Pfizer is like Woody Allen’s famous shark. It has to keep moving or it will die. And the drug company seems unable to keep moving by any means other than acquisitions. Its all-time best-selling drug, Lipitor…
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It wasn’t long between spells in jail for two members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot. Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were briefly arrested at the Sochi Olympics, having only been released…
Sex has been found to be a key factor in health and a long life for fruit flies, according to a new study by the University…
If I asked you to name some of the current threats to your health, “international trade law” probably wouldn’t be on the tip of your tongue. Yet trade agreements, and the way we negotiate them, can affect…
From 1865 glaciers in the Alps began retreating at unprecedented levels and new research conducted by the University of Michigan…
Inedible plant waste has been turned in a sustainable biofuel using fungus and E. coli. Researchers hope the discovery will…
The government’s disappointing U-turn over plain packaging of tobacco has dealt a blow to campaigners and shows a government attempting to subvert its own consultation process. The Conservative party’s…
A linguist from the University of Michigan has discovered a new language in a remote Indigenous community in northern Australia…
New research has found that workplace culture is likely to override an individual’s moral code when deciding whether to report…
Fossilised snail shells have revealed new clues about an abrupt climate shift that occurred nearly 34 million years ago…
The vocal patterns of gelada monkeys have been found to bear similarities to human speech. The lip-smacking vocalising of…
Planting trees on previously non-forested land has been shown to offset carbon emissions by helping trap carbon in soil…
Despite the widespread scientific consensus regarding anthropogenic climate change, ideological rhetoric dominates the global political discourse. This is preventing the development of clear policy frameworks…
Setting out strictly protected areas is more effective in combating deforestation in the Amazon than using designated removal…
Three distinct cryptic species of clams have been discovered on the southern coast of Australia. Until recently, the clams…
Electric stimulation to certain areas of the brain has been used to release mu-opioid, an opiate-like substance that alters…
Female licence holders now outnumber males, however, men still account for the majority of American drivers. US researchers…
Comparing cocaine’s effects on rats who have given birth to rats who haven’t has shown differences in brain chemistry and…
The neostriatum, the part of the brain that controls movement, may also hold mechanisms that control consumption, such as…
Anti-tumour medication could be used to protect the developing brains of young children with genetic diseases that cause…
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Fellow, Peabody Media Center; Professor of Media Studies, University of Michigan
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Holcim (US) Professor at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Graduate Research Assistant in Computer Science, University of Michigan
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Professor Emeritus of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
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Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Research Professor, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
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Professor, University of Michigan
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Professor, Social Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, University of Michigan
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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George Dock Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
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Lecturer, Department of Screen Arts & Culture, University of Michigan
