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After Google suggested PigeonRank was at the root of its search function, a group of researchers put a small flock of the birds to a different classification test in real life.
The legacy of colonialism’s unfinished business has now migrated to the Indian Ocean.
El doctor alemán Magnus Hirschfeld estudió los “intermedios sexuales” y defendió la identidad trans mucho antes de que existiera el término LGBTQ. Su activismo terminó con la invasión de los Nazis.
Physician Magnus Hirschfeld advocated for those he called ‘sexual intermediaries.’ His activism began before World War I – and ended only when the Nazis came to power.
Ensuring the integrity of democratic elections from hackers and electronic tampering, and boosting public confidence in democracy, isn’t very difficult, nor expensive.
About 20,000 Californians were once sterilized under state eugenics laws. New research shows Latinos were disproportionately targeted. Is there any opportunity today to address these wrongs?
Alrededor de 20,000 californianos alguna vez fueron esterilizados bajo las leyes estatales de eugenesia. Una nueva investigación muestra que los latinos fueron atacados desproporcionadamente.
Will young Germans remember their history – and will older German embrace the digital future?
The dispute between Uganda and Kenya over an islet half the size of a football pitch has been fuelled by the perceived imbalance in fish harvests and the prospects of oil reserves beneath.
Pavlov’s drooling dogs hold the key to understanding many of our most important emotional experiences – as well as the overt actions we take to adapt to a world fraught with daunting challenges.
Just as Playboy was emerging as a cultural phenomenon in the United States, a German entrepreneur named Beate Uhse was building a sex business of her own – centered on the pleasure of women.
Generations of Germans have worked to create a positive national identity based on difficult self-reckoning with the Nazi era. The recent election attacks that progress.
We don’t know much about the origins of most human achievements – scientific and otherwise. Like evolution, does progress occur as random insights are selected for or against?
Should French children be taught about the ‘positive aspects’ of colonialism? What the presidential candidates say.
Do you feel as if the moderators keep asking the same questions of the presidential candidates? Our panel has some fresh ideas.
About two out of seven children are likely bored in their classrooms, as they aren’t learning much that is new. Should these children skip grades? What’s the evidence on grade-skipping?
Will the candidates acknowledge the Black Lives Matter platform during the debate in St. Louis? Millennial voters will be listening.
Recent talks in Vienna may help end the Syrian civil war, but diplomacy will not eliminate ISIS.
Despite the website’s hype, Grantland was never anything more than window dressing for ESPN’s brand.
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Associate Vice President for Research and Bighley Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iowa
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Professor and Chair of English, University of Iowa
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Assistant Professor of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies and Anthropology, University of Iowa
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Iowa
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Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa
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Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Endowed Chair of Rural Safety and Health, University of Iowa
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Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa
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Associate Vice President of Research, University of Iowa
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Iowa
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Ph.D. Candidate in Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa
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Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies, University of Iowa
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Professor of History and Program Coordinator, Native American and Indigenous Studies, University of Iowa
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Associate Professor of Sport Media, University of Iowa
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Iowa
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa
