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Not all 'A's: Unconventional paths that led to Nobels
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future.
Climate change made 2022 drought 'at least 20 times likelier'
AFP, Published on 06/10/2022
» PARIS: Human-caused climate change made this summer's drought across the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more likely, according to a rapid analysis released Wednesday that warns such extreme dry periods will become increasingly common with global heating.
Record-shattering heatwaves caused by pace of warming: study
AFP, Published on 26/07/2021
» PARIS - Heatwaves that obliterate temperature records as in western Canada last month and Siberia last year are caused by the rapid pace, rather than the amount, of global warming, researchers said Monday.
Swiss spooked by using debt to prop up economy
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» ZURICH - Germany, which is known for strict budgets, has tapped debt markets to prop up its virus-hit economy, while neighbouring Switzerland has consistently curbed borrowing despite calls to change course.
Record-low snow accumulation on biggest Alpine glacier: study
AFP, Published on 16/10/2020
» GENEVA - Swiss glaciers have continued to shrink at an alarming rate this year, while snow accumulation on the largest glacier in the Alps reached a record low, a study showed Friday.
Siberia heat 'almost impossible' without climate change
AFP, Published on 16/07/2020
» PARIS - A heatwave in Siberia that saw temperature records tumble as the region sweltered in 38-degree Celsius highs was "almost impossible" without the influence of manmade climate change, leading scientists said.
African grey parrots get by with a little help from friends
AFP, Published on 10/01/2020
» WASHINGTON - Acting selflessly to help others in need was long thought to be a trait confined to mammals, in particular humans and some great ape species like bonobos and orangutans.
Selfless African grey parrots get by with a little help from friends
AFP, Published on 09/01/2020
» WASHINGTON - Acting selflessly to help others in need was long thought to be a trait confined to mammals, in particular humans and great apes.
Swiss glaciers shrink 10 percent in five years: study
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» GENEVA - Switzerland's glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone -- a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study showed Tuesday.
Swiss hold high-altitude wake for lost glacier
AFP, Published on 22/09/2019
» MELS (SWITZERLAND) - Dozens of people dressed in black went on a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change.