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Friday, August 3, 2018

A Better Prosthetic Foot for the Developing World

A new approach to prosthetic design allows for quick and easy fitting while keeping the costs low.

Marcus Woo, Contributor

Earth

Models Map City Residents’ Aversion to Pollution

New theoretical models help urban planners understand how residents think about clean air.

Jennifer Leman, Contributor

Creature

Shrinking Protected Areas Can Hurt Genetic Diversity

Populations with a variety of genes can help a species adapt to threats like diseases and climate change.

Brian Owens, Contributor

Creature

Fly, My Pretties: Carrion-Eating Insects Bring Mammal Data to Researchers

Blowflies serve as natural sampling instruments to learn what is pooping and dying in an area.

Nala Rogers, Staff Writer

Culture

How Famines and Epidemics Trigger Wars

A new analysis reveals links between more than 5,000 natural disasters and 1,000 armed conflicts in China’s history.

Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer

Human

New Dads May Get Postpartum Depression As Often as New Moms

Growing families would benefit from a robust network of support following a baby's birth, researchers say.

Tracy Staedter, Contributor

Culture

Fighting ISIS and Fake Facebook Accounts with Physics

Online extremist groups emerge like curdling milk, a dynamic that may also describe how the recently disclosed fake Facebook accounts attract followers.

Marcus Woo, Contributor

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