More children in South Asia are struggling due to severe water scarcity made worse by the impacts of climate change than anywhere else worldwide, the United Nations said Monday.
Environment
Nov 13, 2023
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While white women may speak of breaking through the "glass ceiling," for many Black women, it's more like a "concrete ceiling." Black women experience unique and formidable barriers in the workforce that are not only difficult ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2023
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Endangered giant Galapagos tortoises continue to swallow plastic and other human waste despite a ban on disposable plastic items in the Ecuadoran archipelago, according to a study published Wednesday.
Ecology
Nov 9, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the most serious crises since the end of World War II, taking a staggering human and economic toll across the planet. As the world gets up again, groggily, like a punch-drunk fighter, it's ...
Political science
Nov 8, 2023
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Losing summer snow patches may hit mountain goats hard, according to a study that suggests that goats seek out snow to avoid biting insects.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2023
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A team lead by Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, recently proposed a promising plan to detect gravitational waves (GWs) by putting seismometers on the moon's surface. Their research is published in the journal ...
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2023
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A new report in Nature Geoscience has brought to light the challenge of air pollution levels in Africa and why international action is needed to combat it.
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2023
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Over 100 letters sent to French sailors by their fiancées, wives, parents and siblings—but never delivered—have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written in 1757–8.
Social Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has evolved considerably in the past 60 years since the first experiment was conducted. This was Project Ozma, which was conducted in 1960 by Dr. Frank Drake and his colleagues ...
Astronomy
Nov 6, 2023
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Global climate negotiators reached a framework for a fund to help vulnerable nations deal with loss and damage from increasingly extreme weather, though the breakthrough was marred by sparring over exactly how the program ...
Environment
Nov 6, 2023
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