Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear,…
An anthropology course explores how peoples and cultures around the world use nature-based medicines to heal.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant has enough water to last for several months. What happens afterward…
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of brain cancer, causing significant decline in cognitive function. New research…
A number of theories try to explain how cultural differences come to be. A new study quantifies how such factors as resource…
Public data about individual donors’ political contributions supports the perception that American academia leans left.
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People with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome 21. Understanding the effects of those triplicated genes could help improve…
Millions of people worldwide are exposed via soil and water to arsenic, whether naturally occurring or related to pollution.…
Artificial intelligence looks like a political campaign manager’s dream because it could tune its persuasion efforts to…
Audiences love improvised, off-the-cuff entertainment, and new research suggests it’s because spontaneity seems to offer…
Researchers have identified ways to have more productive conversations – even when you’re talking to someone who holds…
Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane…
Figuring out how to regulate AI is a difficult challenge, and that’s even before tackling the problem of the small number…
If hunter-gatherers went beyond nose-to-tail eating to include the undigested plant matter in a prey animal’s stomach,…
Unlike opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl that travel throughout the body, the opioids your body produces are released…
Biased algorithms in health care can lead to inaccurate diagnoses and delayed treatment. Deciding which variables to include…
Fungal infections can be among the hardest to treat, and since the pandemic began they’ve become only more common. To…
China’s newest hypersonic missile, the DF-27, could sideline US aircraft carrier groups in the Pacific, while missiles…