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A new study from McGill University suggests that some Icelandic killer whales have very high concentrations of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in their blubber. But it seems that other orcas from the same population have levels of PCBs…

On May 6, 2021, the members of the Senate of the University of Mannheim elected new Vice Rectors. "In line with the importance of the increased tasks and in order to do justice to the multitude of topics, we have decided to enlarge the…

Un a study carried out by researchers from USP reassessed the age of the archeological site Alice Boer, located in the city of Rio Claro, in the interior of São Paulo. Past excavations established an age of 14,000 years for the site,…

The ranking of the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) for the subjects biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science, geography, geosciences, political science, medicine and dentistry has now been published in the…

Cities and neighborhoods change all the time - that’s no surprise. But how do the changes take place in detail, and in what way do the residents accept them? These are the questions pursued by cultural anthropologist Dr. Matthias Möller…

The University of Tübingen has started a critical review of its own name. On Thursday, the university's senate commissioned the rectorate to form a working group of historians to deal with the two namesake of the university, Count…

On May 9, we celebrate . World War II and the in particular has had an enormous effect on Russian history that lasts to this day. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that it was represented in dozens of iconic Soviet films. Here is a brief…

Livestock management and nomadism are the primary source of livelihood for nearly 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 40% of the land area of the continent is composed of arid or semi-arid areas which are not well suited to…

Associate Professor Conrad Hamann was announced as a joint winner of the 2021 Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Neville Quarry Architectural Education Prize, the fourth RMIT recipient to win the award.The award was announced on…

Griffith University researchers are helping Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) emerging galip nut industry to give marginalised women an income and encourage planting trees.Professor Helen Wallace from the Centre for Planetary Health and Food…