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BEYOND LOCAL: Large trees are essential for healthy cities

BEYOND LOCAL: Large trees are essential for healthy cities

Although it is important to have a diversity of tree species in urban landscapes, planting and protecting taller species should be strongly encouraged
BEYOND LOCAL: Rapid evolution has limits when applied to conservation

BEYOND LOCAL: Rapid evolution has limits when applied to conservation

Could these same evolutionary forces that worked for 3.5 billion years help life on Earth persist in human-altered environments?
BEYOND LOCAL: Youth-oriented comics with LGBTQ+ positive characters are busting binaries

BEYOND LOCAL: Youth-oriented comics with LGBTQ+ positive characters are busting binaries

Positive role models and experiences of belonging in community matter
BEYOND LOCAL: US moves to rename Army bases honoring Confederate generals

BEYOND LOCAL: US moves to rename Army bases honoring Confederate generals

For decades, nine U.S. Army bases have carried the names of men who fought against the U.S. Army in a war waged to defend and perpetuate the slavery of people of African descent.
BEYOND LOCAL: The chemistry of cooking over open flame makes barbeque taste so good

BEYOND LOCAL: The chemistry of cooking over open flame makes barbeque taste so good

Summer is here, and that means it is barbecue season for many people in the U.S.
BEYOND LOCAL: Can Bionic Reading make you a speed reader? Not so fast

BEYOND LOCAL: Can Bionic Reading make you a speed reader? Not so fast

In an age of distraction, the desire to read faster and more efficiently is understandable
BEYOND LOCAL: When is a species really extinct?

BEYOND LOCAL: When is a species really extinct?

Many species have been rediscovered decades or even centuries after their last observation
Scientists used 50 years of satellite images to learn where and how rivers suddenly change course

Scientists used 50 years of satellite images to learn where and how rivers suddenly change course

These 'channel-jumping' events, which are called avulsions, have caused some of the deadliest floods in human history
To expand computer science education, educate more teachers

To expand computer science education, educate more teachers

A key factor in expanding computer science programs is how many teachers are qualified to teach the subject
Students are often segregated within the same schools, not just by being sent to different ones

Students are often segregated within the same schools, not just by being sent to different ones

Classmates in grades 3, 4 and 5 are more likely to come from diverse economic backgrounds than their schoolmates in grades 6, 7 and 8.