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Scientists have identified behavioural and linguistic changes in tweets in Spanish published by users suffering from depression and who are taking medication to treat this disease.

Eurasian lynx are native to Britain, but were driven to extinction 500 years ago They now live in mainland Europe, and are thought to pose no threat to humans A new study aims to understand if people would be willing to live with the cats Experts hope that if lynx are reintroduced in Scotland, they would prey on roe deer, providing a free and efficient deer management service

Emery Mushagalusa Mudinga is a lecturer, researcher and consultant based at the Institute for Rural Development Studies – ISDR Bukavu - DR. Congo. He holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve and a Master’s degree in Development studies. His research focus on land grabs dynamics and peasants resistance in Africa, armed groups dynamics, resource conflicts, peacebuilding and research ethics (with focus on science and knowledge decolonization and rese...

Geological Survey Ireland announces €1.45 million funding for new research projects Topics include Climate Change, Landslides & Hazards, Offshore & Geothermal Energy Geological Survey Ireland has announced it awarded over €1.45 million under its Research Programme in 2020. World-class research projects in geoscience and related areas of environmental science and engineering were supported. Since 2015, the Programme has committed over €11 million in funding to over 150 projects i...

Genomics: Behind the science of making India’s ‘super chana’ December 30, 2020 Rajeev Varshney (left) and C Bharadwaj at the Super chickpea trial field× A career-defining moment for Rajeev Varshney arrived in 2003 while attending a conference in Italy titled ‘From Green Revolution to Gene revolution’. The American agronomist Norman Borlaug, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and one of the architects of India’s Green Revolution of the early 1970s, ended his lecture with a challenge for the...

Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said Rs. 517 million has been allocated for the development of botanical gardens in the country next year. The botanical gardens earmarked for major development are Peradeniya, Gampaha, Haggala, Seethawaka and Mirijjawila. Rs. 177.1 million has been allocated for the development of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Rs. 60.5 million

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GCHQ backs study into how best to change peoples behaviour via social media propaganda campaigns Britains cyber spy agency is funding five research projects looking at the biggest threats to national security 10 December 2020 • 6:30am What did you think of first? Spying, or lunch? Credit:  Joe Raedle/ Filename: GCHQ has backed a study into how best to change peoples behaviour via social media propaganda campaigns. The cyber spy agency is funding five research programmes across British univ...