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50 years old, '2001: A Space Odyssey' still offers insight about the future

  • Written by Daniel N. Rockmore, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Computational Science, and Computer Science, Dartmouth College
Even 17 years beyond 2001, spacesuits are bulkier than this.Matthew J. Cotter/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Watching a 50th anniversary screening of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” I found myself, a mathematician and computer scientist whose research includes work related to artificial intelligence, comparing the story’s vision of the future with the...

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4 things journalists can do to rebuild trust with the public

  • Written by Lisa Heyamoto, Senior Instructor of Journalism, University of Oregon
A traveler reads a newspaper.AP Photo/Julio Cortez

In August, nearly 400 news outlets made the case for the importance of journalism in response to President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that the media is “the enemy of the people.”

In #FreePress editorials published in newspapers across the country, writers stressed...

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Ted Turner has Lewy body dementia, but what is that?

  • Written by Melissa J. Armstrong, Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of Florida
Ted Turner and former wife Jane Fonda, picture in 1991, when the high-profile couple were dating. John Barrett/PHOTOlink/ MediaPunch /IPX/AP

Ted Turner recently announced that he has Lewy body dementia, a diagnosis that the late comic and actor Robin Williams was given after his death.

The disease is frequently unrecognized even by doctors, despite...

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How should we judge people for their past moral failings?

  • Written by Andrew Khoury, Instructor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
The #MeToo movement and more recent allegations against Brett Kavanaugh have posed questions about past conduct.AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File

The recent allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have further divided the nation. Among the questions the case raises are some important ethical ones.

Not least among...

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Charities take digital money now – and the risks that go with it

  • Written by Philip Hackney, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
The value of bitcoin gifts is subject to swift changes.Natali_ Mis/Shutterstock.com

Many large charities, despite being entrusted with accepting and managing funds that benefit the public, are accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies – volatile forms of digital money – as donations.

Take, for example, the Silicon Valley Community...

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2018 Nobel Prize for physics goes to tools made from light beams – a particle physicist explains

  • Written by Todd Adams, Professor of Physics, Florida State University
The 2018 Nobel Prize for physics recognized discoveries that can make more powerful lasers.Arthur Ashkin.Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media, CC BY-SAGerard Mourou.Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media, CC BY-SA

Our world is full of light, and we depend upon it to power life on our planet. So it is appropriate to honor three scientists who invented new...

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Refugiados de Venezuela huyen a ciudades latinoamericanas, no a campos de refugiados

  • Written by Robert Muggah, Associate Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Más de 2.3 millones de venezolanos – alrededor del 7 por ciento de la población total – huyeron de la crisis política y económica del país desde el 2014, considerado este el mayor desplazamiento humano en la historia de América Latina.

A principios de este año, un total de 5.000...

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Refugiados venezolanos inundan las ciudades latinoamericanas

  • Written by Robert Muggah, Associate Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Más de 2.3 millones de venezolanos – alrededor del 7 por ciento de la población total – huyeron de la crisis política y económica del país desde el 2014, considerado este el mayor desplazamiento humano en la historia de América Latina.

A principios de este año, un total de 5.000...

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2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: a turning point in the war on cancer

  • Written by Duane Mitchell, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Florida
James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo win the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their foundational work on cancer immunotherapy.The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Kyoto University, CC BY-SA

There are moments in the history of scientific achievement that benchmark the end of an era and the beginning of a new phase of...

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Kavanaugh sexual assault hearing evokes early Soviet mock trials

  • Written by Erica Stone Drennan, Ph.D. Candidate in Russian Literature, Columbia University
Across the world, allegations of sexual assault have hinged on women's credibility.Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP

Before last week’s Senate judiciary hearing into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was scheduled, Republican Senator John Cornyn complained that the proceedings would amount to a “sh...

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