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Scientific ballooning is not for the faint of heart

10.13.22

COVID messaging: caring or condescending?

10.13.22 |

Research from the lab of Brian Carpenter, in Arts & Sciences, suggests older adults understood that sometimes-unflattering COVID-19 messaging came from a place of caring and compassion.

10.12.22

Rethinking the complicated history of Holocaust literature

10.12.22

Venus balloon prototype aces test flights

10.12.22 |

Paul Byrne, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences, is a science collaborator for a prototype aerial robotic balloon, or aerobot, built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Near Space Corp.

10.11.22

Study reports first evidence of social relationships between chimpanzees, gorillas

9.30.22 |

Drawn from more than 20 years of observations at Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo, a long-term study led by primatologist Crickette Sanz in Arts & Sciences documented social ties between individual chimpanzees and gorillas that persisted over years and across different contexts.

9.29.22

Hidden microbiome fortifies animals, plants too

9.29.22 |

Pioneering research at Washington University helped people understand the fundamental role of gut microbes in human health and disease. Now a community of local scientists is learning more about the diverse microbial systems that support animals, plants and ecosystems.

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Scientific ballooning is not for the faint of heart

COVID messaging: caring or condescending?

COVID messaging: caring or condescending?

Rethinking the complicated history of Holocaust literature

Venus balloon prototype aces test flights

Venus balloon prototype aces test flights

It’s time to reconsider Philip Roth

‘Global Futures’ workshop series and grants program announced

When presidential power meets public opinion

Study reports first evidence of social relationships between chimpanzees, gorillas

Study reports first evidence of social relationships between chimpanzees, gorillas

Hidden microbiome fortifies animals, plants too

Hidden microbiome fortifies animals, plants too

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