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Regulators can help clear the way for entrepreneurial energy companies to innovate

  • Written by Jake Grandy, Assistant Professor Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation, University of Arkansas
imageDistributed power generation, such as this fuel cell installation, requires new ventures to work with energy regulators.Business Wire, CC BY

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

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How regulatory policies are implemented can make a huge difference for entrepreneurs in clean technology. In a study, we found...

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Pro-mask or anti-mask? Your moral beliefs probably predict your stance

  • Written by Eugene Y. Chan, Associate Professor, Purdue University
imageMoral combat: Do you wear a face mask to show you care about others? Or do you refuse because you believe they defy human nature?Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

Governments around the world have recommended or mandated various behaviors to slow the spread of COVID-19. These include staying at home, wearing face masks and practicing social...

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How do geese know how to fly south for the winter?

  • Written by Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University
imageGeese fly day or night, depending on when conditions are best.sharply_done/E+ via Getty Imagesimage

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

How do geese know how to fly south for the winter? – Oscar V., age 9, Huntington, New York

To...

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¿Olvidar un nombre o una palabra significa que tengo demencia?

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor Medicine, Geriatrics, University of Virginia
imageLa demencia no puede ser diagnosticada desde lejos o por alguien que no sea médico. Una persona necesita un examen médico detallado para un diagnóstico.Fred Froese via Getty Images

El número de casos de demencia en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica está aumentando a medida que envejecen los baby boomers, lo...

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A new data-driven model shows that wearing masks saves lives – and the earlier you start, the better

  • Written by Biplav Srivastava, Professor of Computer Science, University of South Carolina
imageThe computer model simulates how many COVID-19 cases could have been prevented in a particular county in the U.S.Leontura/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Dr. Biplav Srivastava, professor of computer science at the University of South Carolina, and his team have developed a data-driven tool that helps demonstrate the effect of wearing masks...

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200 years ago, people discovered Antarctica – and promptly began profiting by slaughtering some of its animals to near extinction

  • Written by Daniella McCahey, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University
imageWorkmen dissecting a whale carcass in Antarctica, circa 1935Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Two hundred years ago, on November 17, Connecticut ship captain Nathaniel Palmer spotted the Antarctic continent, one of three parties to do so in 1820. Unlike explorers Edward Bransfield and Fabian von Bellingshausen, Palmer was a sealer who quickly saw...

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Genocide claims in Nagorno-Karabakh make peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan unlikely, despite cease-fire

  • Written by Brian Grodsky, Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageSoldiers patrol the mountainous, disputed border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh, on Nov. 8.Stanislav Krasilnikov\TASS via Getty Images

A Russian-brokered cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan this week halted fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory, where long-standing hostilities reerupted on Sept. 27.

The deal...

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President-elect Biden's new COVID-19 task force gives the US a fresh chance to turn around a public health disaster

  • Written by Catherine Lynne Troisi, Associate Professor of Management, Policy, and Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
imageBiden and Harris meet with their COVID-19 advisers virtually on Nov. 9.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

A change in administration in January will bring a new pandemic strategy for the United States. President-elect Joe Biden has announced his transition COVID-19 advisory council, and there are high expectations that its recommendations to combat the...

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Once a symbol of desegregation, Ruby Bridges' school now reflects another battle engulfing public education

  • Written by Connie L. Schaffer, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageUS deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges outside William Frantz Public School in New Orleans in 1960.AP Photo

On Nov. 14, 1960, after a long summer and autumn of volleys between the Louisiana Legislature and the federal courts, Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old Black girl, was allowed to enroll in an all-white school. Accompanied by federal...

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An AI tool can distinguish between a conspiracy theory and a true conspiracy – it comes down to how easily the story falls apart

  • Written by Timothy R. Tangherlini, Professor of Danish Literature and Culture, University of California, Berkeley
imageIn the age of social media, conspiracy theories are collective creations.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

The audio on the otherwise shaky body camera footage is unusually clear. As police officers search a handcuffed man who moments before had fired a shot inside a pizza parlor, an officer asks him why he was there. The man says to investigate a pedophile...

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  10. 60 years after JFK, Biden as second Catholic president offers a refresh in church's political role
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  14. Tweets reveal Trump’s and Biden’s competing views of masculinity – what that will mean for presidential leadership
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  18. In its troubled hour, polling could use an irreverent figure to reset expectations
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