Enjoy this series? Share this article with your social communities using the buttons above. This week in Research Highlights, our new post series highlighting recent noteworthy studies from across PLOS journals, PLOS Genetics authors Natasha Barrios at the Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile, Elaine Ostrander at the National Institutes of […]
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has issued a corrected birth certificate for the teenage designer of the Alaska flag, after researchers who were looking into his heritage found records indicating he was born more than a year earlier than previously believed. The change means John Ben Benson […]
A million-pound art installation in Washington, D.C., once endangered by a renovation project, will instead be relocated, thanks to a new agreement between the National Geographic Society and American University. Executive staff members at the society declined to be interviewed but issued a statement saying they were “pleased” with the […]