The landscaping squad of Mocha, Wynonna, Nelson and Beckham yank out weeds at a Texas park. They don't carry chainsaws or use herbicides. They are goats, and this environmentally friendly initiative is, for them, merely lunch.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2023
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Cases of bird flu have been detected in backyard chickens in Paraguay, authorities said Saturday.
Veterinary medicine
May 21, 2023
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The deadly hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can live for a year on a hospital wall without food and water. Then, when it infects a vulnerable patient, it resists antibiotics as well as the body's built-in infection-fighting ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 16, 2023
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A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Denmark and Italy has found buried medical waste in a Renaissance-era landfill that was once the site of Caesar's Forum in Rome. In their paper published in ...
Spain recently adopted a menstrual leave policy, which makes additional (paid or unpaid) days off work available to "only and all cisgender women."
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2023
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You've probably heard about the "great resignation" which saw large numbers of people resigning from their jobs in the US in 2021 and 2022.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2023
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With the exception of a temporary federal law providing paid sick leave to certain employees between March and December 2020, the United States remains one of the few developed countries without federal paid sick leave protection ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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Sixty-one organizations in the U.K. committed to a 20% reduction in working hours for all staff, with no fall in wages, for a six-month period starting in June 2022. The vast majority of companies also retained full-time ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2023
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Yale scientists have for the first time identified a volatile pheromone emitted by the tsetse fly, a blood-sucking insect that spreads diseases in both humans and animals across much of sub-Saharan Africa. The discovery offers ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2023
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Over the past year, the U.S. has intensely focused on returning to pre-pandemic "normal." As many embrace their prior lives, many voices are missing and being ignored in the national conversation. What about those who were ...
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2023
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