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The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epochβ€”but the idea is still changing how we see the world

9 September 2026 at 18:20
The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescendo of human impacts has recently propelled Earth out of the relatively stable climatic conditions of the Holocene epoch, during which human civilization developed and flourished, to produce a new kind of planet.

The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epochβ€”but the idea is still changing how we see the world

9 September 2026 at 18:20
The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescendo of human impacts has recently propelled Earth out of the relatively stable climatic conditions of the Holocene epoch, during which human civilization developed and flourished, to produce a new kind of planet.

The Future We Choose: New Beyond Blue report explores the forces shaping the next decade of mental health in Australia

9 September 2026 at 16:20
Beyond Blue has launched "The Future We Choose: Mental health support in Australia through the next decade of change," a new strategic foresight report by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, exploring how mental health in Australia may evolve over the next decade and the choices that could help shape a stronger, more connected and resilient future.

The Future We Choose: New Beyond Blue report explores the forces shaping the next decade of mental health in Australia

9 September 2026 at 16:20
Beyond Blue has launched "The Future We Choose: Mental health support in Australia through the next decade of change," a new strategic foresight report by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, exploring how mental health in Australia may evolve over the next decade and the choices that could help shape a stronger, more connected and resilient future.

Beyond Neptune, Icy Worlds Kept a 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Secret Nobody Expected

9 September 2026 at 15:15
For the first time, astronomers have pointed NASA’s two flagship space telescopes at the same patch of sky beyond Neptune and let them work as a team. Hubble handled the visible light. Webb handled the infrared. Together, they picked out 27 previously unknown trans-Neptunian objects, or TNOs β€” small, icy bodies that drift in the […]

More than numbers: First global dataset shows who is immigrating

9 September 2026 at 15:00
As countries compete for skilled workers and grapple with aging populations and labor shortages, understanding who is moving across borders is increasingly important. A new study provides the first global data set of immigration composition disaggregated simultaneously by age, sex and educational attainment, offering a new basis for tracking brain gain and brain drain and improving population projections.

More than numbers: First global dataset shows who is immigrating

9 September 2026 at 15:00
As countries compete for skilled workers and grapple with aging populations and labor shortages, understanding who is moving across borders is increasingly important. A new study provides the first global data set of immigration composition disaggregated simultaneously by age, sex and educational attainment, offering a new basis for tracking brain gain and brain drain and improving population projections.

More than numbers: First global dataset shows who is immigrating

9 September 2026 at 15:00
As countries compete for skilled workers and grapple with aging populations and labor shortages, understanding who is moving across borders is increasingly important. A new study provides the first global data set of immigration composition disaggregated simultaneously by age, sex and educational attainment, offering a new basis for tracking brain gain and brain drain and improving population projections.

Bringing classical LDPC code design theory to quantum computers

9 September 2026 at 14:20
Quantum error correction must detect and correct errors without directly reading the quantum information. Classical low-density parity check (LDPC) codes have a well-established design theory: by choosing how many checks connect to each bit, retaining appropriate randomness, and avoiding short loops, designers can pursue both a large minimum distance and a threshold phenomenon in which the decoding failure rate drops sharply below a predicted noise level.

Taxing billionaires and redistributing wealth could save millions of lives amid global aid cuts

9 September 2026 at 13:40
Wealth redistribution policies currently under discussion in international forums could avert between 6.6 million and 29.5 million deaths by 2030, according to a study published in The Lancet and led by ISGlobal in collaboration with other leading economic and health research institutions.

Taxing billionaires and redistributing wealth could save millions of lives amid global aid cuts

9 September 2026 at 13:40
Wealth redistribution policies currently under discussion in international forums could avert between 6.6 million and 29.5 million deaths by 2030, according to a study published in The Lancet and led by ISGlobal in collaboration with other leading economic and health research institutions.

Espace: le SΓ©nΓ©gal entre dans la course

9 September 2026 at 13:27
De plus en plus de pays africains sont lancΓ©s dans la course Γ  l'espace. Egypte, Nigeria, Afrique du Sud, CΓ΄te d'ivoire, Kenya, et aujourd'hui le SΓ©nΓ©gal. Farouchement attachΓ© Γ  sa "souverainetΓ©", le pays veut produire localement ses satellites. Une gageure dans un secteur dominΓ© par des entreprises non africaines.

Some police officers use the 'bad guys' label to provide moral clarity

9 September 2026 at 13:00
A new study shows that some U.S. police officers often use the term "bad guys" to describe people who commit crimes, especially when faced with ambiguity in their work. It is a label officers may use to reduce complex and morally challenging situations and contexts into a clearer, more legible framework.

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