To better understand how politics play out online, W&M News spoke with Jaime Settle, the David and Carolyn Wakefield Term Associate Professor of Government at William & Mary. She is the director of the Social Networks and ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2020
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A bird that since John James Audubon's time has scurried under the radar of all but the most attentive ornithologists, conservationists and naturalists has received protection from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2020
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As Earth warms, species around the world—Adélie penguins, earthworms, gray snapper, pin oaks—are shifting into habitats once too cold for them. One such "climate migrant" is the Atlantic mud fiddler crab Minuca pugnax. ...
Ecology
Nov 18, 2020
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Shantá D. Hinton, in the good, old pre-COVID days, delivered what is possibly the world's first scientific lecture on proteins to incorporate a call-and-response format.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2020
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In only 16 years, the Piney Grove Preserve, managed by The Nature Conservancy in Sussex County, has shifted from receiving woodpeckers from other populations to donating woodpeckers to establish a second population in Virginia.
Ecology
Nov 5, 2020
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A healthy diet means a healthier you, which also means a healthier planet, right? Well, it's complicated.
Environment
Oct 29, 2020
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A rash of deer deaths in the College Woods is likely the result in an overabundance of biting midges, according to Randy Chambers, director of William & Mary's Keck Environmental Laboratory.
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2020
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As deforestation continues to rise in the Amazon rainforest, efforts are ongoing to identify ways to reverse the trend of tree loss in this valuable ecosystem.
Environment
Jun 12, 2020
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Results from the latest Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey—conducted annually by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Maryland Department of Natural Resources—show the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab stock remains resilient ...
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2020
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A team at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility led by a William & Mary physicist has made a significant advancement in physics understanding that represents a key step toward practical fusion energy.
Plasma Physics
May 21, 2020
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