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Studying how elephants move can give clues into how they can be better managed to conserve their populations.
New research shows that people who suffer from mental disorders earlier in life were more likely to subsequent develop physical diseases, age faster, and also die earlier than those who did not.
The lead author of a new UN report on methane explains the findings and how oil and gas companies could be making money and saving the climate at the same time.
As sea levels rise along the Atlantic coast, saltwater is intruding inland, killing trees and turning coastal forests into marshes. Should scientists try to slow the process, or work with it?
Meisha Ross Porter is the new chancellor of New York City’s public schools. A scholar of the politics of education touches on her background and what lies ahead.
Solar-powered cold chain technologies can be game-changers in the fight against COVID-19 in resource-limited settings in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
As few as 100 companies produced 60% of revenues in eight ocean industries in 2018.
If you’re reluctant to share your password, or broadcast a team password in Slack in a groupchat, your instincts are correct. But mocking those who ‘do the wrong thing’ is unlikely to help.
US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has resigned. Five experts comment on the impact she had on education.
Evidence shows Black candidates can win elections in majority-white congressional districts.
A former deputy chancellor of New York City schools explains why the police don’t need to patrol the nation’s public schools.
The story of Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement shows just how durable law enforcement institutions are – and why the road to reform goes straight uphill.
For the past two decades graduates of America’s most selective universities have dominated the Time 100 list. Will that always be the case?
The US economy’s record pandemic plunge was followed swiftly by a record upswing. But what does it all mean?
An innovative school model, known as P-TECH, that enables high school students to graduate with a two-year college degree and get jobs with partner corporations is showing encouraging results.
Realizing that economics is a lot like fiction helps us better evaluate the claims economists make about the world we all live in.
In general, the larger the tree, the more carbon it stores.
This decades-long study found that living in poorer communities changes how genes are regulated.
International law does not meaningfully address biodiversity conservation in the high seas. We risk losing marine species before we have a chance to identify and understand them.
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Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology & Neursocience, Duke University
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Master of Environmental Management, Duke University
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Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering, Duke University
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Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University
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Senior Director, Collaboration and Continuity Technologies, Duke Health, Duke University
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Senior researcher of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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Course instructor, English for International Students Program, Duke University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology, Duke University
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Curator of the Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History, Duke University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
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Emeritus professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Duke University
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Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
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Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor of Psychology, Duke University
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Research Scientist in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
