Bio-inspiration takes cues from natural structures that do certain things very effectively. One example: the strong but flexible fibers that sea sponges use to anchor themselves to the ocean floor.
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Human milk banks play an important role in ensuring the safe supply of breast milk. This is made available to babies whose mothers are unable to breastfeed.
Breastfeeding has many health benefits for both baby and mother. But it can also can be difficult to sustain exclusively without support.
This problem masks a greater threat to the welfare state than it first appears.
South Africa's democracy is in trouble. But the challenge is less about who should control state institutions, and more about how they can be refashioned to deliver to the poor.
Trump cuts bait, Ryan loses his nerve – and the Obamacare repeal goes down without a vote. What's next for Congress and the GOP?
For centuries, historians have assumed that 'primitive societies' couldn’t have possibly come up with advanced techniques on their own.
A recent poster displayed Donald Trump with the Indian spiritual symbol of 'om.' Here is the problem:
Have you ever arrived in a hotel room after a long flight and despite being exhausted, failed to fall asleep? This is called the first-night effect and we may have understood why it occurs.
As Brazil struggles through a political and economic crisis, its soybean farmers are thriving. Their growing clout could trigger new deforestation and undercut the nation's climate change pledges.
Only 28% of working women across the globe are fully protected by maternity laws that provide for time off work with full pay.
Over the last three years Kenya has seen marked improvements in its nutrition-related targets as a result of a national nutrition plan it has implemented.
Female scholars tend to assign more readings from women authors. But then male instructors assign more of their own work.
Why do certain songs and colors make us feel a certain way?
In 12 years Kenya has managed to dramatically improve its exclusive breastfeeding rates from 13% to 61%. The success has not come without challenges, and some persist.
On the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, we asked scholars to reflect on the significance of Armenian insistence on remembering and Turkey's insistence that the genocide never happened.
When Republicans took over Congress, many observers predicted a goodbye to gridlock. Not so fast, however. Politicians say they hate filibusters -- until they want to use them.
An era has ended. The last of the “Watergate Babies” has left the Congress. The nickname was applied to the class of House Democratic freshmen elected in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal. There…
Editor’s note: On November 20, President Obama announced a plan - through an executive order - to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation if they meet certain criteria. His move has…
Nearly a year ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the trigger on a parliamentary maneuver many have labeled the “nuclear option.” Democrats were able to change the way Senate Rule XXII, which…
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PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, Brown University
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Research Scientist at the African Population and Health Research Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brown University
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Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University
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Professor of Sociology, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Research, Brown University
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Visiting Lecturer in Political Science and International and Public Policy, Brown University
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