The rapid growth of oyster aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay has raised questions about its effects on water quality, with proponents touting benefits including reduction of water-column nutrients and increased clarity, and ...
Ecology
Nov 13, 2019
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Yes, they have stinging tentacles. No, they won't sting you—unless you're a tasty-looking zooplankton.
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2019
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A sockeye salmon's life ends right back where it began, culminating in an anadromous drama of sex, decay and sacrifice.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2019
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One problem in dealing with weapons of mass destruction is that they are well hidden. The key to finding them may be to change the methods we use to look. One such method is taking shape in a lab in the basement of Small ...
General Physics
Sep 5, 2019
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The William & Mary greenhouse has started a new program to limit the use of chemicals by relying on predatory insects for pest control. It's the biological equivalent of fighting fire with fire — and so far it's working.
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2019
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Voter information campaigns don't shape voter behavior, according to an analysis of data combined from studies independently conducted but coordinated by researchers working in six developing countries. The study, co-authored ...
Political science
Jul 18, 2019
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The region around the Mississippi River town of Galena, Illinois, ran on lead for the better part of a century.
Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2019
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The warm waters of the Gulf Stream flow up along the east coast of North America, moderating the climate of vast areas of northern and western Europe.
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2019
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Amanda Gibson is compiling evidence that traces today's predatory financial practices to economic victimization of free and enslaved African Americans in the pre-emancipation South.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2019
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To get a better understanding of the monarch butterfly's future, Jack Boyle built a time machine.
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2019
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