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U.Va. professors explain the dynamics of the population boom and demographic transition
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Over Seven Billion Served
Last October, the 7 billionth person on the planet was born. Professors explain the dynamics of the population boom and demographic transition.
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What Can the New Frog in Town Tell Us About Our Eyes?
by Carolyn Beans (Grad '14)
Fruit fly, mouse, roundworm, zebra fish, frog—scientists have long turned to the same dozen or so species to answer our most basic biological...
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I entered Mary Washington College in 1941, but shortly thereafter was the attack on Pearl Harbor. After two years there, I did not want to go...
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