UNC Charlotte is North Carolina’s urban research university. Located in the state’s largest metropolitan area, UNC Charlotte is among the fastest growing universities in the UNC System.
Uma aranha tecelã descansa no centro de sua teia: cada espécie cria sua própria arquitetura de teia específica, que é exclusivamente adequada ao tipo de presa que come e ao ambiente em que vive.
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Ella Kellner, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Sete tipos distintos de seda permitem que diferentes espécies de aranhas construam teias com várias funções, incluindo capturar presas, prender-se e proteger seus ovos.
Une araignée orbiculaire se repose au centre de sa toile dans un verger.
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Ella Kellner, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Les toiles d’araignées sont des merveilles d’ingénierie naturelle. Leur architecture répond à des fonctions précises : capturer des proies, protéger des œufs ou amortir une chute notamment.
An orchard orb weaver spider rests in the center of her web.
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Ella Kellner, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
7 distinct types of silk allow different spider species to build webs with various jobs – including to catch prey, tether themselves and protect their eggs.
White supremacists murdered Jewish radio talk show host Alan Berg in the driveway of his home in June 1984.
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Shows, movies and day-to-day language promote myths about voodoo that reinforce more than a century of stereotypes and discrimination, writes a scholar of Africana studies.
Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, at left, and group member Joe Biggs were sentenced to many years in federal prison.
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The Proud Boys are more of a loosely affiliated street gang than they are a unified right-wing militia, researchers say. But police ignore the threats from these groups, and their threats grow.
Genetics may play a role in COVID-19 disease severity.
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Researchers found that people with a specific gene variant were two to eight times more likely to not have symptoms after infection.
Harvard students protesting on July 1, 2023, after the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action programs reverses nearly 50 years of its own decisions that ruled diversity was of vital national importance.
Sebuah rangkaian kereta mengangkut para penglaju di Mumbai, India, pada 2009. Meskipun telah terjadi langkah-langkah perbaikan dan modernisasi, kereta api masih jadi metafora India kontemporer.
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Ritika Prasad, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Kecelakaan mematikan di India yang merenggut nyawa sekitar 300 orang telah memfokuskan kembali perhatian internasional pada pentingnya perkeretaapian di negara tersebut.
By the end of the 19th century, railways were being used by millions across India.
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Ritika Prasad, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
A deadly crash in India that claimed the lives of around 300 people has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the country.
President Lyndon Johnson delivers the commencement address at Howard University on June 4, 1965.
Travis Knoll, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
President Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at Howard University in 1965 offered a compelling argument on the need for affirmative action. His policies have been challenged ever since.
Uber wealthy couples are rather traditional when it comes to who works and who doesn’t.
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Jill Yavorsky, University of North Carolina – Charlotte and Sarah Thebaud, University of California, Santa Barbara
While most heterosexual couples are dual-earners, super rich couples continue to have gender-traditional arrangements in which the man is the sole breadwinner.
Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers, is just one member of a group that seeks to engage in violence against the U.S. government.
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We need deep-time African urban history and theories to make sense of contemporary urban life and anticipate its future possibilities in African terms.
Enrique Tarrio, center, stands with other Proud Boys at a 2019 rally in Portland, Oregon.
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Who are the Proud Boys, what do they want and is there a path back into society for these extremists?
The Supreme Court is deciding a case on whether, and how, universities may consider an applicant’s race when making admissions decisions.
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Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation and Jeff Inglis, The Conversation
Scholars explain what affirmative action is – and isn’t – as well as what its effects are, and why, among others, the military has supported it for decades.
The U.S. Supreme Court in its official portrait on Oct. 7, 2022.
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Travis Knoll, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
The US Supreme Court is poised to determine the fate of the use of race in college admissions. Supporters of affirmative action, like the military, fear the worst.
Shirts for sale on Jan. 6, 2021, combined loyalty to Jesus and to Donald Trump.
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Thousands gathered to express their collective identity and desire to preserve the nation’s political and religious heritage – and to uphold what they saw as the rightful outcome of the 2020 election.
Members of the Oath Keepers stand at the east front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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