Menopause is having a moment. How a new generation of women is shaping cultural attitudes

Menopause is having a moment. How a new generation of women is shaping cultural attitudes

Credit score: Unsplash/CC0 Public Area From sizzling flashes to hysteria, movie and TV have lengthy represented menopause as scary, emotional and messy. Just lately, celebrities have been sharing their private menopause experiences on social media, serving to to re-frame the dialog in well-liked tradition. We’re additionally seeing extra tales about menopause on tv, with actual … Read more

Incorporating cultural and recreational ecosystem services of freshwater within Israel’s water economy

Incorporating cultural and recreational ecosystem services of freshwater within Israel’s water economy

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have introduced an innovative model that incorporates recreational freshwater ecosystem services into water allocation decisions. The study, conducted by Aliza Fleischer, student Yadin Gindin and Yacov Tsur from the Department of Environmental Economics and Management at the Faculty of Agriculture, focuses on how recreational … Read more

Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore

Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore

Students wear mask and heading to their school as smog envelops the areas of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics, doctors said Wednesday as authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if … Read more

Indigenous cultural burning has protected Australia’s landscape for millennia, study finds

Indigenous cultural burning has protected Australia’s landscape for millennia, study finds

Ancient cultural burning practices carried out by Indigenous Australians limited fuel availability and prevented high intensity fires in southeastern Australia for thousands of years, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Nottingham. The research, published in Science, highlights how the intensity of forest fires in fire-prone southeastern Australia … Read more

A novel neural network for preserving cultural heritage via 3D image reconstruction

A novel neural network for preserving cultural heritage via 3D image reconstruction

Relief-type cultural heritage objects are commonly found in many historical sites worldwide, but often suffer from varying levels of damage and deterioration. Traditional methods for image reconstruction require extensive manual labor and specialized knowledge. Now, researchers have developed a novel neural network model that can reconstruct these reliefs as three-dimensional digital images from old photographs … Read more