The hydropower dam is part of a huge effort to boost India’s homegrown energy. But it will radically disrupt the lives and livelihoods of indigenous communities in the flood plains downstream.
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Kigali city’s master plan erases social memory in urban spaces.
As of 2022, only Nigeria and Sudan had lower trade-to-GDP ratios.
Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that NATO gives it, as well as the stability it helped create in Europe.
Policymakers rely on models during uncertain times to figure out how their choices could affect the future. Over the pandemic, an ensemble of many COVID-19 models outperformed any one alone.
After a 20th-century manufacturing boom, the region has been in a decadeslong decline. Rural factory towns can blame technology and globalization for their woes.
In a greener future, what becomes of current fossil fuel workers? Despite possessing skills applicable to green industries, their geographical locations will limit their opportunities.
The hostage swap between the U.S. and Iran may be an important step in a new nuclear deal between the West and Iran.
American journalist Evan Gershkovich is being detained in Russia. But recent US-Russia prisoner swaps indicate his release is possible.
Scholars examine how state laws that restrict lessons on race could affect students and educators.
A history scholar sees leeway and loopholes in a wave of new state laws that seek to control what teachers can say about racism in America’s past.
New research finds societies are much more likely to have supernatural beliefs that concern ‘natural’ phenomena, such as extreme weather events.
Early adopters have started using ChatGPT to assist with mundane tasks like writing sick certificates and patient letters.
Childbearing goals have remained remarkably consistent over the decades. What has changed is when people start their families and how many kids they end up having.
Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms.
A new generation of vaccines and boosters against SARS-CoV-2 may take a page from the anti-influenza playbook, with shots periodically tailored to target the most commonly circulating virus strains.
The ‘fool the eye’ cakes hearken back to popular paintings from another period in American history when there was anxiety over fakes, fraudsters and misinformation.
The reasons have a lot to do with the nature of unions as representative of workers’ views, as well as the importance of protecting their right to bargain.
Vaccination campaigns like the ones that eventually eliminated polio and measles in the United States required decades of education and awareness in order to achieve herd immunity in the U.S. population.
More than 600,000 Brazilians have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. A new report says the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro are responsible for around half.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Assistant Professor of Sport Administration, Hyde Family Foundation Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Postdoctoral fellow, Kellogg School of Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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David G. Frey Assistant Professor of Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Ph.D. Candidate in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of History; Director of the Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Assistant Professor of African Studies and City Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Associate professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Assistant Professor of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
