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Trump’s recent executive order to keep meat plants open is premised on a lie: that a meat shortage is a food shortage.
In the 1790s, penal reformers rebuilt America’s squalid jails as airy, hygienic places meant to keep residents – and by extension society – healthy. Now they’re hotbeds of COVID-19. What went wrong?
People think they’re good at detecting disinformation, but most people actually aren’t. A group of researchers searches for the best way to help users steer clear of online deception campaigns.
Nationwide, state government money has become a smaller and smaller fraction of public higher education budgets.
Since plants can’t pick up and move to greener pastures if conditions are tough, some have evolved interesting and sneaky strategies to make a living.
The world has some 500 million square kilometres of ocean. But just 55 million square kilometres remain untouched by intensive human activities such as fishing.
American support of the formula industry comes at the cost of the health and lives of Black and brown babies, at home and abroad.
When covering Africa, Bourdain rejected the monolithic way media outlets have historically depicted the continent’s diverse cultures and populations.
The rise of ‘fitspiration’ seems to promote a body that is both impossibly thin and muscular. A new study explores whether this has become a new benchmark for women.
An Indian scholar makes the case that caste explains inequality in America better than race and class.
The fear and distress caused by a false missile alarm last week in Hawaii is part of the 125- year legacy of American occupation.
Instead of trying out for band or the hockey team, adolescents might do better to choose a part-time job as an extracurricular activity. Research shows it pays big dividends later in life.
The U.S.-based white supremacist movement that calls itself the “alt-right” has recently embraced milk as a symbol.
Data from swiping apps like Tinder are giving researchers a window into how dating and relationships could be changing.
Reliably predicting whether a tsunami is large enough to require evacuations requires many more observations from the deep ocean than we now have.
Research shows that preschool children take characters from popular television shows and movies and blend them together to create complex oral stories.
Everyone wants a better battery for longer run-time on electronics and driving range for EVs. What’s the most likely successor to today’s lithium-ion batteries?
People do disgusting and disruptive things on airplanes. They show little regard or patience for fellow passengers and their needs. Inconsiderate behavior on the part of passengers can make air travel…
This fall, President Obama signed a proclamation that created the biggest marine reserve in the world. By extending the protective boundaries around Wake Island, Jarvis Island and Johnston Atoll from 50…
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PhD candidate, University of Hawaii
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Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, Author of Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice, University of Hawaii
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Associate Professor of Biology, University of Hawaii
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Professor of Conservation Paleobiology, National Tropical Botanical Garden, and Adjunct Professor, University of Hawaii
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Ph.D. Candidate in Geography and Environmental Science, University of Hawaii
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Research Affiliate, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii
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Ph.D. Candidate in Entomology, University of Hawaii
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Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii
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Professor of Architecture, University of Hawaii
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Associate Professor of Tropical Plants & Soil Sciences, University of Hawaii
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Associate Professor in Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawaii
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Professor of Social Work, University of Hawaii
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Associate lecturer, University of Hawaii
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Professor of Pediatrics and Principal Investigator, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, University of Hawaii
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Professor of Biology and Director, Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii
