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The W particle may have been found — Science News, August 21, 1971 Physicists distinguish four different kinds of force by which objects in...
How fossilization preserved a 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab’s brain
Paleontologists can spend years carefully splitting rocks in search of the perfect fossil. But with a 310-million-year-old horseshoe crab brain, nature did the work,...
‘Ghost games’ spotlight the psychological effect fans have on referees
When the fans are away, the home team loses its sway, new research suggests. During the 2019–2020 season, European soccer teams played in front...
Blue helmets from Thailand working with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are not only doing their bit to repair and rehabilitate critical...
Last year was the deadliest on record for Rohingya refugees journeying through the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR)...
Ethiopia: UN chief gravely concerned over ‘unspeakable violence’ in Tigray
Speaking outside the Security Council chamber on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres told journalists that he is gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia,...
Two decades after the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York, terror networks Al-Qaida and Islamic State – also known as Da’esh – continue...
These baby greater sac-winged bats babble to learn their mating songs
At least 65 million years of evolution separate humans and greater sac-winged bats, but these two mammals share a key feature of learning how...
NDC Partnership: Supporting a Global Network of Youth Climate Advocates
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 (IPS) – Just over six months after launching its Youth Engagement Plan, the NDC Partnership, the coalition assisting governments with...
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