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Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has announced the hiring of Abby Hodder as assistant clinical professor of canine behavioral welfare. The canine program is available to all dog breeders — whether private or commercial — regardless of their breeding goals.
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1 year ago Read more at Penn State University

China is subsiding and one in 10 homes in coastal cities could be below sea level within a century. Of the 82 major cities studied, home to 74% of China’s urban population, 16% were sinking rapidly — faster than 10 millimeters a year.
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1 year ago Read more at Caixin Global

The Women in STEM club at ASU is pioneering essential initiatives for women and other underrepresented minorities in the realms of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Their dynamic platform propels its members toward innovation and leadership in STEM fields, supporting a transformative community and forward-looking aspirations.
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1 year ago Read more at The State Press

Theunis Piersma spent their lives studying the natural world and that gives them a front-row seat at seeing it destroyed. ‘No matter what happens to us, nature will go on,’ she says. When wildlife researchers moved to his homeland of Friesland twenty years ago, they would lie happily in the grassy fields around their home watching the skylarks.
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1 year ago Read more at UKrant

Josh Green announced the appointment of University of Hawaii at Mnoa Charles “Chip” Fletcher as special advisor for Climate and Resilience and David Karl as chair of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Marine Affairs. These appointments signify Green’s commitment to addressing critical environmental challenges and advancing initiatives for sustainable development in the state.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Hawaii System

astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula located 3400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. M76 is classified as a planetary nebula, an expanding shell of glowing gases that were ejected from a dying red giant star. The star eventually collapses to an ultra-dense and hot white dwarf. This sloughed-off material created a thick disc of dust and gas.
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1 year ago Read more at ESA/Hubble

Carbondale Main Street is partnering with Southern Illinois University Fermentation Science Institute and Southern Illinois Brewers to host the 9th annual CarbondALE Brew Fest. Early entry for VIP and after party at Buckwater Brew Works & Whiskey House and Hangar 9 begins at 9 p.m. Advance tickets are $25 for general admission and include a souvenir tasting glass and tastes and $45 for VIP. This event will provide a wide variety of beer and beverages from more than 30 local and national bre
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1 year ago Read more at KFVS

Drivers were asked to count the number of dead insects on their windscreens. The citizen science survey led by Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife showed a 78 percent decline in "bug splats' on number plates across the UK since 2004. It is based on the windscreen phenomenon anecdotal evidence from drivers who claim they are encountering fewer moths, flies, aphids, bees and flying beetles on their number plates
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1 year ago Read more at Express

Just over a quarter (26%) of GCSE pupils reported doing hands-on practical work at least fortnightly. This was lower than in 2019 (37%) and 2016 (44%) when Year 10 and 11 pupils were surveyed on the frequency of practical work, according to the report. There has been a “marked shift away” from more interactive forms of practical works as videos of practicals are increasingly being used as a replacement.
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1 year ago Read more at Express & Star

Scientists are celebrating a new technique that lets them study the fatty contents of cancer cells, one by one. A study led by the University of Surrey has sampled single live cancer cells and measured fatty lipid compounds inside them. The work appears in Analytical Chemistry.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org