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June 24, 2025

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Collaboration Can Unlock Australia's Energy Transition Without Sacrificing Natural Capital

June 3, 2025 — Australia can reach net-zero emissions and still protect its natural treasures but only if everyone works together. New research from Princeton and The University of Queensland shows that the country ...

Landmark Report Reveals Key Challenges Facing Adolescents

May 20, 2025 — Poor mental health, rising obesity rates, exposure to violence and climate change are among the key challenges facing our adolescents today, according to a global ...

What If Mother Earth Could Sue for Mistreatment?

Apr. 21, 2025 — The study highlights the transformative potential of the Rights of Nature, which views nature as a rights-bearing entity, not merely an object of regulation and subjugation by extractive industries. The Llurimagua case -- a dispute over a mining ...

Existing International Law Can Help Secure Peace and Security in Outer Space

Apr. 4, 2025 — World leaders should look to existing international law on the use of force to address the threat of space becoming ever more militarized, a new study ...

Rising Wages Drive Innovation in Automation Technology

Feb. 25, 2025 — Labor market policies shape firms' innovation dynamics. A new study shows for the first time that higher minimum wages for low-skill jobs drive firms to develop automation technologies. Rising wages for high-skill labor, in contrast, can hamper this ...

Reforms Urged to Improve Global Wildlife Trade Regulation

Feb. 4, 2025 — This week, the world's governments are meeting in Geneva for the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. CITES is the main agreement that regulates ...

Small-Scale Fisheries Essential to Global Nutrition, Livelihoods

Jan. 15, 2025 — Small-scale fisheries play a significant but overlooked role in global fisheries production and are key to addressing hunger and malnutrition while supporting livelihoods around the world, according to new research. The study rigorously quantified ...

Changes in Opioid Use Outcomes After Passage of Medical Marijuana Laws

Jan. 14, 2025 — A new study found no changes in opioid outcomes among the general population with the states' passage of medical and recreational marijuana laws. However, the findings also show decreases in opioid outcomes after medical marijuana laws existed among ...

Synthetic Chemicals and Chemical Products Require a New Regulatory and Legal Approach to Safeguard Children's Health

Jan. 14, 2025 — Nations must better safeguard health and reduce childhood diseases linked to exposures to toxic chemicals, according to researchers. Governments need to test and regulate chemicals and chemical ...

Realistic Emission Tests for Motorbikes, Mopeds and Quads

Jan. 9, 2025 — Researchers have developed new measurement techniques and methods to measure emissions from category-L vehicles in realistic operation and to determine corresponding limit ...

Mediterranean Sharks Continue to Decline Despite Conservation Progress

Jan. 8, 2025 — New research has found more than 200 measures to protect sharks and rays across the 22 coastal states of the Mediterranean region. However, while elasmobranchs have made it onto many policy agendas, the study found considerable differences in how ...

AI Helps Researchers Dig Through Old Maps to Find Lost Oil and Gas Wells

Dec. 4, 2024 — Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten ...

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Warming Climate Making Fine Particulate Matter from Wildfires More Deadly and Expensive

May 7, 2025 — Scientists say human-caused climate change led to 15,000 additional early deaths from wildfire air pollution in the continental United States during ...

Expanding the Agenda for More Just Genomics

Jan. 2, 2025 — A special report outlines opportunities to enhance justice in genomics, toward a world in which genomic medicine promotes health equity, protects privacy, and respects the rights and values of ...

Cardiovascular Disease Symptoms Surprisingly High in Young Refugees

Dec. 9, 2024 — Many individuals seeking asylum in the United States show increased stress and pain symptoms that are associated with indications of cardiovascular ...

Two-Way Water Transfers Can Ensure Reliability, Save Money for Urban and Agricultural Users During Drought in Western U.S.

Nov. 28, 2024 — A study offers a solution to water scarcity during droughts amid the tug of economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty for water ...

Researchers Highlight Nobel-Winning AI Breakthroughs and Call for Interdisciplinary Innovation

Nov. 26, 2024 — A new article examines the convergence of physics, chemistry, and AI, highlighted by recent Nobel Prizes. It traces the historical development of ...

Britain's Brass Bands Older Than We Thought and Invented by Soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars

Oct. 30, 2024 — Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. ...

Transition to Low-Carbon Futures: New Research Uncovers Rise in Legal Challenges to Climate Action

Oct. 8, 2024 — As the global push towards low-carbon societies accelerates, a new study reveals that justice concerns are increasingly surfacing in legal disputes ...

Coral Reef Destruction a Threat to Human Rights

Sep. 30, 2024 — A human rights-based approach to coral reef protection could ensure governments are held to account for safeguarding marine ...

Getting to Zero Emissions: A Call for Unified Energy Planning

Sep. 30, 2024 — To help speed decarbonization, state regulators should reconceive of gas and electric utilities as serving the same purpose, according to a new report. Without coordinated action, the energy ...

