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Nigeria’s Hadejia wetlands are a vital stopover for migrating birds: new survey records species found in the park
Thousands of birds flying south for the winter stop off in Nigeria’s Hadejia Wetlands National Park. Researchers mapped the ...
Decades of South African research reveal key strategies to reduce water contamination in fruit and veg
Researchers are tracking multi-drug resistant bacteria in South Africa’s water to see how it endangers food safety when it’s ...
Mpox en Sierra Leone : les raisons de la récente recrudescence et les risques pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Les Sierra-Léonais s'inquiètent de l'augmentation du nombre de cas et de décès liés à la variole du singe enregistrés en 2025 ...
Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky
How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental ...
How Trump plays with new media says a lot about him – as it did with FDR, Kennedy and Obama
Some US presidents have been defined by their adept use of the media. Donald Trump’s weapon of choice is his TruthSocial ...
From Roman drains to ancient filters, these artefacts show how solutions to water contamination have evolved
Made from natural materials such as clay, water jug filters have been used for hundreds of years in every continent by ...
Why Asos should be wary of banning customers returning unwanted goods
But that tactic can be expensive for the fashion retailer, which needs to pay for all those deliveries and returns. And now ...
Neurocientista explica como os lados direito e esquerdo do cérebro entendem a linguagem de forma diferente
Os cérebros esquerdo e direito ouvem a fala de forma diferente, mas como essa divisão se forma não estava claro - até que ...
Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us
New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...
Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans
White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving ...
In LGBTQ+ storybook case, Supreme Court handed a win to parental rights, raising tough questions for educators
SCOTUS decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, one of its blockbuster cases from 2025, largely rested on two parental rights cases ...