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One of the most effective ways to reduce health inequalities across Australia is to design neighbourhoods that free residents from having to rely on cars for transport.
Dropping old, bad habits is hard, but starting new, good ones may not be so difficult. Or so a recent study suggests. Read how a simple sign at an airport made a difference.
Racial bias is associated with dehumanizing social groups different from your own. Psychologists trained kids to differentiate individuals of another race – with lasting effects on their biases.
Our ageing population presents several social and economic challenges, particularly for the health sector. Physical activity can tackle many of these.
Congress has an opportunity to build on DACA’s success. An immigration expert explains how.
Psychologists observed young children in real time figuring out how not to tell the truth.
A new study shows that the way humpback whales choose their habitats is affected by humans.
The wealthy evade taxes and are less likely to donate to charity, but does this mean they’re more selfish than everyone else? New research suggests not.
Are we in a race against climate change? Or is it a war? How does thinking of the past or the future affect your support for the science? Researchers are learning how metaphors and context matter.
We need international agreement on a set of Earth’s ‘vital signs’ and how to measure them.
President Trump signed an executive order to get construction started and ask Congress to pay up front, but good luck getting Mexico to foot the bill.
This isn’t the first time the US has banned people based on nationality. History shows these exclusions have put our national security at risk and caused rifts with foreign allies.
Quirks of human psychology can pose problems for science communicators trying to cover controversial topics. Recognizing what cognitive science knows about how we deal with new information could help.
We have a reliable and easy-to-use test to measure blood alcohol concentration. But right now we don’t have a fast, reliable test to gauge whether someone is too doped up to drive.
As the vaquita porpoise heads towards extinction, new management measures in Mexico still may have missed the point – affecting not one but two critically endangered marine species.
Aging and cancer appear to be closely linked, as over time, cells accumulate hits in their DNA code. But now research has turned to the role of RNA. Is RNA the key to a longer life?
Could this new technology do for the microscopic marine world what the first telescopes did for the heavens above?
We don’t need to look for Earth-like planets exclusively around Sun-like stars. Tiny, dim TRAPPIST-1 has only 11 percent the diameter of the Sun and is much redder.
Study shows mangrove forests along desert coasts have potential to lock up large amounts of carbon and buffer against rising seas.
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Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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Doctoral Student in Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego
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Professor of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental toxicology and cancer genomics, University of California, San Diego
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Ph.D. Candidate in Physical Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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Hydrologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Dermatology, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and International Security, University of California, San Diego
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Ph.D. Candidate in Computational Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego
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Sociology PhD Researcher, University of California, San Diego
