Jupiter’s moon Europa has seafloor that may be quiet, lifeless
A new study led by planetary scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggests the icy moon Europa lacks the undersea activity needed to support life.
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Student explains Brain Battle, named a ‘most disruptive business school startup’
Olin Business School student Joe Poole created Brain Battle, a mobile app to help students prepare for the ACT and SAT. Here, he explains the idea behind his gaming app, which was recognized among promising business student startups.
Refugee families are more likely to become self-reliant if provided with support outside of camp settings
Our findings suggest a fundamental rethinking may be needed over the use of camps. If these environments structurally limit what families can achieve, continuing to measure them against self-reliance standards may be setting them up to fail, write Lindsay Stark and Ilana Seff.
The return of the Monroe Doctrine
Americans were shocked by the Jan. 3 raid on Venezuela and by the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. But the incident represents the return of something very old to U.S. foreign policy.
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Researcher for a day
WashU engineer Marcus Foston regularly hosts middle school students to learn about cutting-edge science. It’s part of WashU’s immersive “Researcher for a Day” program.
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A new ‘Paradiso’
Celebrated poet Mary Jo Bang completes the third book in a modern translation of The Divine Comedy, an effort that took two decades.