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/ 1 year agoHow to deal with visual misinformation circulating in the Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts
A human rights scholar explains how social media users can take charge of what content comes into their feed and reduce...
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/ 1 year agoWhite patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments
Undertreated pain can result in unnecessary suffering and a greater likelihood of long-term chronic pain.
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/ 1 year agoLouisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in public schools
Does Louisiana’s requirement for public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ in all classrooms violate the doctrine of separation of...
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/ 1 year agoWhy Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most ‘authentic’ social media platform
With identity the most lucrative commodity social media platforms trade in, their fetishization of authenticity remains ironclad.
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/ 1 year agoAsteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
Scientists have been searching Earth’s surface for superheavy elements too difficult to make in the lab, but now, many are looking...
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/ 1 year agoA Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers
Shortly after World War II, European Jews immigrated to American cities like Boston and were often met with violent antisemitism.
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/ 1 year agoAIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these ‘artificial persons’ follow the law
If a business is run by an AI and it causes you harm, could you sue the AI?
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/ 1 year ago‘I see no happy ending’ − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation
No government wants to have to deal with a hostage crisis. A former US national security official explains that there is...
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/ 1 year agoBack in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents
With control over the Virginia Legislature at stake in the Nov. 7 election, the historic battle over what is taught in...
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/ 1 year agoI studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors
Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood.
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/ 1 year agoUN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza
Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not...
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/ 1 year agoFDA advisory panel’s conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds
If phenylephrine works no better than a placebo, then what else might help with colds and flu?
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/ 1 year agoTurkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its ‘middleman strategy’ and pick a side on the war in Ukraine
Turkey walks a fine line between NATO commitments and Western alliances and its dependence on Russia for financial resources and trade.
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/ 1 year agoPublic schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment
Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools.
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/ 1 year agoTo better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature
This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.
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/ 1 year agoHow often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth
Researchers are interested in whether who you’re communicating with and how you’re interacting affect how likely you are to lie.
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/ 1 year agoNew House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority
The problems faced by the House GOP in choosing a new speaker aren’t particular to Republicans. They’re a reflection of larger...
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/ 1 year agoAntisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes
Antisemitism in the US is growing – and that growth appears to be related to the escalation of the conflict between...
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/ 1 year agoPolls have value, even when they are wrong
Data gleaned from even early polls reveals critical clues on how voters view candidates and issues.
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/ 1 year agoWhen communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a ‘temporary’ solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality
Dependence on bottled water weakens pressure to fix tap-water problems. Who pays the price?
