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Children teach their parents
Children teach their parentsChildren teach their parents, Published online: 06 May 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0478-9Public education for youth can influence future generations, but it typically does...
The broader importance of #FridaysForFuture
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Children can foster climate change concern among their parents
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The rhetorical limitations of the #FridaysForFuture movement
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Cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions
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Seagrass’ strong potential for curbing erosion
A new study shows how seagrass can help to protect shorelines against erosion and help to mitigate damage from rising sea level, potentially providing...
New approach for solving protein structures from tiny crystals
Scientists have developed a new approach for solving atomic-scale 3-D protein structures from tiny crystals. The advance will open up this structural biology technique...
Crowd oil: Fuels from air-conditioning systems
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