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How a silent movie informs the current debate over the right to be forgotten

  • Written by Bill Kovarik, Professor of Communication, Radford University
imageHeadlines and headaches for those unable to escape their past.Wikimedia Commons

In 1915, Gabrielle Darley killed a New Orleans man who had tricked her into a life of prostitution. She was tried, acquitted of murder and within a few years was living a new life under her married name, Melvin. Then a blockbuster movie, “The Red Kimono,”...

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It's not just a social media problem – how search engines spread misinformation

  • Written by Chirag Shah, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Washington
imageSearch engines often serve up a distorting blend of information and misinformation.Crispin la valiente/Moment via Getty Images, CC BY-ND

Search engines are one of society’s primary gateways to information and people, but they are also conduits for misinformation. Similar to problematic social media algorithms, search engines learn to serve...

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Kids spending too much time staring at screens? Focus on positive goals to get them moving and reading and talking

  • Written by Meghan Owenz, Assistant Teaching Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, Penn State
imageGetting kids to put down their phones doesn't have to be a battle.Carl Court/Getty Images

As vaccines become more available and life begins returning to so-called normal, caregivers and educators may have to contend with dramatically increased screen habits that kids developed during the pandemic.

My research offers a positive – dare I say...

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US army chaplain Emil Kapaun advancing toward sainthood

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imageArmy chaplain Emil Kapaun helps a soldier on the battlefield during the Korean War in 1952.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

At the end of a small cemetery on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross, the Jesuit college where I teach, is the grave of Joseph O’Callahan, former professor of mathematics....

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I went down the 'rabbit hole' to debunk misinformation – here's what I learned about Big Ben and online information overload

  • Written by Eli Gottlieb, Senior Visiting Scholar, George Washington University
imageThe great bell in the iconic clock tower of London’s Palace of Westminster was cast in London.Victoria Jones /WPA Pool/Getty Images

Big Ben was stolen from Palestine. So claimed an elderly woman, in Arabic, in a retweeted clip I received recently.

Yes, that Big Ben: the great bell in the iconic clock tower of London’s Palace of...

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Netflix series 'Last Chance U' speaks to the reality of athletes I study

  • Written by Rob Book, Ph.D. Candidate, Lecturer in Cultural Sport Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
imageJunior college athletes work hard to get noticed by big-time schools. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

The concept behind Netflix’s hit docuseries “Last Chance U” is simple: Locate a junior college sports team, follow the team around for an entire season with video cameras, and show how team...

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China's 'mask diplomacy' wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemic

  • Written by Dinko Hanaan Dinko, Ph.D. Student, University of Denver
imageZimbabwe leaders welcome Chinese COVID-19 experts at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 11, 2020.Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

Being Chinese in Africa was the worst possible stigma for much of 2020.

Africans vilified the Chinese, blaming them for the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, China was blaming Africans for...

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Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to 'remain in Mexico' – but for 41,247 migrants, it's too late

  • Written by Austin Kocher, Research Associate Professor, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
imageThe first group of asylum-seekers allowed to cross from a migrant camp in Mexico into the United States following Biden's repeal of the 'Remain in Mexico' policy arrives to Brownsville, Texas, Feb. 25, 2021.John Moore/Getty Images

The last residents of Mexico’s Matamoros refugee camp crossed the border into the United States on March 5 to...

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How 18 million Americans could move into rural areas – without leaving home

  • Written by Devon Brenner, Assistant VP for Outreach and Initiatives, Office of Research and Economic Development, and Professor, College of Education, Mississippi State University
imageLawrence, Kan., is one of the communities that would go from being considered urban to rural.Ian Ballinger via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

About 46 million Americans – 14% of the nation’s inhabitants – are currently classified as living in rural areas. That number could jump to 64 million – an increase of nearly 40% –...

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Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change

  • Written by Lewis Ziska, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University
imagePollen can suppress how the body's immune system responds to viruses.Callista Images via Getty Images

Exposure to pollen can make you more susceptible to COVID-19, and it isn’t just a problem for people with allergies, new research released March 9 shows. Plant physiologist Lewis Ziska, a co-author of the new peer-reviewed study and other...

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  2. How urban planning and housing policy helped create 'food apartheid' in US cities
  3. Traffic is down on American highways during the pandemic, but vehicle deaths are up – here’s how to stay safe on the road
  4. COVID-19 survivor's guilt a growing issue as reality of loss settles in
  5. 3 medical innovations fueled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic
  6. A global semiconductor shortage highlights a troubling trend: A small and shrinking number of the world's computer chips are made in the US
  7. Biased AI can be bad for your health – here's how to promote algorithmic fairness
  8. Growing food and protecting nature don't have to conflict – here's how they can work together
  9. Vaccinated and ready to party? Not so fast, says the CDC, but you can gather with other vaccinated people
  10. New York Gov. Cuomo is the textbook example of how not to apologize
  11. Growing cannabis indoors produces a lot of greenhouse gases – just how much depends on where it's grown
  12. Alumni gratitude and support for causes are behind donations of $50 million or more to colleges and universities
  13. Is gaming good for kids?
  14. 5 strategies to prepare now for the next pandemic
  15. How Black Americans used portraits and family photographs to defy stereotypes
  16. Immune interference – why even 'updated' vaccines could struggle to keep up with emerging coronavirus strains
  17. A year into the pandemic, the coronavirus is messing with our minds as well as our bodies
  18. Economists: Biden's $1,400 COVID-19 checks may be great politics, but it's questionable economics
  19. States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still expect people to mask up – will they?
  20. Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights
  21. 10 years after Fukushima, safety is still nuclear power's greatest challenge
  22. The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax – here's why that could be good for producers and the public alike
  23. Backlash against Johnson Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is real and risky – here's how to make its rollout a success
  24. Support for QAnon is hard to measure – and polls may overestimate it
  25. Support for Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package may not be as broad as it seems – it's all a matter of perspective
  26. Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in
  27. Going forth with standardized tests may cause more problems than it solves
  28. Fungal microbiome: Whether mice get fatter or thinner depends on the fungi that live in their gut
  29. Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts are obsessed – but very wrong – about the Byzantine Empire
  30. The science behind frozen wind turbines – and how to keep them spinning through the winter
  31. January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from winter to spring
  32. Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy of slavery?
  33. What the policing response to the KKK in the 1960s can teach about dismantling white supremacist groups today
  34. Queer in the country: Why some LGBTQ Americans prefer rural life to urban 'gayborhoods'
  35. Motivation is a key factor in whether students cheat
  36. Even before COVID-19, US nursing homes were filling empty beds with psychiatric patients
  37. Public transit drivers struggle to enforce mask mandates
  38. Your favorite fishing stream may be at high risk from climate change – here’s how to tell
  39. Why repressive Saudi Arabia remains a US ally
  40. Pope's upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of Christians in Iraq
  41. Colleges are eliminating sports teams – and runners and golfers are paying more of a price than football or basketball players
  42. News organizations that want journalists to engage with their audience may be setting them up for abuse
  43. Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
  44. Scientist at work: Tracking the epic journeys of migratory birds in northwest Mexico
  45. Two gaps to fill for the 2021-2022 winter wave of COVID-19 cases
  46. How some people can end up living at airports for months – even years – at a time
  47. Most US states don't have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries
  48. Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax would reduce inequality – the problem is it's probably unconstitutional
  49. The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across the US
  50. COVID-19 revealed how sick the US health care delivery system really is