Single women in Australian aged care need more funding as new data show widows living longer

Temporal plots of average lengths of stay at an aged care across various covariates: uncensored data over 2008–2018. a Year. b Sex. c Age. d State. e Preferred language. f…

Study says blockchain could help combat AI misinformation

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Two Master of Accounting students in the UO’s Lundquist College of Business are shaking up the academic publishing world with a new paper on a timely…

Scottish oil-town plan for green jobs sparks climate campers’ anger

The oil and gas industry aims to bring clean jobs to Aberdeen, but it involves paving over part of a much-loved park, igniting a debate on just transition In the…

AV Tech Innovations That Are Transforming Higher Education

One of the most important technology trends in higher education is the growing use of 4K visual displays, which transform an ordinary classroom, student center, or e-sports arena into a…

Fewer bees and other pollinating insects lead to shrinking crops

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in…

Warning signs of heat illness and how high school athletes can safely prepare for the start of team practices

High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely hot summer in much of the country. Now, before they hit the field, is the time for…

How high school athletes can safely prepare for the start of practice, and the warning signs of heat illness

High school sports teams start practices soon in what has been an extremely hot summer in much of the country. Now, before they hit the field, is the time for…

Researchers detect water frost on Solar system’s tallest volcanoes

A research team unveiled that Mars’ Tharsis volcanoes have on and off patches of water frost, challenging previous assumptions about the Martian climate and helping shed light on how water…

To keep its profits, Big Oil stole our future 

Comment: Children’s education, and their prospects, are suffering as a result of extreme heat driven by climate change – and dirty energy giants are the culprits Foteini Simic, 16 years…

XL-Calibur telescope launched to study black holes

Scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have launched a balloon-borne telescope to unlock the secrets of astrophysical black holes and neutron stars, some of the most extreme objects in…