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MicroRNA − a new Nobel laureate describes the scientific process of discovering these tiny molecules that turn genes on and off

A microRNA molecule is a tiny regulator of other genetic material.Artur Plawgo/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for thei...

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Microplastic pollution is everywhere, even in the exhaled breath of dolphins – new research

Microplastics are invisible but omnipresent.Musat/iStock via Getty Images PlusBottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according ...

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What is Chabad-Lubavitch? A Jewish studies scholar explains

Lubavitchers have put up leaflets, posters and even murals of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson around the world, with many proclaiming him the messiah. Nizzan Cohen via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAIf y...

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Presidential elections provide opportunities to teach about power, proportions and percentages

The complex voting system in the U.S. requires a sophisticated understanding of math.bamlou/DigitalVision VectorsTo American voters, the process of electing a president and other officials may be diff...

Liza Bondurant, Associate Professor of Secondary Math Education, Mississippi State University - avatar Liza Bondurant, Associate Professor of Secondary Math Education, Mississippi State University

How dogs were implicated during the Salem witch trials

An illustration of a court scene during the late-17th century witch trials in Salem, Mass.Christine_Kohler/iStock via Getty Images PlusI teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students a...

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