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This election, social media has been a major battleground as candidates try to reach younger voters. As Gen Z and Millennials ...

Digital Planet, published by The Fletcher School at Tufts University, has unveiled the Digital Evolution Index charting the ...

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The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are ...

As a descendant of an Indigenous Amazonian tribe, Maria Astolfi was concerned about research she conducted as a graduate ...

For communities living in the shadow of a volcano, early warning systems are a lifeline—but mistrust in these warnings can ...

A team led by Rice University bioscientist Caroline Ajo-Franklin has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating ...

"The Illustrated Flora of Burkina Faso and Mali" is the first comprehensive documentation of the remarkable plant diversity ...