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New research suggests that an effective way to locate and track large concentrations of microplastics in the ocean could be from high in the sky.
Les personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux durant leur jeunesse sont non seulement plus susceptibles que les autres de développer des maladies chroniques, mais aussi de vieillir plus précocement.
About a quarter of census tracts with a post office lack a credit union or community bank, making the US Postal Service an efficient way to help more Americans get low-cost bank accounts.
If shipping were a country, it would rank between Japan and Germany as the sixth-largest contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions.
During mating season, a male turtle-headed sea snake will often lose sight of the female before mating can happen. The female may be metres away, but the male won’t ever find her again.
Estos líderes, en mayor o menor medida, subestimaron la gravedad de la pandemia -- con consecuencias mortales.
La pandemia aún no ha terminado, pero estos líderes mundiales ya han ocupado su lugar en la historia por no haber combatido eficazmente el mortal coronavirus. Algunos de ellos ni siquiera lo intentaron.
La pandémie n’est pas terminée, mais ces dirigeants sont déjà entrés dans l’histoire pour avoir échoué à combattre efficacement la Covid-19. Certains d’entre eux n’ont même pas vraiment essayé.
The health harms of pandemic-driven mass unemployment will persist for decades, even after people find new jobs.
Most computer security focuses on software, but computer processors are vulnerable to hackers, too. An experimental secure processor changes its underlying structure before hackers can figure it out.
New research shows that people who suffer from mental disorders earlier in life were more likely to subsequent develop physical diseases, age faster, and also die earlier than those who did not.
The pandemic's not over yet, but these world leaders have already cemented their place in history for failing to effectively combat the deadly coronavirus. Some of them didn't even really try.
A large-scale survey asked people exactly that. One use of recycled carbon dioxide stood out.
An early childhood education expert explains what’s in the proposal and why it’s not really a partisan issue.
President Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax that wealthy people pay and use the extra revenue to fund new social spending on children and education.
An infrastructure boom threatens endangered tigers across Asia. Scientists want to know more about how tigers behave near roads so they can design wildlife-friendly transportation networks.
More competitive games between top soccer clubs is desirable but creating a ‘closed’ system would harm a soccer culture built on dreams, says the man who predicted the Super League two decades ago.
The corporate tax was created on the principle that people and companies should be taxed based on what they receive in benefits – and US corporations have received an awful lot.
Tech companies’ use of dual-class share structures to keep control in the hands of founders and other insiders gives a handful of people power over enormous swaths of American life.
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Michigan
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Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor in Health Behavior and Health Education in the School of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Michigan
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Professor and Department Chair, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan
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Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
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Research Fellow at the Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan
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Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Professor, Global Health Management and Policy and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
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Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research; and Director, Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan
