When women spend a lot of time together it’s often thought that they will get their periods at the same time. We like to imagine women leaving their household toilets with a little smirk on their face as they nod to all the other ladies in the house with an unspoken understanding. But new evidence [...]
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Sea levels rise, Pacific Islands grow
New Scientist reports: AGAINST all the odds, a number of shape-shifting islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean are standing up to the effects of climate change. For years, people have warned that the smallest nations on the planet – island states that barely rise out of the ocean – face being wiped off [...]