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Misinformation is a common thread between the COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS pandemics – with deadly consequences

  • Written by Cristian Apetrei, Professor of Immunology, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
imageDisinformation can derail public health measures vital to controlling the spread of infectious disease.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social media may have made the amount, variety and speed of misinformation seem unprecedented, but COVID-19...

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Diet can influence mood, behavior and more – a neuroscientist explains

  • Written by Monica Dus, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
imageWhat we eat matters, and having just the right amount of essential nutrients is key to our overall health.Niusha Shodja and Saina Heshmati, Storylab, CC BY-NC-ND

During the long seafaring voyages of the 15th and 16th centuries, a period known as the Age of Discovery, sailors reported experiencing visions of sublime foods and verdant fields. The...

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Conservatives and liberals are equally likely to fund local causes, but liberals are more apt to also donate to national and global groups – new research

  • Written by Gianluca Grimalda, Researcher of Experimental Economics, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
imageSaying you feel a strong national allegiance doesn't mean you will act accordingly.mikiell/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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

The big idea

Conservatives were less generous overall than liberals during an experiment in which people could give some money to COVID-19 relief charities....

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Ukraine celebrates Independence Day, with a new level of meaning as it fights back against Russia

  • Written by Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
imageRussian tanks and military systems are exhibited in Kyiv on Aug. 22, 2022. Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

I stood on Kyiv’s main boulevard, Khreshchatyk, one year ago, on Aug. 24, 2021, celebrating along with thousands of Ukrainians who were watching the Independence Day parade.

The parade featured newly obtained weapons such as...

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A new US data privacy bill aims to give you more control over information collected about you – and make businesses change how they handle data

  • Written by Anne Toomey McKenna, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
imageThe U.S. could soon catch up to the European Union in protecting people's data privacy.Teera Konakan/Moment via Getty Images

Data privacy in the U.S. is, in many ways, a legal void. While there are limited protections for health and financial data, the cradle of the world’s largest tech companies, like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta...

Read more: A new US data privacy bill aims to give you more control over information collected about you –...

Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to how humans use names

  • Written by Jason Bruck, Assistant Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University
imageBottlenose dolphins are extremely social animals that communicate constantly.Micha Pawlitzki/Corbis Documentary via Getty Images

Bottlenose dolphins’ signature whistles just passed an important test in animal psychology. A new study by my colleagues and me has shown that these animals may use their whistles as namelike concepts.

By presenting...

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Over-the-counter hearing aids have been greenlighted by the FDA – your local pharmacist will soon be able to sell you the device you need

  • Written by Elaine Mormer, Professor of Audiology, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
imageThe FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 designated a new class of OTC hearing aids.Heizeng Hu/Moment via Getty Images

After a long delay, the Food and Drug Administration issued final regulations Aug. 16, 2022, for over-the-counter hearing aids. The final rule is effective 60 days from its publication, meaning that consumers could see OTC hearing aids...

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A tale of two climate policies: India's UN commitments aim low, but its national policies are ambitious – here's why that matters

  • Written by Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Junior Fellow, Climate Lab, Tufts University
imageThe Indian government is encouraging the use of electric vehicles, particularly scooters.Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

At the United Nations climate talks in Glasgow in 2021, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised the world when he announced that his country would zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2070. It was...

Read more: A tale of two climate policies: India's UN commitments aim low, but its national policies are...

Yoga versus democracy? What survey data says about spiritual Americans' political behavior

  • Written by Evan Stewart, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston
imageFor some, yoga is a spiritual practice that may substitute for religion.CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images

As the United States gets less religious, is it also getting more selfish?

Historically, religious Americans have been civically engaged. Through churches and other faith-based organizations, congregants volunteer, engage in local and...

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  4. 5 unsung films that dramatize America's rich labor history
  5. Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data
  6. Cell towers have come to symbolize our deep collective anxieties
  7. Two surprising reasons behind the obesity epidemic: Too much salt, not enough water
  8. What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time
  9. Does turning the air conditioning off when you're not home actually save energy? Three engineers run the numbers
  10. Advanced Placement courses could clash with laws that target critical race theory
  11. Dog owners take more risks, cat owners are more cautious – new research examines how people conform to their pets' stereotypical traits
  12. Dr. Oz should be worried – voters punish 'carpetbaggers,' and new research shows why
  13. College students are increasingly identifying beyond 'she' and 'he'
  14. We praise people as ‘Good Samaritans,’ but there’s a complex history behind the phrase
  15. What is listeria? A microbiologist explains the bacterium behind recent deadly food poisoning outbreaks
  16. Sandcastle engineering – a geotechnical engineer explains how water, air and sand create solid structures
  17. With 'bravery' as its new brand, Ukraine is turning advertising into a weapon of war
  18. Big new incentives for clean energy aren't enough – the Inflation Reduction Act was just the first step, now the hard work begins
  19. How to destroy a 'forever chemical' – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn't going away soon
  20. Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation? How will the corporate minimum tax work? An economist has answers
  21. Poland's warm welcome to about 2 million Ukrainian refugees draws global praise, but it might not be sustainable
  22. Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated people and prison staff
  23. How gay rodeos upend assumptions about life in rural America
  24. Fake research can be harmful to your health – a new study offers a tool for rooting it out
  25. A dog has caught monkeypox from one of its owners, highlighting risk of the virus infecting pets and wild animals
  26. Ukrainian people are resisting the centuries-old force of Russian imperialism – Ukraine war at 6 months
  27. PACT Act providing health care to burn pit victims caps decades of denied benefits for veterans
  28. What is a fatwa? A religious studies professor explains
  29. Prosecuting a president is divisive and sometimes destabilizing – here's why many countries do it anyway
  30. How Stoicism influenced music from the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd
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  32. GOP 'message laundering' turns violent, extremist reactions to search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago into acceptable political talking points
  33. You don't have to be a spy to violate the Espionage Act – and other crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken
  34. Liz Cheney trounced: 'Black sheep effect' and GOP partisan identity explain her decisive defeat after criticizing Trump
  35. A year after the fall of Kabul, Taliban's false commitments on terrorism have been fully exposed
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