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Having Black teachers and other educators of color improves students' classroom experiences, research shows. They often serve as role models, set high...
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrates how radiocarbon dating can reveal the maximum lifespan of Me...
Americans rarely marry outside of their race or class in a nation where residential segregation is relatively common. It is a dynamic widely viewed as...
European fallow deer have faced a dramatic loss of genetic diversity since the last interglacial period. This was revealed by 120,000-year-old fossils...
Industrial-scale mining in Africa to support global supply chains is leading to unprecedented deforestation across the continent, with 34 hectares of...
The classical drug discovery paradigm begins with a known molecular target: a protein whose modulation is expected to reverse the course of a disease....
Chloromethane is a gas that is toxic to humans and contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer. It is produced during the combustion of coal, biom...
The plumbing systems of volcanoes are vast and complex. But they aren't consistent, even in the same volcano. A Cornell-led collaboration found very d...
A landmark climate case is being heard by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. The request was brought by the Pan African Lawyers Union and...
Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, have the potential of outperforming classical computers on...
What if a common herb found in the kitchen could help farmers grow healthier crops? As the global population grows and agriculture faces increasing en...
A research team led by Davoud Jafari at the University of Twente, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, has completed a series of parabolic fl...
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