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The latest news and updates from Arts & Sciences


Inside WashU’s Quantum Quest

St. Louis study finds ‘pernicious cycle’ of discrimination across generations

Pacific rock samples offer a glimpse of an active Earth 2.5 billion years ago

Birth outcomes improve in states that extend driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, research finds

Math for a changing world

Wingfield’s ‘Gray Areas’ provides road map for dismantling workplace disparities

A surprising ingredient for improved visual focus? Distraction.

New study probes how emotions influence public attitudes on counterterrorism

Samples from a Wild comet reveal a surprising past

Why do we sleep? Researchers propose an answer to this age-old question
