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Marie Simonin, Inrae and Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke University
Rivers, lakes and wetlands cover just 1% of the Earth’s...
Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for...
Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky
Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram – the...
Wildfire burn scars can intensify and even create thunderstorms that lead to catastrophic flooding...
William R. Cotton, Colorado State University
Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that...
More education for Mexican Americans may mean less diabetes
Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, Penn State
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The...
A new platform lets you buy shares of blue-chip paintings – but is art...
Kathryn Graddy, Brandeis University
In the fall of 2018, a Banksy work, “Love is in the Bin,” sold for...
What happens when your foot falls asleep?
Zachary Gillen, Mississippi State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Hurricane Ida turned into a monster thanks to a giant warm patch in the...
Nick Shay, University of Miami
As Hurricane Ida headed into the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists was...
What schools teach about 9/11 and the war on terror
Jeremy Stoddard, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Diana Hess, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The phrase “Never Forget” is often associated with...
