Monitoring invades truckers' privacy without boosting safety
For many truckers, driving is more than just a job.
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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Talks kick off on global plastic trash treaty
Despite decades of effort, plastic pollution is only getting worse—a gloomy fact that representatives of almost 200 nations meeting in Uruguay Monday are determined to change.
Environment
Nov 28, 2022
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Ports reveal unprecedented surge in harmful emissions and officials blame COVID-19 logjam
When Janet Schaaf-Gunter peered through the window at San Pedro Bay last year, she saw so many cargo ships it looked as if Southern California was on the brink of an invasion.
Environment
Oct 18, 2022
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Deteriorating safety on frozen lakes in a warming world
Millions of international viewers enjoyed watching the reality TV show "Ice Road Truckers," in which experienced truck drivers were expected to master scary challenges, such as transporting heavy supplies across frozen lakes ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2022
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In Australia, cockatoos and humans are in an arms race over garbage access
Residents of southern Sydney, Australia have been in a long-term battle over garbage—humans want to throw it out, and cockatoos want to eat it. The sulfur-crested cockatoos that call the area home have a knack for getting ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2022
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The world is getting exponentially more complex. Here's how we navigate it
Living organisms, our planet and even the entire universe are getting ever more complex with time. "Complex" doesn't just mean "complicated": it means that the parts of a system interact in ways that give rise to properties ...
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2022
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U.S. can get close to deep decarbonization by 2050, study finds
The United States will get only partially toward deep reductions in greenhouse gasses with the policy tools currently available even in the scenario most favorable politically to decarbonization. That's the finding of a recent ...
Environment
Mar 31, 2022
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UN takes 'historic' step toward global treaty on plastic trash
The United Nations on Wednesday agreed to start negotiating a world-first global treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed as a watershed moment for the planet.
Environment
Mar 2, 2022
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The science behind winter storm chasing experiments
As the snowstorm headed through New York on February 24, one professor at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York spent the hours leading up to it preparing his students to head right into the storm.
Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2022
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Culture plays role in children's acceptance of gender-diverse peers
Shown four images of hypothetical peers—a boy playing with cars and trucks, a girl playing with cars and trucks, a boy playing with a Barbie and dollhouse, and a girl playing with a Barbie and dollhouse—children from ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2022
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