As a researcher and teacher, Holly Dunsworth enjoys poking holes in misconceptions about human evolution her students bring into the classroom.
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2019
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Historians and other humanities' scholars often have to deal with difficult research objects: centuries-old printed works that are difficult to decipher and often in an unsatisfactory state of conservation. Many of these ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 24, 2019
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Wars. Politics. Dynasties. Nationalism.
Mathematics
Apr 2, 2019
0
9
The scientific world is abuzz following recommendations by two of the most prestigious scholarly journals – The American Statistician and Nature – that the term "statistical significance" be retired.
Mathematics
Apr 1, 2019
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As a woman working in the environmental sciences, it was always obvious to me that most of my colleagues are men. This tended to focus my attention on surviving in a field in which I automatically contribute to diversity ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2019
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5
Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California (and former Secretary of Homeland Security during the Obama administration), has published an open letter on the university's official website announcing that the ...
The world's first academic journal devoted to the presentation of peer-reviewed, high-quality research into video game music and sound, is to be hosted by the Department of Creative Digital Technologies at the University ...
Software
Nov 30, 2018
0
6
Too often in economics, where you publish can be more important than what you publish.
Economics & Business
Oct 2, 2018
1
6
The US leadership has plans to introduce a "US Space Force" by 2020. Already announced by president Donald Trump in June, US vice president Mike Pence outlined further details of the plan at a press conference on August 9. ...
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2018
2
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Hate speech is on the rise. In Canada alone, it increased by a staggering 600 per cent between 2015 and 2016 as part of what some have called "the Trump effect."
Social Sciences
Jul 3, 2018
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