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Understanding how unrest informed both early Christianity and the foundational stories of the United States can serve as…
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In a world beset by a global pandemic, colleges and universities may have to find a way for US students to study abroad…
Scanning through billions of chemicals to find a few potential drugs for treating COVID-19 requires computers that harness…
For almost a century, American popular culture has perpetuated the idea that only journalists working in foreign countries…
Four researchers studied California's shelter-in-place orders to figure out how many lives were saved by its early enactment.…
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Release of GM mosquitoes in Florida is imminent. But a multidisciplinary team of scientists believe that more studies are…
Generating energy usually means wasted heat. Semiconductors let the electrons flow with zero waste – but so far scientists…
Mud blister worms make their homes in the shells of oysters and other shellfish, where they weaken their hosts.
While African Americans account for about 14% of the US population, they have accounted for about 60% of deaths from the…
Small-scale dairy farmers are struggling across the US – but in New Jersey they've developed a model that keeps their…
Youth physical inactivity was already a problem before COVID-19, but it doesn't have to stay that way.