Young people’s engagement with platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Minecraft is shaping how they understand and interact with the natural world, offering opportunities to connect their online experiences with meaningful encounters with nature, a new study reveals. Young people’s engagement with platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Minecraft is shaping how they understand and interact with the…
The vision of a “borderless Africa” is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist movement. The vision of a “borderless Africa” is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist movement. Economics & Business Political science Phys.org…
You’ll be hearing a great deal about artificial intelligence (AI) and education in 2025. You’ll be hearing a great deal about artificial intelligence (AI) and education in 2025. Education Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
A team of academic researchers, lawyers and journalists from 16 European countries has exposed a huge lobbying campaign aimed at gutting a proposed EU-wide restriction on the use of “forever chemicals.” This campaign saw significant increases in the lobbying expenditure of major producers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as forever chemicals for their…
The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and traumatic event. The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and traumatic event. Environment Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks was built between 1817 and 1819 to house male convicts. Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks was built between 1817 and 1819 to house male convicts. Archaeology Social Sciences Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
When it comes time to migrate, Queensland University of Technology research has found how a free-living coral ignores the classic advice and goes straight towards the light. When it comes time to migrate, Queensland University of Technology research has found how a free-living coral ignores the classic advice and goes straight towards the light. Plants & Animals…
A new study suggests that countries with stronger commitments to protect the natural environment—regardless of national oil dependence or other economic interests—are more likely to see the establishment of counter climate change groups that aim to obstruct climate change action. A new study suggests that countries with stronger commitments to protect the natural environment—regardless of national…
An understanding of the relationship between severe weather and power outages in our changing climate will be critical for hazard response plans, according to a study led by a researcher at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The study is published in the open-access journal PLOS Climate. An understanding of the relationship between severe weather…
Canada faces a major contradiction in its immigration policies. Thousands of international students, once celebrated as “ideal immigrants,” are now turning to the asylum system. As a migration policy researcher and former international student, I have watched this predicament unfold with growing concern. Canada faces a major contradiction in its immigration policies. Thousands of international students,…