The worlds of the solar system are exciting and, so far, mostly pristine places for planetary scientists to study. As space missions continue to travel to Mars, Europa, asteroids and other worlds, questions arise about keeping them safe for continued exploration and observation.
Two people are arrested after a vehicle was stopped in County Monaghan in an operation targeting dissident republican activity.
Empowering women through greater access to finance could “strengthen” households’ resilience to “climate shocks”, according to a new study. Published… The post Access to finance ‘strengthens climate resilience’ among sub-Saharan women appeared first on Carbon Brief .
Warm weather often means more time outside with your pets, but higher temperatures also increase the risk of heat stress, which occurs when an animal's body cannot properly cool itself, causing its core temperature to rise.
Environmental groups are sounding the alarm over plans that threaten a desert spring that’s home to rare fish and turtles and sacred to the O’odham people Quitobaquito Springs in south-west Arizona has been called a biological wonderland with few equals. The springs are an oasis in the vast Sono...
Nearly a decade after the #MeToo movement reshaped public conversations about sexual harassment, a new study from the Newcomb Institute at Tulane University finds that Americans are reporting experiences of sexual harassment at far higher rates than they did before the movement.