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Moscow’s municipal elections illustrate the growing political crisis in Russia

  • Written by Regina Smyth, Associate Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
An opposition activist holds the Russian Constitution during a protest in Moscow, Aug. 17, 2019 against the exclusion of some candidates from Moscow's upcoming election. AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling party, United Russia, eked out a majority in the Moscow municipal legislature in elections on Sept. 8.

Wh...

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Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global debate

  • Written by Marion Hourdequin, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado College
Young environmentalists are putting the ethical dimensions of climate change at the center of a global debate that has historically focused on politics, efficiency and cost-benefits analysis.AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Even if you’ve never heard of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmentalist who crossed the Atlantic on a sailboat to...

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Reimagining eggshells and other everyday items to grow human tissues and organs

  • Written by Gulden Camci-Unal, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Are eggshells the next supermaterial for tissue engineers?icepkman/Shutterstock.com

Imagine you wanted to grow a blood vessel or kidney or liver outside the body. How would you get all the cells to stick together and form the correct three-dimensional structure?

That is just one of the many challenges of tissue engineering, a field with the broad...

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Video games can bring history back to life

  • Written by Bob De Schutter, C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Applied Game Design, Miami University
History can come alive.Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock.com

It is one thing to learn about history in a classroom. But as any visitor to a living museum or historic site can tell you, a fantastic way to learn is to make a personal connection.

In early 2019, media entrepreneur Mati Kochavi and his daughter Maya brought the stories of Eva Heyman, a...

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Video games can bring older family members' personal history back to life

  • Written by Bob De Schutter, C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Applied Game Design, Miami University
History can come alive.Michal Bednarek/Shutterstock.com

It is one thing to learn about history in a classroom. But as any visitor to a living museum or historic site can tell you, a fantastic way to learn is to make a personal connection.

In early 2019, media entrepreneur Mati Kochavi and his daughter Maya brought the stories of Eva Heyman, a...

Read more: Video games can bring older family members' personal history back to life

Collagen in your coffee? A scientist says forget it

  • Written by Brooke Russell, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Texas A&M University
Some people believe that putting collagen in your coffee will bring good health, but collagen in coffee does nothing good for you.Imagepocket/Shutterstock.com

Collagen products are popping up everywhere. While collagen is probably most well known for its touted skin care benefits and as a major component of lip enhancers and injections, some...

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How does the 'unidentified political object' that is the European Union really work?

  • Written by Garret Martin, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
European Union flags at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Sept. 11, 2019. AP/Virginia Mayo

In the run-up to the 2016 Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom, “Take our country back” became a rallying slogan for the campaign pushing for the U.K. to leave the European Union.

Opponents of further integration of the U.K. into the EU resented...

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Malicious bots and trolls spread vaccine misinformation – now social media companies are fighting back

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
At least half of parents of young children report having encountered negative messages about vaccines on social media.Alexander Dummer/Unsplash, CC BY

Social media have become one of the preeminent ways of disseminating accurate information about vaccines. However, a lot of the vaccine information propagated across social media in the United States...

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Are conspiracy theories on the rise in the US?

  • Written by Liberty Vittert, Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St Louis
Conspiracy theories have been popular in the U.S. for decades.Motortion Films/Shutterstock.com

Have the internet and social media created a climate where Americans believe anything is possible? With headlinesciting now as the age of conspiracy, is it really true?

In a word, no.

While it may be true that the internet has allowed people who believe...

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I researched Uighur society in China for 8 years and watched how technology opened new opportunities – then became a trap

  • Written by Darren Byler, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Washington
Uighurs wait in line at a face scan checkpoint in Turpan, Xinjiang in northwest China on April 11, 2018Darren Byler, CC BY

The Uighurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group of around 12 million in northwest China, are required by the police to carry their smartphones and IDs listing their ethnicity.

As they pass through one of the thousands of newly...

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