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Research shows that moving from a larger dwelling to a tiny home can change behavior in surprising ways.
Vacunarse contra la gripe es la mejor forma de detener la propagación, pero un reciente estudio aconseja aumentar la circulación del aire y limpiar las superficies para eliminar el virus del entorno.
Many US coastal towns are building defenses to protect against rising seas and storms. This can encourage people to stay in place when they should be moving inland.
Oomycete spores hack into plants to get what they need, causing agricultural disease. Can researchers figure out how to close plants' security loopholes and create more resilient crops?
Las grandes tecnológicas son noticia por maltratar a sus trabajadores, a los clientes y a la sociedad. ¿Está su potencial económico a punto de colapsar como ocurrió con Detroit hace años?
Big technology firms are becoming known for mistreating workers, customers and society as a whole. Is an economic powerhouse about to collapse like Detroit did years go?
Vaccination against the flu is the best way to stop its spread, but a recent study suggests increasing air circulation and cleaning surfaces to remove the virus from the environment.
Formal, accessible academic advice systems can help university graduation rates.
The Agriculture Department provides nearly $6 billion annually for land, water and wildlife conservation on farms. President Trump's 2019 budget drastically reduces funds for these programs.
Many cities lack the resources to analyze their own vast troves of administrative data.
Civilians have become so far removed from the military and war, it can be hard to understand veterans. Their poetry can help us connect.
Consumers with high hopes of driverless vehicles improving safety might be looking past the boring near-term advances that could make a real difference. It happened before – more than 60 years ago.
Is the Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for the new era of disasters?
Given recent events, you might have had an inkling that extremist views have been resonating. Researchers from the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention have the hard data to back it up.
What do traditional Maasai people use mobile phones for?
The US Department of Agriculture kills thousands of predators yearly, mainly for attacking livestock. A conservation biologist explains why this policy is ineffective and ecologically harmful.
An Army veteran and professor of rhetoric explores poetry written by veterans about a divisive holiday born of the Civil War.
Our data-driven model was able to create a reasonably accurate assessment of justices' views on issues, predict their alignments on cases and identify who might be a swing vote.
Modern agriculture is synonymous with monoculture. That lack of diversity is bad news for plants' natural immune defenses. Researchers are figuring out how to help plants fend off microbes – without pesticides.
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Ashley Dayer is a Friend of The Conversation.Assistant Professor of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech
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Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Tech
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Associate Professor of English, Virginia Tech
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Director, Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, Virginia Tech
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
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Department Head and Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
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Ph.D. Student in the School of Plant and Environmental Science, Virginia Tech
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Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Tech
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Professor, Virginia Tech
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Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Planning and Design, Virginia Tech
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Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
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Professor of Statistics and Director for the Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory within the Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia Tech
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Master's student, Virginia Tech
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Deputy Director and Research Professor at the Social and Decision Analytics Laboratory, Virginia Tech
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Assistant Professor of Geography, Virginia Tech
