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The sharing economy helps women find new economic opportunities in Jordan

  • Written by Allison J. Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington
New technology has created new options for women in Jordan.Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images

Across the world, women face online stalking, threats to their reputation and surveillance or monitoring of their online activities.

In many countries, threats to safety and privacy limit women’s access to information and communication technologies.

I’m...

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If you want to help after the Nashville tornadoes, give cash, not clothing and other stuff

  • Written by Julia Brooks, Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
The wreckage in Nashville was extreme.AP Photo/Wade Payne

Powerful storms and tornadoes left a trail of devastation as they ripped through Nashville on March 3, killing 25 people, injuring dozens more and leaving hundreds homeless. As first responders and residents of the Tennessee city searched for the missing, assessed the damage and began to...

Read more: If you want to help after the Nashville tornadoes, give cash, not clothing and other stuff

Why hand-washing really is as important as doctors say

  • Written by Michelle Sconce Massaquoi, Doctoral Candidate in Microbiology, University of Oregon
U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, center, demonstrates hand-washing to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, left, and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, right, in Rocky Hill, Conn., March 2, 2020. AP Photo/Jessica Hill

As the threat from the coronavirus grows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health officials are...

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Evangelicals downplay religious expression when working with secular groups

  • Written by Brad R. Fulton, Assistant Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
For many evangelicals, faith is a central part of their lives, but there is wide variation in how it is practiced.Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

White evangelicals in the United States are typically presented as culture warriors united around a common set of conservative aims, such as preserving “traditio...

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Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn about disease threats

  • Written by Vandana Janeja, Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Connecting the dotsmajcot/Shutterstock.com

Canadian artificial intelligence firm BlueDot has been in the news in recent weeks for warning about the new coronavirus days ahead of the official alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. The company was able to do this by tapping different sources of...

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Why public health officials sound more worried about the coronavirus than the seasonal flu

  • Written by Tom Duszynski, Director Epidemiology Education, IUPUI
A county executive in Washington state addresses the media after a death from COVID-19, which results from the coronavirus.Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

The spread of the new coronavirus, which has infected over 80,000 people worldwide and resulted in the death of more than 3,000, has raised alarms around the world.

At the same time, the...

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Even after blocking an ex on Facebook, the platform promotes painful reminders

  • Written by Anthony Pinter, Ph.D. Student in Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Even if all the necessary precautions are taken, reminders of your ex can still crop up and catch your eye.jumpingsack/Shutterstock.com

The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.

Anthony Pinter, a Ph.D. student in information science at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently completed a study on people’s...

Read more: Even after blocking an ex on Facebook, the platform promotes painful reminders

Humans domesticated horses – new tech could help archaeologists figure out where and when

  • Written by William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder
Archaeologists investigate an ancient habitation site in western Mongolia, seeking clues to the early history of domestic horses.William Taylor, CC BY-ND

In the increasingly urbanized world, few people still ride horses for reasons beyond sport or leisure. However, on horseback, people, goods and ideas moved across vast distances, shaping the power...

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The worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century: 5 questions on Syria answered

  • Written by Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
Syrians board a dinghy bound for Greece.DHA via AP

Remember former President Barack Obama’s infamous red line speech in 2012? In that speech, the president made it clear that the U.S. would not stand for the use of chemical or biological weapons by President Bashar al-Assad against opposition forces in Syria.

But, despite subsequent evidence...

Read more: The worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century: 5 questions on Syria answered

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