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Cleaning up ocean ‘garbage patches’ could destroy delicate ecosystems
Study finds floating city of translucent creatures living among.…
May 17, 2023
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When Social Scientists Ask the Wrong Questions
So long as researchers fail to set their agendas based on evidence about how their research fits into larger social and political dynamics, corporations will continue to do it…
May 17, 2023
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Bird flu could become the next human pandemic – and politicians aren’t paying attention
Rebecca Katz, professor at Georgetown University Medical Center, has noted that a H5 candidate vaccine virus recently produced by the US Centers for Disease Control and…
May 16, 2023
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HBCUs Partner With Georgetown to Turn Environmental Data into Solutions
The Environmental Impact Data Collaborative created an interactive platform that hosts more than 145 datasets alongside digital tools that make it faster and easier to combine…
May 15, 2023
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Georgetown Receives $21M From NIST to Train U.S. STEM Workforce
A group of Georgetown faculty secured up to $21 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide laboratory experience and financial…
May 12, 2023
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Can controversial zoning changes tackle affordable housing issues?
Arlington, Virginia, will now allow the construction of Missing Middle Housing where only single-family homes could once be.…
May 12, 2023
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Songbirds, dusk and clear skies: Scientists explore migratory flights
A pair of studies suggests the birds rely on the onset of dusk and the suggestion of fair skies ahead as signs for taking.…
May 6, 2023
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These vibrant sea creatures are thriving in the great pacific garbage patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t an impassable, solid mass in the middle of the ocean, but rather a lively, swirling soup of discarded trash and microplastics that churn…
May 5, 2023
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A surprising number of drifting sea creatures found living in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
With neustons so plentiful in the Sargasso, the scientists wondered if there might also be a neuston presence in an ocean region shaped by similar surface current activity: the…
May 5, 2023
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The Harmful Side Effect of Cleaning Up the Ocean
Patches of floating plastic are teeming with life, and cleanup companies hauling trash out of the water risk destroying a marine.…
May 5, 2023