The University of California, Irvine, is a public research university located in Irvine, California, and one of the 10 general campuses in the University of California (UC) system. UCI’s Orange County campus is the fifth-largest in the UC system, with over 29,000 students, 1,100 faculty members and 9,000 staff. Times Higher Education in 2013 ranked UC Irvine 1st among all US universities and 5th among the top 100 global universities under 50 years old.
The metaverse is still unfolding, but it has been developing for more than a century. Rudimentary virtual worlds have existed – in imagination and reality – since the days of the telegraph.
Humans are the only animals that express their thoughts in full sentences.
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Video cameras on city streets are only the most visible way your movements can be tracked.
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It’s not logical to believe your relationship is “meant to be.” But believing in destined love may have evolved as a way to keep couples together long enough to reproduce and raise children.
Predictable and consistent parental behavior can include set routines for meals and transportation.
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Parents are often the primary source of information that children receive from their environment. How consistent parents’ interactions with their children are matters.
The past decade has seen a flurry of young adult fiction written from a queer perspective.
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A scholar of queer literature takes a closer look at five books that are pushing the envelope on society’s understanding of LGBTQ life.
The metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around for several decades.
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A digital twin is to a computer model as live video is to a still photo. These virtual replicas can be used to understand and make predictions about a wide range of complex systems, including people.
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump threw their weight behind industries that are driving climate change.
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A new book lays out the connections between industries and politicians that are both stalling action on climate change and diminishing democracy.
Thick layers of snowy ice caused by unseasonal winter rains in Sweden block wild reindeers’ traditional grazing grounds and their access to food. Climate change is jeopardizing the migration and food-gathering routines of non-human species globally.
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As climate change and other conflicts put humans and other species on the move — and sometimes in conflict — we need to rethink the way we approach conservation.
As the population of American Indian and Alaska Native adults ages, the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias – along with various chronic conditions – goes up.
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A clearer understanding of the true treatment costs of dementia for American Indian and Alaska Native adults could help health services better meet the needs of the populations they serve.
Nathan Chen competes during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 10, 2022.
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When Asian lives are reduced to negative stereotypes, those caricatures shape social interactions, deny Asian humanity and create the myth of the model minority.
As we face the rise and rise of the Omicron variant, your risk of getting severe Covid may depend on how stressed you are. Now is a great time to look after your mental health.
Employers are having a harder time recruiting new workers.
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Studies show climate change is raising the risk of cascading hazards that alone might not be extreme but add up to human disasters. Communities and government agencies aren’t prepared.
In some drought-stricken parts of the Southwest, water arrives by truck.
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Cities and farmers in the Southwest are resorting to unsustainable strategies to pull in more water. Iran has tried many of these strategies and shows how they can go wrong.
Terkadang yang dibutuhkan seorang remaja adalah forum online anonim.
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Groups who share support for white supremacy say they are planning to return to the nation’s capital for a demonstration to support those arrested for their roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection.