Soil study unearths microbe diversity discovery
Human impacted soils tend to harbor different microbial communities to those areas less affected by human activities, a team of researchers working with Bristol school children have found.
Human impacted soils tend to harbor different microbial communities to those areas less affected by human activities, a team of researchers working with Bristol school children have found.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2023
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People in many parts of the United States possess few chances for the robust community engagement that underpins healthy democracies, according to a new report that for the first time maps civic opportunity across the country.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2023
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The world may have felt like it had stopped in the pandemic's first weeks. But a "flight to safety" was underway at a popular digital job platform catering to the startup sector.
Economics & Business
Oct 19, 2023
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Throughout the 20th century, multiple proposals have been made for the crewed exploration of Mars. These include the famed "Mars Project" by Werner von Braun, the "Mars Direct" mission architecture by Robert Zubrin and David ...
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2023
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Hurricanes, floods, heat waves and other disasters are striking the United States with increased severity and frequency, and since 2000 the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act has required states and local jurisdictions to have ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2023
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It's commonly accepted that U.S. and Chinese companies treat financial reporting and disclosure differently.
Economics & Business
Sep 12, 2023
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In October 2022, Elon Musk purchased Twitter (recently renamed X), which had previously served as the leading social media platform for environmental discourse. Since then, reports a team of researchers in the journal Trends ...
Other
Aug 15, 2023
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It's become easy to order items thanks to the miracles of online shopping. But it's not so simple on the retailer end, especially when more than 16% of those sales are later sent back. In the U.S., that adds up to a staggering ...
Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2023
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Communicating science to a general audience can be challenging. Successfully conveying research on polarizing topics such as climate change can be even more difficult.
Environment
Jul 8, 2023
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Professor Kerrie Wilson, from the QUT Center for Environment, said there was some concern that performing "easy" sustainable behaviors could allow people to become complacent that they were doing enough for the environment.
Environment
Jun 29, 2023
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