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Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences
The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S.…
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Back at uni? How to help your wellbeing while you study
University can be a time of great opportunities, but it can also be very stressful. Many students need to support…
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From high‑tech greenhouses to fruit netting: how protected cropping can shield crops from climate extremes
For many of us, food is something we buy at a supermarket or order at a cafe. We usually give…
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The strikes on Iran show why quitting oil is more important than ever
As Israel and the United States strike Iran, global oil markets are on edge. Oil prices have begun rising even…
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How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy
A growing number of new housing developments feature a little known but powerful bit of tech: smart rainwater tanks. That’s…
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Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them
In the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world’s third largest river, the Yangtze,…
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The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
Scientists are philosophers, explorers, data collectors and number crunchers. They are also storytellers, placing data within a broader scientific and…
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Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
Since nursing contract negotiations heated up in January 2026 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at UPMC Altoona, the…
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How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it alone
More than 110 million acres of land across the U.S. are protected in 806 federally designated wilderness areas – together…
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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out…
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Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have them suffer harsh social stigma
John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and…
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Victorian public school teachers want a 4-day week trial. What could this mean for schools?
When we think about jobs you can do from home, you may not immediately picture a school teacher. But as…
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How Australia’s new fuel efficiency scheme quietly created a carbon currency for cars – and it’s working
Australia’s new fuel efficiency scheme has been in place for just seven months. But the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard has…
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A new space race could turn our atmosphere into a ‘crematorium for satellites’
When we look up at the night sky and see a satellite glide past, we might not consider climate change…
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Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why
In Colorado, from 2016 to 2020, 33 women who were pregnant or had recently given birth died from accidental overdoses.…
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