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Making the jump from primary to secondary school is a pretty major leap in every kids’ life. No more having all your lessons in the same classroom, no more sticking and cutting sessions, no more ...

Extending the legacy of his predecessors who championed environmental responsibility as a core tenet of Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIV said that caring for creation "represents a true vocation ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – September 4, 2025 — The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) marked its 30th ...

Secondary school is tough at the best of times. You’re worried that your friends hate you, you feel angry at everything all the time, your body keeps changing in ways you don’t understand, and then to ...

A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem. By Alexa Robles-Gil Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America, grazing on grasslands, forests and plains, ...

Terming the Great Nicobar infrastructure project a "planned misadventure", Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said it poses an existential danger to the island's ...

More than 700,000 GCSE physics students could be without a specialist teacher, a report has warned. The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics ...

Washington state scientists are rebuking a federal draft report that could be used to roll back environmental regulations, calling its science inaccurate and misleading. On Friday, the state ...