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Gene drive guarantees that a trait will be passed to the next generation. But should society use this tool to control insect populations?
The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted interest in home gardening. Three scientists who garden explain some basic methods for controlling common insects and microbes that can spoil your crop.
Scholars who study policing explain what they have found that could help reduce police prejudice and violence.
US stocks have nearly erased much of their coronavirus losses even as many Americans continue to suffer from the pandemic’s impact.
The U.S. suicide rate has been increasing for decades. According to a sociologist who studies suicide, depression is just one factor among many implicated social conditions.
Long after a crisis recedes, residual anxiety can remain and become calcified in cultures, customs and institutions.
Delaying medical care comes at a cost, both human and financial. The patients some emergency rooms have been seeing are a lot sicker and more likely to need hospitalization.
American teens are much more perceptive about their political world than they are given credit for, a recent study shows.
From fungi and flies to spiders and fish, living collections need care and feeding even when their human keepers are dealing with a pandemic and its resultant social distancing.
Kemungkinan terjadinya resesi global semakin tinggi dan pakar keuangan ini menawarkan panduan bagaimana menghadapi masa-masa tersebut.
Plunging stocks have triggered rarely used ‘circuit breakers’ that temporarily halt trading. A finance scholar explains what they are and the costs of shutting down markets.
The Fed slashed interest rates to near zero but, just as in 2008, it will require unprecedented action to calm panicky markets.
With a global recession looking increasingly likely, a finance scholar offers guidance on how to ride it out.
As the race for the Democratic nomination narrows to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, what does it all mean for November? We asked three scholars to closely analyze the Super Tuesday results.
The Fed cut interest rates by half a percentage point in hopes of calming investors. A finance professor explains why it seems to have failed.
In the first debate featuring former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, scholars note the challenges facing women leaders and the diminishing power of labor unions.
The curious history of a ritual meant to ward off bad luck.
Many historians and other scholars say what Americans have traditionally learned about the complex period that followed the Civil War falls short of what we should know.
The popular perception of right-wing patriot militia members is that they are racist, violent and crazy. The authors of a new book about them say that’s not the whole story.
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, West Virginia University
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Excellence in Finance Research Chair, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Pediatric Epidemiology, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Geology, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Musicology, West Virginia University
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Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, West Virginia University
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Professor of Clinical Education, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Mycology and Plant Pathology, West Virginia University
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PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University
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Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
