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The hostility Black women face in higher education carries dire consequences

9 Black women who were working on or recently earned their PhDs told a researcher they felt isolated and shut out.

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Can We See the Beginning of Time?

The most powerful telescopes are like time travel machines, seeing the universe as it once was. The challenge, though, is that there has…

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What’s the best diet for healthy sleep?

A nutritional epidemiologist explains what food choices will help you get more restful z’s

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Forever Chemicals: The Dangers of PFAS and What’s Being Done to Reduce the Threat

Everything you need to know about these human-made chemicals now found everywhere—in the air, the water and in a large percentage people

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Citizen oversight boards could ensure regulations make sense for the public good

People love to hate bureaucracy, but regulatory agencies play key roles in modern society. Conservatives want to cut back their power, but…

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Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, China, will get all the growth from AI if other regions don’t invest…

From an economic development perspective, the highly skewed nature of AI activity in the US is likely to create large pools of high-skilled…

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Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow — here’s what that could mean for your…

The US Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the country…

6 min readApr 23, 2024

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Why Do Batteries Have So Many Shapes and Sizes?

The answer involves a fascinating, brief history of technological innovation and market forces

5 min readApr 22, 2024

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White men are now less than half of corporate board members — after a decade of progress

Since the 1970s, corporate boards have included more women and minorities. But those gains are likely to change after a US Supreme Court…

5 min readApr 19, 2024

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Climate activists aren’t just young people — dispelling 3 big myths for Earth Day

Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.

5 min readApr 18, 2024

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