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Mold spores, 90-degree classrooms and aging pipes: An environmental health expert explains why Pennsylvania’s old schools are harder on kids than adults.
School personnel in Detroit and community members in Flint reported concerns about teens experiencing mental health conditions.
Political groups use social media ‘maptivism’ to spread exaggerated regional maps to stake a claim to territory.
The super El Niño could cause 31,400 extra heat deaths in Nigeria alone. Heat warnings, cooling centres and worker protections could help save lives.
Why we laugh at different things – and what that tells us about humour
DNA can survive in parchment for well over a thousand years.
The myth that lactic acid causes the ‘burn’ we feel during exercise is actually a long-lasting misunderstanding.
The idea of archaeology as adventure predates the discipline itself.
Plants can help homes stay cooler in a variety of ways.
Bake Off is back and Nigella is judging. We’re also recommending a host of books from non-fiction on British food history to a fiction book about gay Jamaicans.
By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific More than 125,000 people are reported to have been displaced in West Papua as armed conflict escalates, but the real number is likely much higher. A recent report from the Human Rights Monitor said military operations and armed violence have been particularly intense in the central highlands of Indonesian-ruled
Pacific Media Watch With the US midterm elections just weeks away, US President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to put a positive spin on a war with Iran that shows no sign of letting up, reports the Al Jazeera media watch programme Listening Post. Climbing fuel and grocery prices, the president’s provocative social media posts