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This summer, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is taking the next giant leap in our search for signs of life beyond Earth.
It's easier said than done, acknowledges a nursing professor with four children. But it's going to be necessary during the coronavirus pandemic.
Masks are only effective if you follow certain principles when wearing them.
There's more to the numbers than what you see on TV.
Much like what everyone in showbiz from Lady Gaga to Lang Lang seems to be doing, school-age music students are using apps and software to play instruments and sing together.
COVID-19 is traumatizing nurses. Yet nurses have suffered trauma for decades, often due to insufficient resources, and changes within the field have been slow.
How do people in a special airplane flight get to float like there is no gravity – just like astronauts? An aerospace engineer explains.
Computerized systems that automatically determine whether a pitch is a ball or strike promise to make umpiring more accurate, but at what price?
There are strong psychological drivers underpinning the impulse to splurge hard-earned money online. There are also some simple ways to stop.
COVID-19 differs significantly from HIV and Ebola. But the potential consequences of having a misinformed public are similar.
Office buildings have been left mostly empty for weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving standing water in pipes where harmful organisms can grow. What happens when those buildings reopen?
Small-scale farmers are likely to be hit hard if open-air markets close due to coronavirus fears. This could have a longer-term impact on the food supply chain.
Anthrax is best known as a bioweapon. But researchers have figured out how to tweak the deadly toxin and use it to fight cancer. So far, dogs are the first to benefit from the new therapy.
More than 20,000 American high school students have made their own guitars in school over the past decade. Many of them have wound up more into learning about STEM disciplines.
Getting in better shape is one of Americans' top resolutions for the new year, but many people give up after six months. Here are some suggestions to make exercise enjoyable so you can stick with it.
Grief has been thought to present itself in five stages, but newer studies into how people process grief shows that, in many ways, it never ends. Grief can be especially powerful at the holidays.
A machine learning expert predicts a new balance between human and machine intelligence is on the horizon. For that to be good news, researchers need to figure out how to design algorithms that are fair.
Fictional accounts of white Southerners make it seem like it was fun to be a slave on a plantation at holiday time. Many of today's tours repeat such stories.
Turkey has become easier to produce over the years, making it easier on American wallets – with some environmental benefits as well.
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Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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Associate Director, Purdue University
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Associate Professor of Planetary Science, Purdue University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Assistant Professor of Music, Purdue University
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Associate Professor, Purdue University
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Purdue University
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Professor Emerita; Immediate Past President, APHA, Purdue University
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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
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Professor of American Studies, Purdue University
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Professor, Purdue University
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Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
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Assistant Program Leader, Diversified Farming and Food Systems, Purdue University
