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Faced with sexist and sexual violence, the Paris Transport Authority will set up "safe places" next September to offer shelter to victims of harassment and assault. »
China's next-generation crewed spacecraft, which can transport up to seven astronauts, may fly for the first time between 2027 and 2028. »
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami warning in southern Alaska, but the warning was lifted about an hour later. »
Scientists at the University of Maine, United States, said the global average temperature reached a record 63°F (17.2°C). »
The honeyguide bird loves beeswax, but needs help breaking open bees’ nests to get it. So it shows a honey badger the way to the nest, who rips it open and together they share the rewards. »
Alef Aeronautics Company, based in the United States, has obtained the necessary permits to conduct road and air tests with its Model A electric flying car. »
The impacts of climate change on domesticated animals such as cows and chickens will be “utterly devastating” for resource-poor countries who rely on them for food. »
Giraffes in East Africa may be more endangered than previously thought, researchers reveal in a study calling for more focused conservation strategies to protect them. »
Geochemical analyses of copper objects reveal centuries of unknown connections in the region. »
Estonia's parliament has voted to amend the Family Law Act to allow same-sex marriage from January 1, 2024. »
Filipino scientists have developed a low-cost method of sterilising ballast water to help prevent the risk of spreading potentially invasive species from port to port. »
Some modern Alaska Natives still live almost exactly where their ancestors did 3,000 years ago. »
A study shows that catastrophic volcanic mudflows, known as lahars, can be effectively monitored with infrasound remote sensing technology. »
More than 90% of the world's salt marshes could succumb to sea-level rise by 2100. »
Tool enables citizen scientists to take action on stream pollution. »
Interval of thumps at Doublet Pool offers insight into the fluctuations of energy in the Yellowstone hydrothermal system. »
By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly recorded some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions, according to a new analysis of 12th and 13th century European and Middle Eastern chronicles. »
Poorer, rural communities pay the highest price for living with large, carnivorous wild animals such as lions and tigers, according to research which calls for more support for those at the sharp end. »
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists set out to address one of the biggest uncertainties about how carbon-rich permafrost will respond to gradual sinking of the land surface as temperatures rise. »
Raising the heights of islands and building completely new ones are among solutions to climate change-related sea-level rise for the Maldives and other low-lying, small island developing states. »
Sea-level rise data suggest some islands in Micronesia were possibly settled much earlier than supposed. »
On 6 February 2023, two powerful earthquakes struck southern and central Turkey. »
Bering Land Bridge was flooded until 35,700 years ago. »
Adults living in rural areas of the United States have a 19% higher risk of developing heart failure compared to their urban counterparts, and Black men living in rural areas have an especially higher risk – 34%, according to a large observational study. »
New analyses link the geologic histories of these South Pacific islands to explain their current locations. »
First concrete explanation for difference shows it's getting stormier over time. »
Females, on average, are better than males at putting themselves in others’ shoes and imagining what the other person is thinking or feeling, suggests a new study of over 300,000 people in 57 countries. »
First study to look at long-term effect of insulation finds fall in gas consumption per household was small, with all energy savings disappearing by the fourth year after a retrofit. »
The London Underground is polluted with ultrafine metallic particles small enough to end up in the human bloodstream, according to University of Cambridge researchers. These particles are so small that they are likely being underestimated in surveys of pollution in the world’s oldest metro system. »
Farm residue can be converted into nutritious cattle feed, say researchers. »
