Spines on plants are widely distributed across plant families. The defensive role of spines has previously been associated with leaves, young shoots and reproductive organs. However, the different syndromes of spiny plants ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2022
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In North American elementary and high-schools, Black and Indigenous students are disciplined through suspension and expulsion more often than their peers. These same groups of students are also more often exposed to adversity ...
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2022
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A sociologist who has spent the past seven years researching how people with criminal convictions, including prison sentences, have worked with an employment and training charity says important lessons can be learned to improve ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2021
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Not all jobs are 'good jobs', and new research from the Universities of East Anglia (UEA) and Birmingham finds such work can have a negative impact on wellbeing.
Economics & Business
Aug 6, 2021
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Spain is among the five countries in the world with the highest levels of social acceptance of LGBTIQ+ people and rights, and was the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages, in 2005. In 2019, 3.1% of marriages ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2021
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In a new study published in Conservation Science and Practice, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) partnered with Indonesian experts to explore the motivations and challenges of women pursuing a career in conservation ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2021
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Parents spent up to 45 hours a week entertaining their children at the same time as trying to undertake paid work during the 2021 national lockdown, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2021
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The electoral votes have confirmed Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election. The presidential electors gave Biden 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump's 232 votes. Biden also recorded a solid lead ...
Political science
Dec 22, 2020
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The new "working-from-home economy," which is likely to continue long past the coronavirus pandemic that spawned it, poses new challenges—from a ticking time bomb for inequality to an erosion of city centers—according ...
Economics & Business
Jun 29, 2020
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New research has revealed for the first time that shield bugs use a variety of colors throughout their lives to avoid predators.
Plants & Animals
Jun 25, 2020
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