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Human beings evolved to nurture – and that drive can extend to children who aren’t your own and even to members of other species.
The Biden administration is restoring full protection to three national monuments that President Trump sought to cut down drastically.
Cities and farmers in the Southwest are resorting to unsustainable strategies to pull in more water. Iran has tried many of these strategies and shows how they can go wrong.
Scientists have a good estimate on the staggering number of stars in the universe.
As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
To stay healthy, it’s important to understand how wildfire smoke can harm your body and how to protect yourself.
Millions of Americans with tens of billions in unpaid rent face eviction and loss of their home.
People can die when the federal government doesn’t work well with state and local governments – the COVID-19 crisis showed that. But the Biden administration has signaled an openness to collaboration.
New research found that smoke from the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, carried high concentrations of lead. An environmental toxicologist explains what else you’re breathing and how to stay safe.
As the risk of fires rises in areas once considered too wet to burn, it creates hazards for mountain communities and for downstream water supplies.
A federal eviction ban had much less effect than state-specific restrictions, an analysis of eviction data finds.
Drought conditions are so bad, fish hatcheries are trucking their salmon to the ocean and ranchers are worried about having enough water for their livestock.
International law bars nations from causing environmental harms in other states. Should that include sending thousands of refugees over the border in search of food, water and shelter?
States led by Republican governors generally had higher COVID-19 case and death rates in 2020.
DNA has been storing vast amounts of biological information for billions of years. Researchers are working to harness DNA for archiving data. A new method uses light to simplify the process.
The demand was there.
Con sus largas pestañas y orejas en forma de plátano, las llamas suelen ser las favoritas en los zoológicos, ferias y bodas. Esta relación estrecha con la raza humana empieza hace 7.000 años en Perú.
Llama toys, therapy lamas, petting zoo llamas: llamas are hot in the US, surpassing unicorns in popularity, but their relationship with South American people stretches over 7,000 years.
The 2020 wildfire season shattered records across the West. It’s part of a trend that’s headed in a dangerous direction.
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Astronomy, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Public and Population Health, Boise State University
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Anthropology, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Geosciences, Boise State University
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PhD candidate in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Boise State University
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Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Management, Boise State University
