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Study finds disabled New Zealanders use emergency housing 6% more often‎

People with disabilities are relying on emergency housing, and staying longer in accommodation intended for seven-day stays, because of a lack of accessible, affordable rental properties, a study by researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke has found. Dr. Chang Yu, a research fellow in the Faculty of Medicine's Department of Public Health, says people with disabilities stayed in emergency housing 6% more often and for 5% longer compared to those without disabilities during the period from 2016 to 2022.

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The balloon mission raising the bar for exoplanet science‎

The atmospheres of exoplanets have been a focal point of the field lately, with the James Webb Space Telescope taking a look at as many as it can manage. But time on the world's most powerful space telescope is valuable, and getting a complete picture of any such atmosphere is difficult without that significant time commitment. So a multidisciplinary team of researchers have come up with an alternative mission that is very specialized at capturing as much information as they can about exoplanet atmospheres, but also with a fraction of the budget of flagship missions like JWST. The mission, known as the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE), has one feature the JWST doesn't though—a gondola.

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Mapping cemeteries for class: How students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones‎

If you told me a decade ago that I'd become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would've laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must've taken at some point.

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Children's views are rarely sought by researchers: We found a way to do it‎

Adults think we know what is best for children. We have responsibility for them—feeding them, clothing them, educating them, protecting them, loving them—but we also assume rights over them, and on their behalf. Adults make rules (including laws and policies) about what children can and cannot do. We expect children to behave according to our rules.

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Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing for another harsh summer‎

Cattle auctions aren't often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than 4,000 animals in an auction that lasted nearly 24 hours—about 200 cows an hour.

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Valentine's Day won't fix your relationship—but attachment theory might explain it‎

As Valentine's Day approaches, restaurant bookings fill up and couples exchange cards, flowers, and carefully chosen gifts. For some, it's a day of closeness and connection. For others, it can bring anxiety, disappointment, or emotional distance.

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Loneliness at work matters more than we think‎

As loneliness reaches epidemic levels worldwide, work has become one of the main settings where connection is either strengthened or lost. In 2023, Vivek Murthy, the former surgeon general of the United States, labeled loneliness an "epidemic," warning that its consequences rival those of other major health risks.

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How bird poo fueled the rise of Peru's powerful Chincha Kingdom‎

In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the stage for the fall of the Inca Empire.

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Why are new tea towels worse at drying dishes than older ones?‎

There's a peculiar ritual in many kitchens: reaching past the crisp, pristine tea towel hanging on the oven door to grab the threadbare, slightly graying one shoved in the drawer.

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Ancient cone-shaped vessels may have served as beeswax lamps during ritual processions, study finds‎

Chalcolithic cornets are conical ceramic vessels produced exclusively during the Chalcolithic period, recovered in abundance at some archaeological sites but absent at others. Their function has long been debated. However, in a study published in Tel Aviv, Sharon Zuhovitzky and her colleagues, Paula Waiman-Barak and Yuval Gadot, present the first systematic study of one of the most extensive cornet collections discovered at the Chalcolithic site of Teleilat Ghassul.

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