An international team of astrophysicists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of…
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Northern English verbal mannerisms being lost
Within just 45 years south eastern English pronunciations will be used across the UK, according to…
Twitter study tracks early days of COVID-19 pandemic in U.S.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our society are only starting to be understood and…
Deforestation only 'displaced' under community monitoring schemes
Community-led monitoring of deforestation might not reduce forest use overall, but merely displace it to unmonitored…
How cells remember inflammation
When a tissue experiences inflammation, its cells remember. Pinning proteins to its genetic material at the…
Dogs can tell when people are lying to them, study finds
A team of researchers at the University of Vienna has found that dogs can sometimes tell…
Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences–it happened in the Little Ice Age
In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in…
Poorest people twice as likely to feel lonely in lockdown, as compared to richest people
Older people in the poorest sector of the population were more than twice as likely to…
Trapping is city-dwellers' preferred form of backyard conservation
Backyard trapping of rats and other pests is by far more popular as a conservation activity…
Ensuring sea turtles in rehab get a proper diet
Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are opportunistic carnivores that primarily feed on invertebrates and fish. In…