Seventy percent of the world's population now live in dictatorships, according to this year's report on democracy from the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at the University of Gothenburg.
Political science
Mar 15, 2022
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Human civilizations depend on the climate. Changes in climate affect the production of food and other resources that support our populations and economies. Paul Hooper, alumnus and adjunct associate professor of anthropology ...
Environment
Mar 14, 2022
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The UN on Monday launched a global effort to forge a landmark treaty curbing plastic pollution—an "epidemic" with escalating costs for the environment and human health.
Environment
Feb 28, 2022
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An object hidden below ground has been located using quantum technology—a long-awaited milestone with profound implications for industry, human knowledge and national security.
General Physics
Feb 23, 2022
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Once just an obscure island dialect of an African Bantu tongue, Swahili has evolved into Africa's most internationally recognized language. It is peer to the few languages of the world that boast over 200 million users.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2022
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What one person views as a major terrorist threat to the country, another may dismiss as a minor problem in society.
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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Tonga is still assessing the devastation of January's volcanic explosion that was hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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Researchers from HSE University and St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPSUACE) used eye tracking to study how residents who own cars and those who don't look at the shared courtyards of ...
Other
Jan 20, 2022
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As the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol prepares for televised hearings later this month, public attitudes toward the attack are divided sharply along partisan lines.
Political science
Jan 12, 2022
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The tiny, pale surf clam about the size of a fingernail that most people have seen and collected on beaches around the world holds clues in its shell to Earth's past. For the first time, researchers have been able to identify ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
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