Hong Kong was flooded by the heaviest rainfall in nearly 140 years on Friday, leaving the city's streets and some subway stations under water and forcing its schools to close.
Environment
Sep 7, 2023
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Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander.
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2023
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China has a gender crisis. The country has a huge surplus of men—around 722 million compared to 690 million women in 2022. This is largely because of sex-selective abortions linked to China's one-child policy, which ended ...
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2023
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Iceland's government said that whaling could resume Friday with stricter conditions and monitoring, after it decided not to extend a temporary two-month ban imposed amid animal welfare concerns.
Ecology
Aug 31, 2023
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The number of women imprisoned in Australia has jumped by 64% in the past decade, leaving thousands of children separated from their mothers and causing huge stress to both parties.
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2023
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For the first time, NIWA used several techniques to map and understand the Waiwhetu Aquifer. This is a reservoir of drinking water that lies beneath the Hutt Valley and Wellington Harbor, and it releases freshwater from deep ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2023
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If you happened upon a witch hazel plant in the forest, you might describe it as a sweet-smelling shrub with crinkly ribbon-like petals. But to Duke University graduate student Justin Jorge, it's a howitzer.
Plants & Animals
Aug 24, 2023
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Legal restrictions placed on the amount of time young people in China can play video games may be less effective than originally thought, a new study has revealed.
Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2023
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Underwater reefs teeming with marine life have been found in the waters off Wellington's south coast and the Kāpiti Coast.
Ecology
Aug 10, 2023
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A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date.
Astronomy
Aug 10, 2023
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