The presence of more native Australian flowering plants in urban areas can help boost declining bee numbers, with new Curtin University research finding them to be the preferred source of food for both native bees and the ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2023
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American kestrels are a beloved raptor species experiencing a troubling decline, and our use of rodenticides is not helping. According to a new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, adult kestrels sampled in ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2023
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New research has found the lack of new supply, driven by construction cost increases and labor shortages, will significantly affect housing markets over the next two years.
Economics & Business
May 26, 2023
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A strong 6.2-magnitude quake shook buildings in Tokyo on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Environment
May 26, 2023
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The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los ...
Economics & Business
May 18, 2023
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Faced with a growing number of options for where to enroll their children in school, parents quickly narrow their choices based on their own educational experience as students.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2023
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Sitting on the beach, taking in the breeze, you might think the sea air is better for you than its inland equivalent. But researchers at the University of Houston have found that the air along the Gulf of Mexico coast in ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2023
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Around 97% of all metropolitan areas in the United States have insufficient open space, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. In the paper "Open Space ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2023
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Using a new dataset, Rafael Prieto-Curiel of the Complexity Science Hub and colleagues analyzed the coordinates and surface of 183 million buildings in nearly 6,000 cities across all 52 countries in Africa. With their model, ...
Mathematics
Feb 27, 2023
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Some 93% of major metropolitan areas in Europe "shrank" or lost population as a result of the impact of COVID-19, with nearly two thirds of all European cities experiencing the same effect during the pandemic, according to ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2023
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