Why do people go to war when the consequences of warfare are so dramatic? Scholars have suggested that the motivations for participating in war either lie in the individual rewards warriors receive (to the victor goes the ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2018
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New research disputes a long-held view that our earliest tool-bearing ancestors contributed to the demise of large mammals in Africa over the last several million years. Instead, the researchers argue that long-term environmental ...
Archaeology
Nov 22, 2018
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You can't see nasty microscopic air pollutants in your home, but what if you could?
Environment
Oct 4, 2018
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Stereochemistry is a science of reflection. Two chemical molecules with the same composition and structure, but with one as the mirror image of the other, can produce wildly varying effects. Controlling which molecule emerges ...
Materials Science
Sep 20, 2018
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Diversity is strength, even among forests. In a paper published in Nature, researchers led by University of Utah biologist William Anderegg report that forests with trees that employ a high diversity of traits related to ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2018
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When a wildfire breaks out and approaches a community, how do emergency managers decide when residents should evacuate?
Environment
Sep 14, 2018
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As droughts worsen across the globe, more people who earn their living through farming and owning livestock are forced to leave their homes. Many academics and policymakers predict that the rise in migration may lead to an ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2018
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The cloud forests of Honduras can seem like an otherworldly place, where the trees are thick with life that takes in water straight from the air around it, and the soundscape is littered with the calls of animals singing ...
Ecology
Sep 6, 2018
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Since the development of insulin to manage diabetes, pharmacists have longed to create an insulin pill. Past attempts have failed because insulin does not survive the harsh conditions of the gastro-intestinal (GI) system ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 8, 2018
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Take a look at the clouds, if there are any in your sky right now. Watch the billows, the white lofty tufts set against the blue sky. Or, depending on your weather, watch the soft grey edges smear together into blended tones ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2018
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