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Time magazine dubbed Margaret Mead one of the 20th century’s 100 most influential scientists and thinkers. It also depicted Mead as a sloppy researcher. A °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï professor has now debunked the source of that slander.
People who focus on the oft-cited and indisputable physical and physiological benefits of exercise are less likely to continue an exercise regime than people who simply feel good after sweating a bit and value those effects on their quality of life.
“Nature teaches beasts to know their friends,†wrote Shakespeare. In humans, nature may be less than half of the story, a team led by °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï researchers has found.
While descending Cathedral Spire in Yosemite Valley, Richard Laver lost his route. But after a night stranded on a ledge in darkness, he found an answer that had eluded mathematicians for two decades.
Not just anyone can vividly trace a thread weaving through a zebra’s stripes, a partly crumbling brick wall, a Jackson Pollock painting, a Mozart piano sonata, Dr. Seuss’ “Fox in Socks,†Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool,†and even a rap duet by Mos Def and Slick Rick.
In a United States still haunted by the legacies of race and slavery, even asking questions pertaining to race is disquieting to some. Even so, °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï researchers have been exploring racial bias in police shootings for more than a decade.
During a general election year, the political divide in America is frequently on display in living color in the form of those ubiquitous “Red vs. Blue state†maps. No surprise, then, that many Americans believe that political polarization is on the rise.
It’s hard not to notice the widespread patches of dead trees along the I-70 corridor. For many, there is a next logical thought: All those dead trees are going to provide fuel for a wildfire. But that conventional wisdom might be wrong.
Ten years ago, Leslie Irvine was on her high horse when it came to homeless people keeping companion animals. But Irvine began to think differently while working at an animal shelter.
In the heat of the battle for the presidency, one candidate questioned the value of a higher education, suggesting that urging young people to go to college was the sign of a “snob.†But, it seems, more education translates directly into longer life.