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We humans like to think that our language is original, but we absorb large amounts of it from others and liberally repeat…
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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…