Os pescoços das girafas são um tema quente entre os biólogos. Um novo estudo contradiz uma teoria mais antiga que diz que as girafas machos precisam de pescoços longos para brigar pelas parceiras.
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Giraffe necks are a hot topic among biologists. A new study contradicts an older theory that says male giraffes need long necks to fight over mates.
Before World War II, pathogens in milk accounted for 1 in 4 cases of foodborne diseases in the US. Pasteurization reduced this figure to less than 1%.
NoMowMay is a catchy concept, but it doesn’t provide the food that native North American pollinators need or lasting support for them.
A cantora Amy Winehouse morreu devido à toxicidade do álcool em 2011, o mesmo ano em que a Sociedade Americana de Medicina do Vício reconheceu publicamente o vício como um distúrbio cerebral
Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly recognized addiction as a brain disorder.
Summer means road construction − but what kind of engineering goes into laying down pavement?
Tau neutrinos are notoriously difficult to spot in detectors like IceCube. But researchers have managed to isolate 7 candidates.
Affordable access to high-speed internet brings educational opportunities, economic development and better access to health professionals.
There are many outdated laws that states keep on the books, even if they aren’t used. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on rights like same-sex and interracial marriage, that can change.
In the past, when courts considered disputes over what to do with no-longer-wanted embryos, they typically considered them property. The Alabama ruling challenges this legal precedent.
Many people will see a dazzling eclipse this April, but these events are possible only because of the sizes and precise distances between Earth, the Moon and the Sun.
A new documentary highlights teaching techniques of an educator who went the extra mile for her students.
Evidence from NYC shows that stop-and-frisk policing leads to greater mistrust of police and more racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that within a century, the normal workweek would decrease to 15 hours. Why was he wrong?
Think the norm is to join the workforce straight after school, work for five decades and then retire? Think again.
Black activists have long used maps to help illustrate their communities’ history and to document historical injustices.
As the journalism industry continues to crater, wealthy plutocrats are consolidating their control over information systems.
An air traffic safety expert explains why humans will remain central to managing the nation’s airports and airspace even as AI promises to improve air traffic control.
A second Trump presidency may be a danger to democracy, but that’s more to do with the Republican Party than Trump himself, researchers of authoritarianism explain.
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Penn State
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Professor of Entomology and Director, Center for Pollinator Research, Penn State
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Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications & Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Teaching Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
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Professor of Law, Penn State
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Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State
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Huck Distinguished Chair in Evolutionary Genetics and Professor of Biology, Penn State
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Distinguished Professor of Modern History, Penn State
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Assistant Research Professor of Entomology, Penn State
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Associate Research Professor of Food Science, Penn State
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Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Public Policy, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology and Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State
