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A new study warns that many of the benefits rivers provide, from water to food to flood control, are increasingly at risk thanks to dams and diversions.

Using satellite imagery and other data, the team of 34 international researchers mapped 7.5 million miles of rivers worldwide. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the culmination of more than a decade of data processing and preparation,鈥� says G眉nther Grill, a 香蕉视频 geographer and lead author on the study, which published Wednesday in the scientific journal聽Nature.

Joelle Barron,聽Lindsay Nixon and聽Casey Plett聽have been nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada's $5,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ emerging writers.聽Nixon聽is a Cree-M茅tis-Saulteaux curator, editor and writer. Their聽memoir,聽n卯tis芒nak, was published in 2018. Their writing has appeared in聽The Walrus,聽Malahat Review,聽Room, and聽Teen Vogue. Nixon is currently a聽PhD student in art history at 香蕉视频.

The rectangular, white plastic plate Markus Hecker holds in his hand serves as the matrix for a new way of screening chemicals for toxicity, one that could spare the majority of live animals now used for this purpose in labs.聽If the chips are proven to work, they could be an invaluable tool in the testing of thousands of chemicals already in use 鈥� chemicals that, in many cases, were launched on the market decades ago, before the advent of stricter safety rules.

The (marijuana) industry is expanding rapidly.聽That growth could present an opportunity for both recent graduates seeking jobs and the higher education institutions willing to prepare them.

One of the challenges scientists are addressing is how pain becomes chronic, like an injury that never heals. The opioid crisis is a problem for numerous reasons, including that people are in chronic pain. Crow was interested in understanding the neurons involved in pain, and to figure out a way to treat it. 鈥淭he sensory neurons in pain sparked my general interest in how neurons work and what makes them into what they are,鈥� she said.

In recent times, there have claims and counter claims on health implications of using chemicals such as calcium carbide, ethylene and ethephon for ripening fruits.聽A study published in Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public has demonstrated possible health hazards of fruit ripeners.The study titled 鈥淎 Critical Analysis of Artificial Fruit Ripening: Scientific, Legislative and Socio-Economic Aspects鈥� was conducted by researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh and Department of Chemistry,

Months of speculation ended when the聽McCord Museum聽announced Tuesday that its new home will be built on the site of its current home on Sherbrooke and Victoria Sts. in the heart of Montreal鈥檚 Golden Square Mile. As McCord president and chief executive officer Suzanne Sauvage enthused about the museum鈥檚 ideal location, halfway between the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Mus茅e d鈥檃rt contemporain, close to downtown universities, near public transit, the聽soon-to-be-re-imagined McGill College artery聽and the聽McGill station聽of the city鈥檚 future light-rail system, she was philosophical.