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When dogs return to nature – just how domesticated are our pooches really?
The story of a miniature dachshund surviving in the wild shows we may not know our pets as well as we might like to think.
Birth of India: ‘biggest experiment’ with democracy was a huge gamble. Happily the people have made it work – here’s how
India’s constitution always gave the executive a great deal of power, but the diversity of the country’s electorate has ensured that this power has been diluted.
First UK birth after womb transplant is a medical breakthrough – but raises important ethical questions
A baby girl named Amy Isabel has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother who has had a womb transplant. Amy is one of around 65 children worldwide born as a result of pioneering ...
How mine water could warm up the UK’s forgotten coal towns
Funding gaps, regulatory red tape and a shortage of skilled workers are stalling the UK’s mine-water heating projects.
Violences sexistes et sexuelles dans la culture : « Mon audition à l'Assemblée nationale
La chercheuse Marie Buscatto a été auditionnée par la commission d'enquête de l’Assemblée nationale sur les violences sexistes et sexuelles dans la culture.
Does Russia have military interest in Indonesia? Here’s what we know – and why Australia would be concerned
Moscow and Jakarta have sought to deepen their military ties in recent years, which should give Australia some reason for concern.
Activité physique et santé : aménager nos espaces de vie pour contrer notre tendance au moindre effort
L’inactivité physique est souvent attribuée à un manque de motivation individuelle. Cette perspective minimise le rôle des lieux de vie où les opportunités de bouger sont trop rares.
Election Diary: for a few hours, it seemed possible the Russians might be coming
On Tuesday afternoon, it seemed just possible the Russians might be sending their planes to a base very near us. But as quickly it came it disappeared.
Berkata kasar ternyata menyehatkan mental dan otak kita
Meski kata-kata kasar dianggap tidak sopan, tetapi tetap saja terdengar digunakan dalam interaksi sehari-hari. Mengapa kata-kata tersebut terus terucap?
Menjaga hasrat materialistis dan ‘flexing’ di media sosial lewat ‘mindfulness’
Kekayaan, ketenaran, dan pencitraan adalah tiga kuda penarik hasrat. Ironisnya, kusir pemegang kendali acap kali bukan diri sendiri, melainkan orang lain.
A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
The upshot? As of today, “vegetative electron microscopy” appears in 22 papers, according to Google Scholar. One was the subject of a contested retraction from a Springer Nature journal, and Elsevier ...
Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk
The names of family members and pet names are a common – albeit unsafe – choice of password. The rental application forms collect both. In Australia, research by Telstra and YouGov found that 20% of ...