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UNESCO World Heritage Sites often ‘last line of defence against extinction’

2023-09-01 10:55 Some of the world’s most iconic natural and cultural sites are also a haven for thousands of endangered species, the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Thursday. Although properties protected under the World Heritage Convention make up less than one per cent of the Earth’s surface, they harbour more than 20 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, new research by UNESCO and...

Международный конкурс научно-исследовательских работ «SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT – 2023», посвященный Всемирному дню науки за мир и развитие (ООН)

2023-08-25 09:58 Уважаемые коллеги! Приглашаем принять участие в Международном конкурсе научно-исследовательских работ «SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT – 2023», посвященном Всемирному дню науки за мир и развитие (ООН), (далее – Конкурс). Организацию и проведение Конкурса осуществляет научно-образовательный центр «Science Idea» (далее – научно-образовательный центр). Конкурс проводится в заочной форме. В Конкурсе могут принять...

Scientists have found the oldest bivalve mollusk of the genus Pinna

2023-08-18 19:51 MSU paleontologists reported the discovery of the oldest bivalve mollusk of the genus Pinna. The find comes from the deposits of the Early Permian reef of Shakhtau on the territory of Bashkiria. Information about the discovery was published in the Paleontological Journal. The Pinnidae Leach family includes some of the largest heteromiare bivalves. The first representatives of this family appeared in the ea...

‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners

2023-08-11 14:50 The UN launched on Friday a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global public good. The brief recognizes that education faces both a crisis of access as well as a crisis of quality and relevance, Leonardo Garnier, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Transforming Education Sum...

Royal Ontario Museum researchers identify oldest known species of swimming jellyfish

2023-08-04 15:16 505-million-year-old swimming jellyfish from the Burgess Shale highlights diversity in Cambrian ecosystem. Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announces the oldest swimming jellyfish in the fossil record with the newly named Burgessomedusa phasmiformis. These findings are announced in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Jellyfish belong to medusozoans, or animals producing medusae, and include today’...

UNESCO education report advises ban on smartphones in schools

2023-07-28 15:17 A new UN report raised concerns on Wednesday about the excessive use of smartphones, calling for them to be banned in schools worldwide. According to the UN's education, science and culture agency UNESCO, the over-use of mobile phones impacts learning. UNESCO`s report on technology in education urges countries to carefully consider how technology is used in schools. It emphasises the need for a "human...

A molecule has been discovered that limits the formation of tumors in the pancreas

2023-07-21 18:43 Spanish scientists have identified a molecule that promotes the proper functioning of the main cells of the pancreas and prevents the development of neoplasms in this organ, according to the National Center for Cancer Research. The article dedicated to the discovery was published in the journal Nature Communications. The pancreas, located behind the stomach, controls the energy supply of our body. It secre...

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