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Even before Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict was far-fetched. Now it's all but impossible. And that might not be a bad thing.
How do you prevent urban sprawl? Researchers look to a program in New Mexico for an answer.
The Colorado River supplies water to millions of people and irrigates thousands of miles of farmland. New research warns that climate change is likely to magnify droughts in the Colorado Basin.
Wives sometimes chide their husbands for being cold or distant toward their sons. But men express their love in subtle ways that deserve to be honored rather than belittled.
C’est l’un des plus vieux lacs de la planète, unique pour sa biodiversité. Il nourrit des millions d’Africains mais les activités humaines menacent plus que jamais son équilibre.
Does musical taste even matter anymore? Or does a data-driven feedback loop – where what you enjoy in the past shapes what you hear today – influence what you'll like in the future?
Climate change, deforestation, overfishing and hydrocarbon exploitation threatens one of Africa's oldest lake's, Lake Tanganyika.
When a search query is loaded with implicit false assumptions, Google's results don't always promote the truth.
Much social good can come from mass involvement – and research shows that includes online activism. The bigger picture takes in all those people who care but are at risk of doing nothing.
The traditional mode of publishing scientific research faces much criticism – primarily for being too slow and sometimes shoddily done. Maybe fewer publications of higher quality is the way forward.
Criminal justice experts suggest one way to change the system to eliminate racial bias.
Azteca ants are self-appointed protectors of coffee plants on Mexican plantations. But they have a lot to contend with from other insects.
Study using tree ring data and climate projections shows that buildup of CO2 will not benefit most northern forests and that growth rates will actually fall.
US President Barack Obama would do well to refocus America's interventions in Africa to support peaceful activists fighting for democracy.
In an attempt to better understand hurricanes, researchers recreate hundreds of years of hurricane records with Spanish shipwreck logs and tree ring data.
Ghana has often been depicted as one of modern Africa's success stories. But how different is contemporary Ghana to the vision its founding father Kwame Nkrumah had?
The laws of physics dictate that to pick out ever fainter objects from space and see them more sharply, we're going to need a bigger telescope. And that means we need massive mirrors.
To understand why insects sting and why the stings of such tiny animals hurt so much, we first needed a way to measure the pain they cause. So I created a sting pain index.
Rational actor theories suggest the powerless should be reluctant to trust the powerful, but studies show we tend to do just that.
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University Distinguished Professor Joint Professor, Geosciences and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
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Professor of Planning and Real Estate, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Music, University of Arizona
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Project Scientist at the Steward Observatory and Associate Research Professor of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
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Professor of Law, University of Arizona
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Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
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Director, Institute of the Environment, Distinguished Professor of Science, and Regents' Professor of Geosciences, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona
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Research Associate in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
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Professor of Communication, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Regents' Professor of Public Health, University of Arizona
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Postdoctoral Research Associate of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Faculty Affiliate with Africana Studies, University of Arizona
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sociology, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Dendrochronology, University of Arizona
