Transparency is a critical element of science. A fundamental principle of any experiment is reproducibility, or the ability for an experiment to be reproduced by any researcher, which is impossible without researchers being transparent about the conditions of the initial experiment. But transparency is also important to ensure that policymakers, healthcare providers, and members of […]
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When translating texts between languages, translators often run into the challenge of balancing the literal and figurative elements of the work. Though denotation is essential for staying true to an original plotline and concept, connotation is extremely significant in conveying nuanced aspects of a story’s deeper meaning to readers. Perfecting connotation is made more difficult
Since the dawn of humankind, people have looked to the stars for explanations of life on Earth, each vastly different culture drawing vastly different stories from the sky. But what if one story about a constellation, the Pleiades, came from the very first human civilization? What if it is the oldest human told myth? The
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Religion has sparked many a war over differences in beliefs and interpretations. And yet, the different religious texts on which these belief systems are built are quite similar. However, the textual data that exists in religious texts is difficult to analyze because of the multitude of different languages used. Additionally, texts often don’t follow typical
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Every night, precisely at midnight, thousands of people visit a website and wrack their brain, going through every five-letter word they know to find the correct solution in six tries or less. Once they solve the word — or fail to do so — they wait for 24 hours to do it all over again.
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From social distancing guidelines to stay-at-home orders to government-mandated shutdowns, the way people partake in society has changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. To stay afloat, businesses have adapted responses to these changes and have greatly benefitted themselves and society. During pandemics, it is expected that people will hold onto their assets rather than spend,
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Affective polarization is a term that describes how individuals tend to see their opposing political parties in a negative light and their co-partisans in a positive light. This bias can unknowingly cause ignorance and lead to less effective cooperation and understanding between groups and people of different parties. This psychological mindset is dangerous as it
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Climate change is one of the biggest health crises humanity faces, according to the World Health Organization. It is all-consuming, impacting almost every aspect of our daily lives. However, we very rarely look beyond greenhouse gas burning to the root cause of how climate change became what we know it as today: philosophy. Similar to
With 574 recognized tribes in the United States alone, the Indigenous people of North America have a diverse population, diverse culture, and a diversity of languages. At the turn of the twenty-first century, there were approximately 210 Native American languages still spoken in North America, according to linguist Michael Krauss in his paper “Status of
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