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Adolescent girls can contribute to social change, economic growth, sustainable development and peaceful societies. They should be able to live their lives free from violence.
If history is a guide, expanding police powers to address current white nationalist threats could result in future repression of activists of color.
As the pandemic took hold in 2020, Australian dads picked up more of the domestic load, new research shows. But their sleep and anxiety suffered as a consequence.
The Mega Millions lotto pot for Jan. 15 is the second largest it's ever been. Taxes on the lotto go to state governments, but often the money isn't spent in quite the way it's supposed to be.
Le vaccin contre la Covid-19 a été mis au point en un temps record. Seulement 332 jours se sont écoulés entre le séquençage du génome du virus et l’administration des premiers vaccins. Du jamais vu.
The coronavirus vaccine was developed faster than any vaccine in history. It took just 332 days from the first sequencing of the virus genome to the first vaccines given to the public.
Social media makes it easy to spread 'fake news'.
We're supposed to suppress feelings of envy. But what if the kind spurred by school shutdowns, frontline work and cramped apartments are worth exploring – and acting upon?
Un grupo de investigadores de la Universidad de Washington en St Louis hallaron la manera de convertir estos materiales comunes en una manera de guardar electricidad.
Can you find a FedEx store that mimics the design creativity and quality of early US post offices? What are we left with when the best parts of public life are treated like for-profit entities?
Bricks turn out to be useful for storing electricity thanks to their porousness and red pigment.
A new study has found US mums have experienced a marked drop in their works hours during the pandemic. But this is not the case for dads.
Golden Rice – a controversial genetically modified product designed to combat malnutrition – has been approved as safe in the Philippines. But key questions remain unanswered.
About 24,000 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been deforested over the last decade.
Uber's first safety report revealed 107 deaths and nearly 6,000 sexual assaults over two years. But the rideshare service may still be safer than the alternatives.
With the rise of internet groups for conspiracy theorists, it may feel like Americans live in a unique time. But conspiracy theories have been common for decades.
TV has long been the golden goose of political advertising – the one who spends the most wins. That's over, and it's a new era of digital advertising. No one's done it better than Donald Trump.
Approval ratings are usually a good way to predict the winner of the next presidential election. But Trump's numbers fall far outside any historical trends.
Before marijuana was legalized, people argued over how it would affect taxes, crime and teens. But only now is there enough data to settle some of these debates.
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Professor of Finance, Washington University in St Louis
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Assistant professor of sociology, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor and Chair of Sociology, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of English Literature, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor, Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Washington University in St Louis
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of Social Work and Public Health, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor, Washington University in St Louis
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PhD candidate, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis
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Associate Professor of Urban Design and Architecture, Washington University in St Louis
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Post Doctoral Trainee of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St Louis
