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Digital literacy and post truth challenges in the rural academic ecosystem of Tamil Nadu
how digital technologies interact with “post-truth” dynamics within rural higher education in Tamil Nadu, India. Aims to understand how students, faculty use digital tools, their perceptions of truth & misinformation in academic contexts, what challenges & opportunities arise in digital pedagogy.
Genetics Trace the Living Descendants of China’s Ancient Hanging Coffin Culture
A groundbreaking study published today in Nature Communications has provided the first direct genetic evidence linking the Bo people of Yunnan Province, China, with the mysterious Hanging Coffin burial tradition that once flourished across southern China and Southeast Asia for over three millennia.
Construction of the Great Pyramid with pulley-like systems using counterweights on sliding-ramps
The masonry and architecture analysis based construction proposal of the Great Pyramid is physically advantageous and can explain its fast construction. The proposal offers explanations for how the heaviest blocks were lifted and structural features such as the intricate course height pattern.
Strontium isotopes reveal habitat preferences of fossil herbivores in Malawi
Late Pleistocene herbivore communities in northern Malawi included a higher abundance of grazers than expected given prevalent vegetation. We used a model of bioavailable strontium isotopic variability and strontium isotopes in fossil teeth to understand the habitat preferences of these animals.
Designing motivating learning environments
In our conceptual paper, we have developed a framework to help practitioners design motivating learning environments that help students flourish.
Rein in or Ruin: Ubiquitylation of CDC42 Ensures Membrane Homeostasis and Regulates Brain Development
The small Rho GTPase CDC42 drives actin polymerization and membrane protrusion. Unchecked cytoskeletal remodeling can push tumor cells toward EMT or even cell death. Thus, elucidating how cells both activate and quench CDC42 signaling to maintain membrane homeostasis has been a central question.
