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With Russian troops rolling through the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, a biologist who studies wildlife in the area describes the risks of disturbing this radioactive landscape.
Because COVID-19 is a relatively new virus, researchers still aren’t sure exactly how long vaccines and prior infections provide protection.
Black writers like Charles Chesnutt had to contend with a dilemma writers today know all too well: give the audience and editors what they want, or wallow in obscurity.
Russia’s invasion will likely accelerate the fastest inflation in 40 years, increasing the risks for the overall US economy.
Numerology ties in with how our brains work, but that doesn’t mean its claims make sense.
Some of the omicron variant’s unique properties – such as its ability to spread rapidly while causing milder COVID-19 infections – could usher in a new phase of the pandemic.
Experts help explain the context around the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and subsequent trial and convictions of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan.
Inflation is rising at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan was president.
Sixty percent of the Standard American Diet consists of ultra-processed food, which isn’t great for colon health. Researchers are looking into whether artificial food colors play a role.
This finding suggests public health efforts will have to address the treatment barriers these men face – like poverty or homophobia – to meet the nation’s goal of ending the HIV epidemic by 2030.
Experts help explain the context around the murder trial and convictions of Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan.
The flamboyant big-cat aficionados of the Gilded Age weren’t strangers to fierce competition, threats and bizarre drama.
World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14 marks an increase in diabetes deaths and new diagnoses as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hinder care for chronic conditions.
The police, the media and politicians have long objected Chief Keef’s ties to gang violence. But the rapper wrote the playbook for using social media to make a career out of music.
The number of school librarians in the US has dropped about 20% over the past decade, a recent study found. Here are four ways school librarians prepare students for today’s world.
Experiments in the US and Italy that observed people’s charitable choices found similar results: People tend to prefer to help local communities.
Un día cualquiera de hace unos 3.600 años los habitantes de una antigua ciudad que hoy llamamos Tall el-Hammam se dirigían a hacer sus tareas cotidianas sin tener ni idea de que un meteorito helado volaba hacia ellos a una velocidad de unos 61.000 kilómetros por hora.
Three men who pursued a black jogger who died of a shotgun wound in the confrontation claim they were trying to conduct a citizen’s arrest.
In the summer of 1776, Boston offered smallpox inoculation to everyone and required those who declined to leave town or stay in their homes.
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Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina
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Assistant Professor of Race and Media, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Information Science, University of South Carolina
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Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina
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Post-Doctoral Fellow of History, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Research fellow, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Postdoctoral Fellow in African American Studies, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of International Business, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior, University of South Carolina
