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Monitoring and protecting the Kasanka bat colony helps protect bats from the entire sub-continent, and thus supports ecosystem services in a wide area.
En un principio, ‘Ex-Wife’ superó en ventas a ‘El gran Gatsby’, pero la crítica se burló de la novela por considerarla un melodrama de época, a pesar de que abordaba temas intemporales como el género, el dinero y el poder.
‘Ex-Wife’ originally outsold ‘The Great Gatsby,’ but critics sniffed at the novel, deeming it a melodramatic period piece − even though it tackled timeless issues like gender, money and power.
Forming study groups and reaching out to professors can greatly improve a first-year student’s chances for success.
Nuclear weapons production and testing contaminated many sites across the US and exposed people unknowingly to radiation and toxic materials. Some have gone uncompensated for decades.
Rip currents are a leading cause of near-shore drownings, but there are effective ways to survive one. And these phenomena also play important ecological roles that are an emerging research area.
A scholar of religion and politics explains how Robertson led the way in blending religion with political commentary and paved the way for a wider influence of Christian media on American culture.
Carter’s work in Zimbabwe forms a significant and under appreciated part of his legacy
The Biden administration is finalizing the first federal limits on two compounds, PFOA and PFOS, in drinking water. These so-called ‘forever chemicals’ have been linked to numerous health effects.
As Martin Luther King Jr. gained national prominence, the FBI launched several investigations to prove that King and his radical allies were communist sympathizers and a danger to America.
The homogeneity of citizen science volunteers undercuts the ability of these projects to bring science to underserved communities.
Two poems that were originally excised from ‘Ariel,’ Plath’s seminal poetry collection, vividly channel the painful experience of losing an unborn child.
If colleges want to address systemic racism within their institutions, they can start by crediting female faculty members of color for work that gets overlooked. A group of higher ed researchers explains how.
Public and community health experts highlight four ways that communities can collaborate to encourage physical activity and fun.
Ecology is dominated by colonial notions and knowledge that doesn’t consider local knowledge. This needs to change.
Researchers used decades-old radar data and found that some low-lying areas of Venus’ crust are moving and jostling. This evidence is some of the strongest yet of tectonic activity on Venus.
The plight of residents in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem highlights a history of Palestinians’ claims to land being ignored, argues a scholar of the Ottoman Empire.
Two new NASA missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – are headed to Venus. The missions will use radar and a probe to learn about Earth’s hard-to-study and potentially prophetic neighbor.
The average price of US goods and services surged in April, leading some to worry the economy is beginning to experience dangerously high levels of inflation. A scholar explains why that’s unlikely.
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Professor of Educational Leadership, North Carolina State University
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PhD Candidate in Conservation Biology, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University
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Postdoctoral research scholar, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor of Community Health and Sustainability, North Carolina State University
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Professor, North Carolina State University
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Professor of English, North Carolina State University
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Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
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Professor of Film Studies, North Carolina State University
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Professor of History, North Carolina State University
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PhD Student, Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, North Carolina State University
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Research Professor at NCSU and Scientist at NC Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State University
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Professor Emeritus of Communication, North Carolina State University
