Two humpback whales set records swimming between Australia and Brazil
Scientists have spotted two humpback whales that made separate, record-breaking crossings between Australia and Brazil.
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Participatory theater helps young people become active citizens
In Estonian schools, social studies classes provide a thorough education on what democracy is and what it means to be a citizen. However, knowledge alone is not enough to foster active citizenship or reduce the differences in civic skills between Estonian- and Russian-speaking young people. A doctoral thesis by Nikolai Kunitsõn, a political scientist at Tallinn University, shows that participatory theater can bridge this gap.
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By co-operating with local governments, organizations, universities have a vital role to play in tackling climate change
Governments, corporations and other institutions must all play constructive roles in mitigating the impacts of climate change. Universities, too, can and must help with that effort.
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Investigative interviews are key to solving crimes—should AI be helping police with their inquiries?
Investigative interviewing—the process of obtaining accurate and complete accounts from victims, witnesses and suspects—is the lifeblood of the criminal justice system.
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Vulnerable butterfly recorded in the Botanical Garden at Uppsala
The Botanical Garden in Uppsala was recently visited by animal ecology researchers, who conducted a BioBlitz to find, identify and record as many insects as possible in the Botanical Garden. One of the finds was an endangered butterfly called the Small Blue, Cupido minimus. It is abundant in one of the garden's meadows.
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Uranus, Neptune may be magma worlds, not ice giants
Uranus and Neptune remain two of the most mysterious objects in the solar system, primarily because they have been visited only by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 and 1989, respectively. Their "ice giant" moniker comes from longstanding hypotheses that their interiors are comprised of an icy mantle beneath their hydrogen-helium atmospheres. While Jupiter and Saturn are also composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, Uranus and Neptune are hypothesized to have a layered structure composed of icy elements in their interiors.
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