New Insights Into Intellectual Disability Genetics Emerge

Sep. 23, 2024 — Researchers have published a pivotal study that sheds light on a novel genetic variant associated with intellectual capacities and educational outcomes. This discovery offers new insights into ...

Underlying Rules of Evolutionary Urban Systems in Africa

Feb. 24, 2025 — From the perspective of complex systems, the study reveals the universality, specificity, and explanatory power of underlying rules governing urban system ...

Study Reveals Rising Interest in Permanent Contraception After Roe V. Wade Was Overturned

Jan. 7, 2025 — A new study has found a significant increase in the number of U.S. young adults seeking permanent contraception, specifically tubal sterilization and vasectomy, following the Supreme Court's ...

How Good Are AI Doctors at Medical Conversations?

Jan. 2, 2025 — Researchers design a new way to more reliably evaluate AI models' ability to make clinical decisions in realistic scenarios that closely mimic real-life interactions. The analysis finds that ...

Political Shadows Cast by the Antarctic Curtain

Nov. 18, 2024 — The scientific debate around the installation of a massive underwater curtain to protect Antarctic ice sheets from melting lacks its vital political perspective. A research team argues that the ...

Age Assurance Online Needs to Be Child-Rights Respecting, New Study Says

Oct. 28, 2024 — A range of different age checks are needed to protect children -- but also to ensure they can take advantages of positive opportunities online -- a new study ...

UNH Helps Community Document Skeletal Remains Found on Historic 'Poor Farm'

Oct. 10, 2024 — On a bright autumn afternoon, a plain wooden box crafted by a local cabinet shop containing skeletal remains was returned to its final resting place during a simple reburial ceremony in Brentwood. ...

Leading Scientists Redefine 'Sustainability' to Save the Ocean and Feed a Hungry and Warming Planet

Sep. 23, 2024 — Top ocean experts have published a report that redefines the concept of 'sustainable fishing' and proposes 11 'golden rules' that radically challenge the flawed approach that ...

Explaining the Mechanism of Social Evolution Driven by Gift Giving

Sep. 3, 2024 — New findings provide quantitative criteria for classifying social organizations in human history, together with potential explanatory variables that can be empirically measured for anthropology, ...

Transparency Is Often Lacking in Datasets Used to Train Large Language Models

Aug. 30, 2024 — The Data Provenance Explorer can help machine-learning practitioners make more informed choices about the data they train their models on, which could improve the accuracy of models deployed in the ...

Bicycle Rolling-Stop Laws Don't Lead to Unsafe Behavior by Riders or Motorists, Research Shows

Aug. 26, 2024 — Laws that let bicyclists treat stop signs as yield signs lead neither riders nor motorists to act unsafely, according to a groundbreaking ...

Scientists Call for an Update in Environmental Decision Making That Takes Human Rights Into Account

Aug. 23, 2024 — Researchers argue that to protect human wellbeing global decisions with the potential to impact the environment must be guided by our understanding of the inseparable connection between humans and ...

More Academic Freedom Leads to More Innovation

Aug. 21, 2024 — The innovative strength of a society depends on the level of academic freedom. An international team has now demonstrated this relationship. The researchers analyzed patent applications and patent ...

Study Explains Why Laws Are Written in an Incomprehensible Style

Aug. 19, 2024 — A new study on 'legalese' suggests this convoluted language acts to convey a sense of authority in legal documents. The researchers also found that even non-lawyers use legalese when asked ...

Work-from-Home Success Might Depend on Home Office Setup

Aug. 7, 2024 — In a new survey study, Dutch employees who worked from home tended to report higher levels of productivity and less burnout if they were more satisfied with their home office setup. The study also ...

People's Moral Values Change With the Seasons

Aug. 6, 2024 — A new psychology study has revealed regular seasonal shifts in people's moral values. The research analyzed survey responses from more than 230,000 people in the U.S. over 10 years and revealed ...

Working from Home Is Stifling Innovation

July 30, 2024 — Remote and hybrid working may be great for employees' work-life balance, but it may be stifling innovation, according to new ...

Enhancing Live Football Broadcasts by Eliminating Camera Operator Distractions With AI

July 10, 2024 — Researchers have developed an end-to-end system to enhance the viewing experience by eliminating visual distractions caused by overlapping camera ...

Greater Focus Needed on How Existing International Law Can Prevent the Increasing Militarization of Outer Space

July 10, 2024 — There is a pressing need for countries and international organizations to understand better how existing international law can help them address serious concerns about the militarization of outer ...

Analysis Suggests 2021 Texas Abortion Ban Resulted in Increase in Infant Deaths in State in Year After Law Went Into Effect

June 27, 2024 — Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country's most stringent state abortion laws had not been enacted. The study estimates that infant deaths in ...

Hybrid Work Is a 'Win-Win-Win' for Companies, Workers

June 12, 2024 — In the largest study yet of working-from-home professionals, economists reveal that employees who work from home two days a week are just as productive, likely to get promoted, and far less prone to ...