There is something near-miraculous in the concept of tiny creatures, weighing just grams, making tracks and traces so long ago, that are now evident in rock.
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Proposed legislation would identify and protect African American cemeteries. But it wouldn’t cover the remains of thousands of Black people in museum collections.
Two scholars of cities explain why dense, urban areas will survive – and thrive – long after the pandemic ends, and even if they don’t get a bailout.
Coronavirus cases have risen sharply across the Mountain West, Midwest and plains. Over 70% of nonmetropolitan counties are now “red zones,” suggesting viral spread is out of control.
A team of researchers found the southernmost tree and forest on Earth at the extreme tip of South America. Wind limits where trees grow on Isla Hornos and those wind patterns are shifting.
Four researchers studied California’s shelter-in-place orders to figure out how many lives were saved by its early enactment. Here’s what they found.
Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
The flu shot is a bargain – and people are more likely to get it if they know that.
Despite many Irish-Americans claiming Protestant descent, unionists throughout history have found their rallying cries falling on deaf ears.
These trackways preserve an incredibly brief moment in time. More importantly, they tell us about ancient climates, and how turtle breeding ranges have changed over the millenia
An anthropologist who’s researched the dispossession of Native Americans and their enduring connections to ancestral places sees the value in asking ‘whose land are you on?’
As measles cases surge, people blame parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. A sociologist who has studied public health says anti-vaxxers may not be so different from the rest of us.
Female-centred health services are good, but they may detract from gender equality and men’s health.
Biometrics are more secure than passwords – but when they’re compromised fingerprints and retina scans are hard to reset. Brain responses to specific stimuli are as secure and, crucially, resettable.
Es una mentira reconfortante creer que, una vez que una pieza pasa a formar parte de la colección de un museo, está segura para la eternidad. Los museos se enfrentan a muchos peligros en su lucha por la conservación. La falta de presupuesto es uno de los principales.
It’s a comforting falsehood that once an artifact joins a museum’s collection, it’s safe for eternity. Museums face many foes in the fight to preserve – a lack of funds might be the biggest.
Cada vez hay más pruebas de que los animales son conscientes de la muerte, pueden experimentar dolor y a veces lloran o ritualizan la muerte de sus allegados.
A growing body of evidence points to how animals are aware of death, can experience grief and will sometimes mourn for or ritualize their dead.
Peut-on tout faire au nom de la science et de la connaissance ? Le cas d’une momie de jeune enfant soulève, enfin, des questions éthiques au sein de la communauté des archéologues.
Are DNA samples today’s version of the human skeletons that hung in 20th-century natural history museums? They can provide genetic revelations about our species’ history – but at an ethical price.
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Bioethics, University of Colorado Denver
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Historic Preservation Officer, Central City, CO, University of Colorado Denver
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Professor of Geology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
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Lecturer, Finance and Politics, Global Energy Management Program, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
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Assistant Professor of Medicine-Infectious Disease, University of Colorado Denver
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PhD Candidate in Health and Behavioral Sciences,, University of Colorado Denver
