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Could the Abigail Fisher case, which is back before the Supreme Court, further limit the use of race in higher education admissions policies for institutions across the nation?
Clothing for doctors is more than just a matter of personal style. It’s also about making a good impression on patients.
A company plans to flood the market with synthetic rhinoceros horn in an effort to slow poaching but these types of commercially driven conservation efforts are fraught with problems.
Urban wildlife is here to stay. Cities and their residents need better policies to coexist with the many animals making their homes in cities and suburbs.
Newsome’s actions can be thought of as a significant piece of performance art.
With one year to effect a turnaround, Sweet Briar College faces considerable challenges. But in this near-death are lessons for many other colleges and universities.
Even though sepsis is growing more common, doctors still have trouble diagnosing it.
The Supreme Court just blocked one of the hundreds of abortion restrictions introduced over the past year. So what do these news laws signal about the future of reproductive rights in the US?
Regulations that do significantly more harm than good are never appropriate, as the court concluded.
It’s a deadly bacterium that can spread like wildfire. New research suggests Yersinia pestis first developed its ability to cause lung infection and then evolved to be highly infectious.
For over 500 years, the drug has been associated with racism and poverty.
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling against mandatory ultrasounds for women seeking abortions, but the court leaves in place major—and growing—restrictions on women’s health policies.
Some worry that efforts to reduce energy consumption by increasing fuel efficiency cause a so-called rebound effect that eats into the expected savings. We tested the theory.
Developing friendships in classrooms is important for kids. How can teachers help?
What are the consequences of defining marriage as a “fundamental liberty”? And what difference will this ruling make to discrimination against gays and lesbians in other areas of life?
Loss of sea ice near Greenland and Iceland portend a colder future for Europe.
Hydrologists, climate scientists and policymakers are beginning to grapple with a difficult question: who will be affected most by longer and more frequent droughts?
Some atomic ratio detective work on our solar system neighbors tells us a lot about their watery pasts. That Venus and Mars are mostly dry now could be a cautionary tale for us on the Blue Planet.
Why does it take close to nine years for students to complete their PhDs? Are graduate schools preparing students for jobs that don’t even exist?
Male serial killers get all the press. But what does the research say about female serial killers?
An analysis conducted in 2007 showed how severe the consequences would be if a country left the euro. How have eurozone officials let it get this far?
Lawyers and law students betting on recent decisions have been spot on predicting outcomes. It isn’t all that hard, when you think about it.
Law professors were vocal in explaining how the different parts of the ACA worked together. It looks like the court was paying attention.
Can Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof be forgiven — and should they? Forgiveness is not an isolated, one-time act but a longer commitment to acceptance back into a community.