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The strange, violent origins of the fraternity "rush."
'His or her'? 'He or she'? Just how terrible is the Singular They?
The new trend of showing plays in movie theaters is actually not so new.
Going beyond the basics to live a healthy life.
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Renaissance manU-M's first black football player, George Jewett, spoke four languages, was valedictorian of his high school, earned a medical degree, and could wriggle through defenders or break a nose when he had to.
Imagine two tango dancers sweeping across the dance floor and suddenly encountering a slick spot. To avoid a slip or even a nasty tumble, the pair must work together to support one another and glide safely through the stressful moment.
A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.
Pregnant female geladas show an unusually high rate of miscarriage the day after the dominant male in their group is replaced by a new male, a new University of Michigan study indicates.
From the football field and basketball court to the corporate boardroom and executive suite, a new University of Michigan executive education program will teach business leadership through lessons learned in U-M sports.
The percentage of Americans who believe in global warming has reached the highest level since the fall of 2009, rebounding from a period of significant decline, a new survey reports.
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U-M surgeon replaces voice box with shoulder blade; clothing the homeless in Detroit; hacking into online voting; women losing health insurance after divorce; and workers who thrive, perform better. |
Eileen Pollack's new novel, "Breaking and Entering," is a story of love, economic dislocation, and political extremism set in a rural Michigan that's close to everyone's home.
There was a time when everyone living in Michigan grew up speaking the native language of the area's indigenous people. Now less than 10 people born in the state are fluent, yet more than 2,700 people "like" the language on Facebook.
Fifty million years ago, India slammed into Eurasia, a collision that gave rise to the tallest landforms on the planet, the Himalaya Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau. India and Eurasia continue to converge today, though at an ever-slowing pace. University of Michigan geomorphologist and geophysicist Marin Clark wanted to know when this motion will end and why.
