Storm Freya pounds the lighthouse at Porthcawl Point, in Brigend, Wales, on March 3 and 4, 2019.
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Naming storms, streets or buildings is complicated because names are not just benign words. They are powerful cultural workhorses.
A sign on Charlotte St., in Sackville, N.B. Women rarely come from places named after women, and the exceptions usually commemorate them differently than men.
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Far more streets, buildings and public spaces in Canada are named after men than women, despite women making up a majority of the population.
Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms without nuclei and are commonly known as bacteria.
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A new ‘rule book’ for naming genomically sequenced bacteria is a boon for science.
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Following on from the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2020 has seen 5 asteroids given new names recognising the contribution of illustrious Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.