Since antiquity people have harnessed sound as a weapon, and the practice continues – in new high-tech ways – today.
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Research shows that school shootings can lead to years of health, educational and economic detriment for students who survive the attack.
Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, but no one knew how. A new study shows how corals turn oxybenzone into a sunlight-activated toxin.
Documentos corporativos de las últimas seis décadas muestran que los jefes de la industria energética habían sido informados en forma privada de que sus productos alterarían el clima de todo el planeta.
Tourism revenues account for almost 10% of Costa Rica’s gross domestic product. New research shows that charismatic wildlife is necessary but not sufficient to attract ecotourists.
The brain can count small numbers or compare large ones. But it struggles to understand the value of a single large number. This fact may be influencing how people react to numbers about the pandemic.
Poetry can unite people when all seems lost. The Conversation US has pulled together four articles from its archives that speak on the power of poetry.
A new study maps vegetation’s fire risk across the West and shows where population in the highest-risk areas from California to Texas is booming.
Experts help explain the context around the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and subsequent trial and convictions of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan.
Informed data donations are different from the usual online data experience. They’re easier to manage because of technological advances.
Government agencies are setting up new websites and phone hotlines to provide information. But those might not be the best ways to engage with people who need help the most.
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Spotted hyenas provide ecosystem services that improve human welfare and contribute to sustainable development goals.
Stanford researcher Lucy Bernholz is re-imagining what philanthropy looks like and is trying to understand how average people create, fund and distribute shared social goods in the digital age.
Spoiler alert: Stolen guns arm criminals, and limiting gun carrying outside the home reduces violent crime.
An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the deluge.
What will the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill pay for? Here are some of the things it will help build, fix or remove.
Après une forte baisse des émissions en 2020 due à la pandémie de Covid-19, 2021 témoigne d’une inquiétante reprise, souligne la nouvelle étude du Global Carbon Projet.
Preocupa especialmente la tendencia al alza a largo plazo de las emisiones de CO₂ procedentes de la quema de combustibles fósiles, que están lejos de llegar a cero en 2050.
Most concerning is the long-term upward trends of CO₂ emissions form burning fossil fuels, which are far from trending towards net-zero by 2050.
Transcripts and internal documents show how the industry shifted from leading research into fossil fuels’ effect on the climate to sowing doubt about science.
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Research Scholar, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science, Stanford University
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Earth System Sciences, Stanford University
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Ph.D. Candidate in History, Stanford University
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
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PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
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Director, Brainwave Learning Center, Synapse School & Research Associate, Stanford University
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PhD Student, Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University
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C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford University
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Ph.D. candidate in Earth System Science, Stanford University
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Doctoral Candidate in Developmental and Psychological Sciences, Stanford University
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Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University
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Associate Professor of Health Policy, Stanford University
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Professor of Earth System Science, Stanford University
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