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A new wave of prosecutors, known as progressives, say that public safety can exist with policies like eliminating cash bail…
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A new species of bacteria that doesn’t normally live in the gut may trigger an immune response so strong that it spreads…
In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with three scientists who study the ways plants and animals…
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Supporters and volunteers love them. But it’s difficult for political scientists to determine whether they even influence…
Is it unfair to make money from works that borrow from copyrighted work?
Within two weeks of Hurricane Fiona, FEMA had accepted most Puerto Rican housing aid applications. Nearly all those early…