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Adversity can follow NZ kids to the classroom. Can schools make a difference?

By their eighth birthday, an estimated 9 in 10 New Zealand children will have experienced some form of serious adversity. They might have been neglected, grown up with family violence, lived through a separation or coped with a parent's mental illness or substance use problem.

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Specieswatch: How heatwaves play havoc with bees’ fertility

Study reveals extreme heat causes sharp drop with knock-on effect for pollination of food crops in following yearsWe know heatwaves have serious health consequences for humans, but what about other species? A study has shown they severely diminish bees’ fertility, with significan

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'Stop the war!': The paradox of 'pressure petitions'

They knew their gesture was futile and could have serious personal repercussions, but that didn't stop more than 1.5 million Russians from signing anti-war petitions after their country invaded Ukraine.

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Harsh UVB bursts leave tadpoles with more DNA damage than longer exposure

Sunburn is a serious problem in the Southern Hemisphere, where depleted ozone provides less protection from UVB. Tadpoles are at particular risk because they are growing rapidly, making them vulnerable to UVB DNA damage. Niclas Lundsgaard of The University of Queensland (UQ), Aus

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Medieval Islamic societies considered lovesickness a distinct mental illness, research sho

Lovesickness was taken seriously as a distinct mental illness by physicians in the medieval Islamic world, new research shows. Islamic scholars considered lovesickness, which they called ʿishq, to be different from melancholy—unlike Galen and other physicians from ancient Greece.

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Scientists just debunked a dangerous baby rattlesnake myth

A new study debunks the long-standing claim that baby rattlesnakes are more dangerous than adults. Researchers found that young rattlesnakes can control their venom just like adults, while adult snakes usually inject much more venom and cause more serious bites. The team also unc

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Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply

Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species ActClimate change is driving a gray whale “catastrophic mortality event” in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the animals starve, environmental gro

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Days of salted codfish and cabbage leaves are over: how climate crisis is shaping Tour de

Heatwaves have long been part of the Tour but temperatures now are pushing the riders to limit of human enduranceThe Tour de France and the heat of the midday sun are old bedfellows, going back long before an era when the biggest catastrophe of the Tour’s opening week was a major

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Scientists discover a hidden heart valve risk linked to gum disease

Researchers found that bacteria linked to gum disease may help drive the development of calcific aortic valve stenosis by triggering inflammation and calcium buildup in the heart valve. The early findings suggest that keeping gums healthy could play a role in reducing the risk of

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Tecnologia

OpenAI nega acusações da Apple de roubo de segredos comerciais

Empresa diz não ter conhecimento de evidências que sustentem a queixa O post OpenAI nega acusações da Apple de roubo de segredos comerciais apareceu primeiro em Olhar Digital.

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Tecnologia

Falso superaquecimento no Steam Machine será corrigido pela Valve

Depois de alguns casos da Luz Vermelha da Morte, a Valve confirmou oficialmente que está trabalhando em uma atualização de BIOS para corrigir o problema no Steam Machine. Recentemente, diversos usuários relataram que o console apresentava uma luz vermelha em sua barra de LED frontal, indicando um suposto superaquecimento do sistema. O sinal visual assustou muitos jogadores, interrompendo sessões de gameplay com a impressão de que o hardware cor

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Sam Neill venceu o linfoma com terapia CAR-T — mas não foi o câncer que o levou

O ator de 'Jurassic Park' havia entrado em remissão após tratamento inovador com células modificadas. Sua morte por causas não relacionadas ao câncer reacende o debate sobre saúde integral.

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