Record-high lake levels led to devastating flood damage in Great Lakes coastal communities in 2017, but…
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Low-cost intervention boosts undergraduate interest in computer science
A recent study finds that an online intervention taking less than 30 minutes significantly increased interest…
Recognising sustainable behaviour
Solving the growing problem of space debris will require everyone who flies rockets and satellites to…
Swiss court declares driver an Uber employee
A Swiss court has ruled that a former Uber driver was an employee of the ride-sharing…
UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of species
People are putting nature in more trouble now than at any other time in human history,…
Even more amphibians are endangered than we thought
At least a quarter of the world's approximately 8,000 known species of amphibian are recognized as…
New computational tool enables powerful molecular analysis of biomedical tissue samples
Single-cell RNA sequencing is emerging as a powerful technology in modern medical research, allowing scientists to…
Ash dieback is predicted to cost 15 billion in Britain
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, Fera Science, Sylva Foundation and the Woodland…
Climate education for kids increases climate concerns for parents
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that educating children about climate change increases…
New three-foot-tall relative of Tyrannosaurus rex
A new relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex—much smaller than the huge, ferocious dinonsaur made famous in…