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/ 1 year agoChanging wild animals’ behavior could help save them – but is it ethical?
Behavior-based interventions could boost conservation efforts, but raise their own set of tricky ethical issues.
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/ 1 year agoUS, Chinese warships’ near miss in Taiwan Strait hints at ongoing troubled diplomatic waters, despite chatter about talks
What was behind the latest encounter between US and Chinese military vessels in contested waters?
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/ 1 year agoPolitical compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutions
Compromises, no matter how horrible, have long been used to solve seemingly intractable political problems – but at a cost.
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ’s Great Society – affirmative action
President Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at Howard University in 1965 offered a compelling argument on the need for affirmative action. His...
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/ 1 year agoScientists’ political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public’s trust in science
Public data about individual donors’ political contributions supports the perception that American academia leans left.
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/ 1 year agoBlockchain is a key technology – a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
There are many uses for digital systems that are not centrally controlled and that allow large numbers of people to participate...
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/ 1 year agoHistorians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
Only in the past few years have the stories and experiences of trans people in Nazi Germany come to light.
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/ 1 year agoA community can gentrify without losing its identity — examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works
Art can help anchor places even as they are reshaped.
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Humans rely on the ocean for food, jobs and other resources, but these systems are being stressed to the brink.
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/ 1 year ago3 ways to use ChatGPT to help students learn — and not cheat
Schools are blocking access to ChatGPT on their computers to try to prevent students from cheating. Two experts on academic cheating...
