Modern North American porcupines are at least twice the size of their southern cousins and have stronger jaws. But how long have they looked that way?
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There is ample evidence that poor oral health plays a role in many chronic diseases.
Vague definitions and heavy penalties mean that legislation could be used to stifle a free press.
Estudo com participação de cientista brasileiro revela como a geografia do clima, e não apenas o clima em si, influencia nos padrões de diversidade das espécies.
A new study reveals how the geography of global climates influences the rich patterns of species diversity in an ever-changing world.
In a study with people as young as 4 years old, participants underestimated how much others would appreciate their good deeds.
More than half of working-age adults over 50 with a work-limiting disability didn’t receive any benefits from Social Security in 2016.
In 2022 we detailed the discovery of 1,500 stone points in France’s Madrin cave. Experiments now show that they could were used as arrowheads, pushing back evidence of archery in Eurasia by 40,000 years.
Une toute nouvelle étude montre qu’Homo sapiens maîtrisait déjà le tir à l’arc il y a plus de 50 000 ans, grâce à des fouilles archéologiques dans la Grotte Mandrin.
An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books that were assigned decades ago – and why American school curricula are so difficult to change.
Putin has been consumed with presenting a hyper-macho image throughout his presidency. And in recent years, he’s ramped up sexist and LGBTQ-phobic rhetoric.
The Asian American actress rose to fame in an era when white actors in yellowface were more likely to play Asian characters than Asian ones.
Los artefactos de piedra y un diente fósil señalan que el Homo sapiens vivió en la Gruta Mandrin hace 54.000 años, en una época en la que los neandertales aún vivían en Europa.
Des artefacts en pierre et une dent fossile indiquent qu’Homo sapiens vivait à la Grotte Mandrin il y a 54 000 ans, à une époque où les Néandertaliens vivaient encore en Europe.
Stone artifacts and a fossil tooth point to Homo sapiens living at Grotte Mandrin 54,000 years ago, at a time when Neanderthals were still living in Europe.
Some animals, such as California sea lions, have small brains relative to their body size, but are still impressively intelligent, showing brain evolution is even more complex than it appears.
A household earning the US median income needs an additional $17,690 per year – on top of current government disability benefits programs.
Partially protected areas don’t have more wildlife than unprotected areas. They consume conservation resources and occupy space that could otherwise be allocated to more effective protection.
Frogs are harvested as food by the millions every year. A new study shows that uncontrolled frog hunting could drive some populations to extinction by midcentury.
This ancient cat-sized animal lived millions of years ago and had features not found in any of today’s mammals.
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PhD Candidate, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Professor and Chair, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Senior Researcher at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research and Adjunct Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Clinical Professor of Periodontics and Endodontics, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Lecturer of Anthropology and Assistant Director of the Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Associate professor, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Post doctoral researcher at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Postdoctoral research associate, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Professor of History, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
