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Scandals do not always have the impact that we might expect.
Carte de l’Afrique (1722), originale provenant de la Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Améliorée numériquement par Rawpixel.
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L'archéologie constitue un moyen utile de lutter contre certains préjugés.
Um langur-cinzento-empenachado (Semnopithecus priam) acaricia um esquilo-gigante-cinzento (Ratufa macroura) no Parque Nacional de Yala, Sri Lanka: muitas interações podem trazer benefícios semelhantes aos observados dentro da mesma espécie.
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Une étude dans huit pays a évalué l’efficacité de programmes de soutien à la parentalité déployés à grande échelle.
Tufted gray langur (Semnopithecus priam) stroking a Grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) caringly at Yala National Park - Sri Lanka.
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An eight-country study assessed whether parenting programmes that were developed through research also work when offered at a wider scale in real-life conditions.
The expansion of the universe may not in fact be accelerating, calling dark energy into question.
Os engenheiros estão desmontando 1,2 quilômetros do Grande Colisor de Hádrons para instalar o novo equipamento que vai transformar o LHC em um instrumento de “alta luminosidade”, multiplicando a quantidade de colisões que pode produzir e rastrear.
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Des herbiers marins aux minuscules lentilles d’eau, les plantes aquatiques figurent parmi les organismes les plus innovants de la planète. Sept découvertes pour explorer cet univers méconnu.
Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford