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Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Ecosystems Center report that microplastics have been accumulating in salt marshes for decades, creating a historical record of human plastic waste.

The NIC’s Global Trends 2040 Report: A Development Outlook The recently released National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2040 report, clocking in at over 140 pages, is titled “A More Contested World.” That headline should come as no surprise to development professionals. The report, reviewed by the incoming Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, before being sent to President Biden and Congress, examines key trends that will likely influence U.S. national security out to...

 E-Mail IMAGE: North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana have more residents with traditionalist values, said Michael Manfredo, lead investigator and department head of the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. view more  Credit: CSU Photography Humans regularly exert a powerful influence on the survival and persistence of species, yet social-science information is used only sporadically in conservation decisions. Researchers at Colorado State University and The Ohio State Univer...

This is the first public interest litigation after the landmark amendment to the Law on the Protection of Minors went into effect.

The approval of another shot is likely to accelerate vaccinations in countries lagging in their inoculation rates due to limited supply.

SIXTH TONE SIXTH TONE Chinas Newest Computer Science Student Is a Computer A Tsinghua University professor said his new student may reach the cognitive level of a 12-year-old in a year’s time. One of China’s elite universities has a new student that’s distinguishable from the rest of her peers — she’s human-like but powered by artificial intelligence. Named Hua Zhibing, the virtual student is enrolled at Tsinghua University’s department of computer science and technology, where she ...

“From birth, from almost from cradle to grave, girls have been seen as some sort of baggage,” said Shamsa Suleiman, Project Management Specialist

Health authorities attributed the recent uptick in infections to the more transmissible coronavirus strain.

Coordinating international financing for climate adaptation and mitigation remains a persistent challenge. In its 2020 Adaptation Gap Report, the

Research by scientists from University of Southampton (UK) and the Central University of Jharkhand (India) and has shown the first COVID-19 lockdown in India led to an improvement in air quality and a reduction in land surface temperature in major urban areas across the country.