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The lack of women in cybersecurity leaves the online world at greater risk

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Women bring a much-needed change in perspective to cybersecurity.Maskot/Maskot via Getty Images

Women are highly underrepresented in the field of cybersecurity. In 2017, women’s share in the U.S. cybersecurity field was 14%, compared to 48% in the general workforce.

The problem is more acute outside the U.S. In 2018, women accounted for 10%...

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Robo-boot concept promises 50% faster running

  • Written by David Braun, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University
The old idea of running with springs on your feet gets a high-tech makeover.Krisztina Braun

No matter how well designed, there are no running shoes that allow runners to keep up with cyclists. The bicycle was a key invention that doubled human-powered speed. But what if a new kind of shoe could allow people to run faster by mimicking cycling...

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Solar farms, power stations and water treatment plants can be attractions instead of eyesores

  • Written by Margaret Birney Vickery, Lecturer in Art History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Infrastructure as art: Jacob van Ruisdael, 'Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede,' c. 1670. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, CC BY-ND

Amid the economic and social fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people see the process of restarting society as a chance to do things differently. Some organizations are calling for big investments in infrastructure, both to gen...

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How do Buddhists handle coronavirus? The answer is not just meditation

  • Written by Pierce Salguero, Associate Professor of Asian History & Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Buddhist monks in Thailand pray at Phleng temple amid the COVID-19 crisis, May 11, 2020.Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Millions of Buddhists seeking protection and healing from the novel coronavirus are turning to traditional religious rituals.

Since the emergence of COVID-19, the Dalai Lama, other senior monks and Buddhis...

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How Little Richard helped launch the Beatles

  • Written by Clint Randles, Associate Professor of Music Education, University of South Florida
During their 1962 residency at Hamburg's Star-Club, the Beatles had the opportunity of a lifetime: opening for Little Richard. Horst Fascher/K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns via Getty Images

“The Girl Can’t Help It” is a 1956 film by Frank Tashlin about a young woman, played by Jayne Mansfield, who dreams of being a star...

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Death by numbers: How Vietnam War and coronavirus changed the way we mourn

  • Written by Shad Thielman, Lecturer in History, California State University San Marcos
A lone visitor reads names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during the coronavirus outbreakDrew Angerer/Getty Images

At some point in late April, COVID-19 claimed the life of its 58,221st victim in the United States. We do not know the victim’s name or the exact time of death, but the death was significant: It meant that the coronavirus...

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More than 1 in 5 Americans are taking care of their elderly, ill and disabled relatives and friends

  • Written by Erin E. Kent, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Caring for loved ones is harder during the coronavirus pandemic.Maskot/Getty Images

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I’m studying how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing caregiving.

Immunocompromised people, seniors with dementia and anyone with a chronic disease...

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Who's in charge of lifting lockdowns?

  • Written by David Swindell, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
When is the right time to wave the green flag?Yellow Dog Productions/Getty Images

In a nation with more than 90,000 governments, responses to the coronavirus pandemic have highlighted the challenges posed by the United States’ system of federalism, where significant power rests with states and local governments. Wisconsin’s Supreme...

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Megacity slums are incubators of disease – but coronavirus response isn't helping the billion people who live in them

  • Written by Robert Muggah, Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
A market area in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, crowded with people despite the coronavirus pandemic, May 12, 2020. hmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries. Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and...

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Prehistoric human footprints reveal a rare snapshot of ancient human group behavior

  • Written by William E.H. Harcourt-Smith, Research Associate, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, and Associate Professor in Anthropology, Lehman College, CUNY
Footprints, preserved in solidified ash, hint at human behavior from as long as 19,000 years ago.Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, CC BY-ND

When it comes to reconstructing how ancient creatures lived, palaeontologistslike us are as much detectives as we are scientists.

We’re used to partial evidence, dead ends and red herrings. It’s especially...

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