long-running scandal over privatised water firms pumping raw sewage into rivers and onto seashores.
Environment
Apr 4, 2023
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By directly measuring greenhouse gas emissions from an airplane flying over the Gulf of Mexico, a University of Michigan-led team found that the nation's largest offshore fossil fuel production basin has twice the climate ...
Environment
Apr 3, 2023
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Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, politicians continue to repeat the errors of the past by taking information from security briefings that they want to hear.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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Gender equity continues to be a significant problem in business globally. We all know the story: the gender pay gap is a persistent issue and female-dominated industries tend to be lower paid.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2023
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Until the world stops or slows our greenhouse gas emissions, we won't know just how severe climate change effects like sea level rise and extreme weather will be. A new framework could help communities when making often irreversible ...
Economics & Business
Mar 3, 2023
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Moussa N'Gom, assistant professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy, has devised a method to make communications between satellites and the ground more effective no matter the weather. ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 1, 2023
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A review of evidence from prior research provides new support for the possibility that the evolution of larger brains in some species was enabled through increased energy investment by parents in their offspring. Carel van ...
Evolution
Feb 28, 2023
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