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We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both limits and new insights

  • Written by Leonie Hintze, Ph.D. Student in Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University
What can an algorithm find when it reads a book?Vasilyev Alexandr/Shutterstock.com

With one spouse studying the evolution of artificial and natural intelligence and the other researching the language, culture and history of Germany, imagine the discussions at our dinner table. We often experience the stereotypical clash in views between the...

Read more: We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both limits and new insights

George H.W. Bush's overlooked legacy in space exploration

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Associate Professor of Political Science, Cameron University
President George H. Bush promotes space exploration during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1989. Behind the president are, from left: former astronaut Mike Collins, NASA Administrator Richard Truly, former astronaut Neil Armstrong, Vice President Dan Quayle and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin. AP...

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WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media's danger to democracy

  • Written by Luca Belli, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, School of Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Misinformation via social media played a troubling role in boosting far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to into the Brazilian presidency.

Bolsonaro did not win 55 percent of votes thanks to misinformation alone. A powerful desire for political change in Brazil after a yearslong corruption scandal and a court decision compelling the jailed...

Read more: WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media's danger to democracy

Chicago's Safe Passage program costs a lot, but it may provide students safer routes to school

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A safety guard watches as parents walk with their children along a safe passage route on the first day of school in Chicago in 2013.Spencer Green/AP

While walking to school last month, a 15-year-old Chicago girl was confronted by two masked men in a van with tinted windows in an attempted kidnapping. Fortunately, the girl escaped and ran to a...

Read more: Chicago's Safe Passage program costs a lot, but it may provide students safer routes to school

El acceso universal a Internet en México reduciría la pobreza

  • Written by Jack J. Barry, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Connecticut
Habitantes de Ciudad de México navegan por la web en una "aldea digital" en 2015 dentro del programa del Gobierno para asegurar el acceso a Internet de todos los ciudadanosAP Photo/Sofia Jaramillo

Internet es un derecho en México desde 2013, año en que se modificó la Constitución de la nación para...

Read more: El acceso universal a Internet en México reduciría la pobreza

Opening up mosquito research labs to the community

  • Written by Brook Muller, Professor of Architecture and Environment, University of Oregon
View of Taichung City, Taiwan, behind a mosquito net. Alan Picard / Shutterstock.com

By bringing people close to disease-spreading insects, might we improve public health?

Because they spread malaria, Zika, West Nile, dengue, yellow fever and other diseases, mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other organism. Some of these...

Read more: Opening up mosquito research labs to the community

White nationalist groups are really street gangs, and law enforcement needs to treat them that way

  • Written by Matthew Valasik, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University

Law enforcement has a classification problem, and it’s making America more dangerous.

For the last two decades, local police and the FBI have categorized the criminal activities of white power groups as isolated incidents or hate-related.

We believe that’s wrong and leads to a lack of understanding of the power of these groups and the...

Read more: White nationalist groups are really street gangs, and law enforcement needs to treat them that way

What public universities must do to regain public support

  • Written by Stephen M Gavazzi, Professor, Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
Public support for higher education has waned in recent years.HTU/www.shutterstock.com

Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus more on affordability, great teaching and doing research that matters most to the...

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Opening up research labs with modified mosquitoes to the community

  • Written by Brook Muller, Professor of Architecture and Environment, University of Oregon
View of Taichung City, Taiwan, behind a mosquito net. Alan Picard / Shutterstock.com

By bringing people close to disease-spreading insects, might we improve public health?

Because they spread malaria, Zika, West Nile, dengue, yellow fever and other diseases, mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other organism. Some of these...

Read more: Opening up research labs with modified mosquitoes to the community

Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything

  • Written by F. Todd Davidson, Research Associate, Energy Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Charging six cars at once is fine. Charging 60 million might be a bit tougher.Nadya Kubik/Shutterstock.com

Today, less than 2 percent of the vehicles Americans buy are electric. But within the next three decades, some automotive industry experts expect electric vehicles could make up the majority of U.S. and global car sales.

All told, American...

Read more: Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything

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  2. I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
  3. CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China's global standing
  4. Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an app for that
  5. Criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's clothes echoes attacks against early female labor activists
  6. Este activista alemán luchó por los derechos gay y trans hace cien años
  7. Scientist at work: To take atomic-scale pictures of tiny crystals, use a huge, kilometer-long synchrotron
  8. George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
  9. How where you're born influences the person you become
  10. Deepwater corals thrive at the bottom of the ocean, but can't escape human impacts
  11. US-China trade war truce: 2 reasons why it's unlikely to last
  12. 1 in 4 government officials accused of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo era is still in office today
  13. The big lessons of political advertising in 2018
  14. YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
  15. CRISPR babies raise an uncomfortable reality – abiding by scientific standards doesn't guarantee ethical research
  16. Screening the human future: YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
  17. George H.W. Bush understood that markets and the environment weren't enemies
  18. Climate change is shrinking winter snowpack, which harms Northeast forests year-round
  19. How Hanukkah came to America
  20. Why we'll miss George H.W. Bush, America's last foreign policy president
  21. Why companies should help pay for the biodiversity that’s good for their bottom line
  22. LGBTQ caravan migrants may have to 'prove' their gender or sexual identity at US border
  23. G-20 leaders descend on Buenos Aires as host Argentina battles worst economic crisis in a decade
  24. Dorothy Day -- 'a saint for our times'
  25. How mainstream media helps weaponize far-right conspiracy theories
  26. AIDS treatment has progressed, but without a vaccine, suffering still abounds
  27. López Obrador takes power in Mexico after an unstable transition and broken campaign promises
  28. Most caregivers of people with dementia are family members, and they need help
  29. Betsy DeVos has little to show after 2 years in office
  30. Climate change is making soils saltier, forcing many farmers to find new livelihoods
  31. America's dark history of organized anti-Semitism re-emerges in today's far-right groups
  32. The surprising way plastics could actually help fight climate change
  33. How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby – and what health worries may ensue
  34. Will Trump pardon Manafort?
  35. Swamped by cyberthreats, citizens need government protection
  36. Trump was dealt a winning hand on trade – his hardball negotiating tactics are squandering it
  37. How Salvation Army's red kettles became a Christmas tradition
  38. What big data can tell us about how a book becomes a best-seller
  39. Forget lanes – we all need to head together toward preventing firearm injury
  40. Test prep is a rite of passage for many Asian-Americans
  41. 5 ways to help robots work together with people
  42. Low-income parents want a white picket fence, not just money, before getting married
  43. In Georgia's gubernatorial race, Stacey Abrams' strategy may make victory easier for future black candidates in the South
  44. Companies blocked from using West Coast ports to export fossil fuels keep seeking workarounds
  45. Trump, Saudi Arabia and the Khashoggi case: What would Obama have done?
  46. Rogue science strikes again: The case of the first gene-edited babies
  47. The road to enhancement, via human gene editing, is paved with good intentions
  48. The key to fixing the gender gap in math and science: Boost women's confidence
  49. Why aren't there electric airplanes yet?
  50. Kim Kardashian West and ecstasy: A reminder of the social dangers of the drug