This story is published in partnership with the Reno Gazette-Journal, with support by The Water Desk, an independent journalism initiative based at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism. For the first two decades of the 21st century, not even a once-in-a-millennium drought could deter real estate developers from building vast suburban tracts on
Il sonno è una delle attività più importanti che il nostro corpo svolge ogni giorno, eppure spesso non gli viene data l’attenzione che merita. Mentre siamo svegli, ci preoccupiamo di mangiare cibi sani, fare esercizio fisico e mantenere una buona igiene personale, ma quando si tratta di dormire spesso ci limitiamo a pensare
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Researchers in Kotzebue, Alaska, are investigating why their town is increasingly playing host to harmful cyanobacteria. Dead fish were everywhere, speckling the beach near town and extending onto the surrounding coastline. The sheer magnitude of the October 2021
The EU-Parliament passed a law to regulate cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin more strongly. The new regulation will protect consumers from losses, and it will make money laundering and terrorist financing more difficult. In addition, providers are to be held liable in the event of massive losses. With the new law, Europe wants to end
Il “Club degli Amici del Made in Italy” è lieto di invitare le imprese italiane agli eventi formativi e informativi, sui temi inerenti l’internazionalizzazione, che si svolgeranno dal vivo.La partecipazione è gratuita. Una costante non pare affievolirsi negli apprezzamenti di cittadini e imprese internazionali ed è il nostro “Made in Italy”. Siamo sempre così attenti ad
Getty Images Mangor Pedersen, Auckland University of Technology Artificial Intelligence (AI) is moving fast and will become an important support tool in clinical care. Research suggests AI algorithms can accurately detect melanomas and predict future breast cancers. But before AI can be integrated into routine clinical use, we must address the challenge of
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva legally recognized nearly 800 square miles of Indigenous lands on Friday in an effort to stop illegal logging, mining and land grabbing, reversing policies enacted by his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right leader who encouraged development in the Amazon. Those policies spurred a frenzy of activity,
Philip Williamson, Durham University Nearly 30 years ago, the then-Prince Charles indicated that as king he wanted not just to inherit the monarch’s traditional title of “defender of the faith”, but also to be a “defender of faith”. The monarch swears oaths of commitment to Protestantism and as supreme governor of the Church
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, photographed in New York circa 1874. Universal Images Group via Getty Images Marina Alexandrova, The University of Texas at Austin Every May 8, thousands of people celebrate White Lotus Day, commemorating a remarkable and controversial Russian American woman: spiritual leader Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, who died in 1891. HPB, as followers
The podcast explores how science has played a crucial role in defeating pandemics throughout history. It highlights medical breakthroughs such as the smallpox vaccine, antiretroviral drugs for HIV, and the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. Despite the ongoing threat of pandemics, science has shown that we have the tools to combat them, and