Originally published by The 19th As state lawmakers weigh new restrictions on abortion, some Republicans are revisiting a longstanding taboo of not prosecuting pregnant people for seeking abortions in places where the procedure is banned, though the topic remains divisive among anti-abortion advocates. State restrictions have so far fallen just shy of imposing
Brazil is getting a new Ministry for Indigenous Peoples, has more indigenous deputies than ever before, and is getting its first female indigenous minister with the appointment of Sônia Guajajara. Who is this woman, and what will change for the indigenous population now? More than 256 different indigenous peoples live in Brazil. Yet
The application of a deep learning algorithm (DL) can more accurately predict the initial flowering period of Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco. In this research, we applied DL to establish a nationwide long-term prediction model of the initial flowering period of R2) were used as training effect indicators to evaluate the prediction accuracy. The
In controtendenza con i molti talent dedicati a sconosciuti, nella Milano dell’arte e design, dal 2015 un evento biennale riscuote visibilità e successo sempre maggiore: si chiama “Foodies’ Challenge” e caratterizza la sua identità nell’esaltare il sapere e la professionalità di chi al talento evidente aggiunge anni di applicazione, competenza, studio e conoscenza.
Andi Hoxhaj, UCL The Russian invasion of Ukraine serves as a sombre reminder that Europe’s unresolved issues can reignite. Given the rising tension in the Balkans, Germany and France have made settling the unresolved problems between Serbia and Kosovo a top priority for 2023. This is particularly important after a confrontation in December
Over the last decade, we have observed in microbial ecology a transition from gene-centric to genome-centric analyses. Indeed, the advent of metagenomics combined with binning methods, single-cell genome sequencing as well as high-throughput cultivation methods have contributed to the continuing and exponential increase of available prokaryotic genomes, which in turn has favored the
Sure, he donates to some of his multi hundred-million-dollar net worth to environmental organizations, but what other ways has this American actor, producer, and philanthropist helped climate change? It’s typical for American celebrities to support causes solely through monetary donations. Despite their claims to hold high value for the organization, lifestyle changes are
A group of former oil and gas executives and academics is calling for the industry to pay tens of trillions of dollars through 2050 to take full responsibility for every tonne of carbon it produces. In a paper published this morning in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the group calculates the cost and
There’s strong pressure on universities to do something about spiralling student mental health problems, but what is best? Lucy* hadn’t quite realised how severe her problems were. She’d fallen in love with the university, in the south of England, as a teenager while visiting her big sister there. When she applied to go
Over the course of a decade, farmers growing corn and soybeans in the U.S. Midwest increased their adoption of cover cropping—a tenet of so-called conservation agriculture—by fourfold. Agriculture is hard on the planet, at least in the stereotypical caricature of “big ag”: Crops are propelled to maturity with a plethora of fertilizers, herbicides,