When disaster strikes, billions of dollars are spent on food and supplies, with little accounting of whether relief groups bought the right things or what impact they had.
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes transmit dengue fever when enjoying blood meals.
James Gathany
Annihilate the Aedes aegypti mosquito population and you’d stop dengue fever from infecting up to 100 million people worldwide annually. Here are some high-tech methods under development.
How can researchers be their own guardian?
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What are the pressures on researchers that could lead to misrepresentation of facts? Do the “guardians need a guard”?
Poorer Americans are still connecting to the internet at a snail’s pace, even though broadband is widely available.
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The dead animal specimens that comprise natural history collections contribute a lot toward scientific understanding of their still-living counterparts – and those that have gone extinct.
A viral article written by a female college student celebrated the average male body, but for the wrong reasons.
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The EPA said it will regulate emissions from airplanes – the latest in a string of environmental and climate regulations Obama has used to bypass the Republican-led Congress.
Euro wasn’t meant to be a prison but a means to a shared prosperity.
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Everyone wants a better battery for longer run-time on electronics and driving range for EVs. What’s the most likely successor to today’s lithium-ion batteries?
What school rankings tell us and what they don’t.
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In choosing the best school, US News & World Report rankings tend to play an important role. How accurate are the rankings and what could they be missing?
Does training relentlessly and regularly lead to greatness?
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Parents want to simultaneously support and push their kids. But when it comes to sports, this mentality can backfire in subtle ways.
International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified UV-emitting tanning devices as a Group I carcinogen – the most dangerous cancer-causing substances.
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Neel Savani, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
When the sun belches out high-energy solar storms into space, fair warning would be appreciated by those who run technologies that can be affected here on Earth. A new technique promises better forecasts.
Believing “math isn’t for everyone” may steer kids away from tackling the challenge.
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Kids who think being good at mathematics is just a matter of God-given talent are less likely to pursue math-related fields. But research says this kind of belief is misguided.
Sometimes the best way to deal with mountains of data is to turn to the public for help. That’s what Snapshot Serengeti did to classify millions of photos from savanna camera traps in Tanzania.
Most private sector workers are feeling fatter wallets these days because inflation has been so low.
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The proposal to change Wisconsin tenure rules comes up for a vote by the state’s full Senate and House later this month. What will be the consequences?
Millions tune in to the Women’s World Cup, but how many follow teams at the club level?
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On Human Experiments – The impact of World War II on the development of human research ethics often overshadows the fascinating history and evolution of what came before.
The new political kids on the block celebrate.
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Recent data thefts that appear to be carried out by nations are unsettling for many reasons and raise profound questions about how we should handle them.