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كرّم برنامج لوريال-اليونسكو من أجل المرأة في العلم لعام 2026 ست باحثات عربيات من السعودية ودول الخليج، تقديراً لإسهاماتهن العلمية في مجالات الطب واللقاحات والأمن المائي والتقنيات المستدامة.
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Nearly all of the world's shallow-water coral reefs face an "extremely high risk" of collapse by 2075 due to climate change, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned Thursday. In the first global assessment of its kind, the world authority on threatened wildlife classified 96 percent of the planet's coral reef systems as "critically endangered" -- its highest risk category.
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Crocodilians — today's crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials and their many extinct relatives — have been a roaring success since debuting more than 240 million years ago. And new research identifies one important factor in their success — stubbornly keeping to warm climates throughout their history. In fact, the researchers said, this trait may help explain why crocs as a group survived the asteroid strike 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs, along with certain physiological characteristics that make them one tough bunch of reptiles.
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L’Oreal-Unesco scheme has recognised 25 women in the UAE since its 2014 launch
