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What is Climate Justice?
Who is responsible for climate change and who should take the lead in trying to fix…
COP26: Russia's Vladimir Putin will not attend climate summit
No reason was given for the Russian leader’s decision not to attend the conference in Glasgow. …
Study finds women, honor students prefer active learning spaces
The Association of American Universities has made a recent push to encourage institutions to install more…
New sensor detects low air humidity
Measuring air humidity is important in many areas. However, conventional sensors in hygrometers have so far…
Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it
Viruses have a bad reputation. They are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic and a long list…
Ten years of Soyuz at Europe’s Spaceport
On 21 October 2011, the first pair of Galileo navigation satellites was launched by a Russian-built…
Floods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
The death toll from days of flooding and landslides in India and Nepal crossed 100 on…
Flooding in Venice worsens off-season amid climate change
After Venice suffered the second-worst flood in its history in November 2019, it was inundated with…
Helium: South Africa strikes new 'gold'
In a grassy plain in South Africa, once the world’s largest gold producer, prospectors have stumbled…