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Opening the door to potential treatments for the deadly Ebola virus, scientists have found that a protein made by the virus plays a role similar to that of a coat-check attendant. The protein removes a protective coat from the virus’s genetic material...

Paul Von Blum remembers watching news coverage of Rosa Parks refusing to give her bus seat to a white Southerner. He said watching the heroic acts of Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery bus boycotters as a San Diego teenager motivated him...

Food writer Maggie Marrion is just getting back on her feet after a horrible year, or two, or three. With their twentieth reunion approaching, she invites four of her closest friends from college for a weekend at her beach cabin on Whidbey Island. What...

The Exponent blog is elated to welcome SIX new permas to our ranks! We are thrilled to be a place for established and upcoming Mormon feminist writers to share their hearts, lives and talents. Please join with us in welcoming these fabulous women and...

Every week, I read the commentaries written by my fellow interns and think: “I should really write one of those posts.”  Well, I finally got around to writing it. I have given accounts of my work every Wednesday during our group discussions...