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Just like with Cold War-era red-baiting, there's an apparent effort to discredit and undermine critics of the US government.
Existing theories of housework focus on traditional gender roles. But they need to be updated to reflect a more nuanced idea of gender, one that allows for dynamics in same-sex relationships.
Housework is typically thought of as a gendered or economic exchange, but a new study emphasises the role played by the knowledge we gain about our partner over the course of a relationship.
Environmental law and natural resource experts respond to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's proposals to shrink four national monuments and allow logging, fishing and other activities in six more.
Elephants naturally avoid cancer after 55 million years of evolution. Scientists are studying if they can extract lessons that could help people.
Nine states are deciding whether to legalize marijuana. Yet the drug's prohibition at the federal level has created an unstable financial environment for producers and retailers.
Criminal justice experts suggest one way to change the system to eliminate racial bias.
It wasn’t even until the late 19th century that this was codified into law.
Terrorist groups don't need to go to Panama to create a shell company. They can easily hide their money in many U.S. states.
Behind the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon lie decades of controversy over federal control of public land in western states.
New research upends the previous theory that tsetse flies – and the disease they carry – were the main reason the spread of livestock domestication in Africa stalled out for a thousand years.
Winners of the Wellcome Images Award 2015 tell us about how they got their special shot.
What kind of coffee you buy matters a lot to birds — key indicators of biodiversity in the tropics which likely provide many environmental and economic services.
Relationships are often interpreted as the outcome of an exchange of goods and services. Common knowledge says that the sexes want different things from a partner. These preferences are often reduced to…
Research among the Makushi of southwestern Guyana shatters stereotypes about men wanting casual sex and women wanting relationships.
Although the midterms are typically referred to as federal elections, there is no federal entity that governs the conduct of elections in the US. There are basic election laws governing the timing of federal…
Darwin’s finches, a group of 14 species found only in the Galapagos Islands, are perhaps most well known as one of the inspirations for Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. A classic…
Jason Shepherd, assistant professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the University of Utah answered questions posed by the public on Reddit. The Conversation has curated the highlights. Cognitive disorders…
Improving life conditions for humans has been linked to increased carbon emissions. Professor Andrew Jorgenson’s research…
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Utah
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Associate Professor, Lecturer in Business and Humanities, University of Utah
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Utah
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Ph.D Student. in Finance, University of Utah
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Adjunct Professor, College of Law, University of Utah
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Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah
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Graduate Teaching Assistant in Biology, University of Utah
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Pediatrics - Visiting Instructor, University of Utah
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Wallace Stegner Professor of Law, University Distinguished Professor, University of Utah
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Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Utah
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology, University of Utah
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Professor of Law, University of Utah
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Professor of Criminal Law, University of Utah
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Professor of Law, University of Utah
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