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Women, children bearing brunt of homelessness in New Zealand
- Feb 25, 2026
More than half of those experiencing homelessness in New Zealand are women, often mothers of young children and living in uninhabitable housing or sha...
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Researcher warns of structural risks at Grand Renaissance Dam putting property and lives in danger
- Feb 25, 2026
A new peer-reviewed study led by Dr. Hesham El-Askary, Ph.D., professor of computational and data science at Chapman University, concludes that the sa...
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Water supplies in rural Nepal could be cleaned by harnessing the power of the sun, scientists claim
- Feb 25, 2026
A new method for cleaning household water supplies in rural communities in Nepal is being developed by an international team of scientists. The soluti...
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E-waste chemicals are appearing in dolphins and porpoises
- Feb 25, 2026
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) are critical components of laptop, television, and smartphone screens. Given their ubiquity in the environment, these c...
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ALMA reveals Milky Way's core in largest-ever mosaic, tracing cold gas filaments
- Feb 25, 2026
Astronomers have captured the central region of our Milky Way in a striking new image, unveiling a complex network of filaments of cosmic gas in unpre...
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A protocol to realize near-perfect atom-photon entanglement
- Feb 25, 2026
Quantum technologies, devices and systems that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could tackle some tasks more reliably and efficiently th...
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Heat relief means higher emissions: How air conditioning complicates 1.5°C goals
- Feb 25, 2026
While air conditioning protects people from dangerous heat, it also significantly worsens global warming—by 2050, potentially producing more carbon di...
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Ocean warming drives a nearly 20% annual decline in fish biomass, research confirms
- Feb 25, 2026
According to a new study by the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) and the National University of Colombia, chronic ocean warming is dri...
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Researchers challenge misleading language around plastic waste solutions
- Feb 25, 2026
Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. The paper, authored by the Sus...
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Bug beats: Caterpillars use complex rhythms to communicate with ants
- Feb 25, 2026
Research from the University of Warwick has revealed that butterfly caterpillars use sophisticated rhythmic signals to communicate with ants, helping...
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Celebrity dolphin of Venice doesn't need special protection—except from humans
- Feb 25, 2026
Bottlenose dolphins usually live in small to medium-sized groups in coastal and open-sea waters, but every once in a while, a dolphin might leave its...
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When feral cats are away, potoroos and bandicoots are more likely to play
- Feb 25, 2026
All animals need to eat to survive, grow and reproduce. To do so, they also need to avoid being eaten. This is a big challenge for many of Australia's...