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When can children get the COVID-19 vaccine? 5 questions parents are asking

  • Written by Wesley Kufel, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageVaccine testing in children will take several more months.FatCamera via Getty Images

The first U.S. COVID-19 vaccines are expected in clinics in mid-December, and states are drawing up plans for who should get vaccinated first.

But one important group is absent: children.

While two vaccines are expected to be cleared soon for adult use in the U.S.,...

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Can Joe Biden win the transition?

  • Written by John M. Murphy, Professor of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imagePresident-elect Joe Biden introduces his foreign policy and national security team on Nov. 24 in Wilmington, Del. Mark Makela/Getty Images

Joe Biden won the election, but whether he wins the transition is another question. The peaceful transfer of power always tests an incoming president, but this time promises to be particularly perilous.

The...

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In 'The Queen's Gambit' and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life

  • Written by Jenny Adams, Associate Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Amherst

In the closing sequence of “The Queen’s Gambit,” the chess-playing heroine, Beth Harmon, defeats her archrival Vasily Borgov at the Moscow Invitational. The next day she impulsively skips her flight home to join a group of adoring chess players in what appears to be Moscow’s famous Sokolniki Park. The symbolism of this...

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The iconic American inventor is still a white male – and that's an obstacle to race and gender inclusion

  • Written by Anjali Vats, Associate Professor of Communication and African and African Diaspora Studies and Associate Professor of Law (By Courtesy), Boston College
imageThomas Edison remains the poster child of American invention 89 years after his death.Underwood & Underwood via the Library of Congress

When President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act in 2011, he was surrounded by a group of people of diverse ages, genders and races. The speech he delivered about the legislation, which changed the...

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Nigerians got their abusive SARS police force abolished – but elation soon turned to frustration

  • Written by Samuel Fury Childs Daly, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, Duke University
imageA police officer in Lagos, Nigeria, Nov. 3. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

For a brief moment in October, it seemed that youthful protesters calling to “abolish” a police force had succeeded. After weeks of mass demonstrations against police brutality, the government agreed to disband a widely hated police unit.

This was...

Read more: Nigerians got their abusive SARS police force abolished – but elation soon turned to frustration

The Taliban are megarich – here's where they get the money they use to wage war in Afghanistan

  • Written by Hanif Sufizada, Education and Outreach Program Coordinator, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageTaliban militants and Afghan civilians celebrate the signing of a peace deal with the United States on March 2.Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images)imageCC BY-ND

The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001.

In the fiscal year that ended in March...

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How remote learning is making educational inequities worse

  • Written by Hernán Galperin, Associate Professor of Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
imageMany students lack the technology and parental guidance to complete homework remotely during the pandemic. Pollyana Ventura/E+ via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

The widespread reliance on remote learning is harming students of color from low-income households more than kids who are from...

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Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth's atmosphere, but that could end with warming and development

  • Written by Julie Loisel, Assistant Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University
imageMore valuable than it looks.David Stanley/Flickr, CC BY

Peatlands are a type of wetland where dead plant material doesn’t fully decompose because it’s too soggy. In these ecosystems, peat builds up as spongy dark soil that’s sometimes referred to as sod or turf. Over thousands of years, yards-thick layers of peat accumulate and...

Read more: Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth's atmosphere, but that could end with warming and...

Genetic engineering transformed stem cells into working mini-livers that extended the life of mice with liver disease

  • Written by Mo Ebrahimkhani, Associate Professor of Pathology and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
imageA cross section of lab-grown human liver tissue. The green shows the network of blood vessels.Velazquez et al. Cell Systems , CC BY-SA

Takeaways

  • Scientists have made progress growing human liver in the lab.

  • The challenge has been to direct stems cells to grow into a mature, functioning adult organ.

  • This study shows that stem cells can be programmed,...

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We scanned the DNA of 8,000 people to see how facial features are controlled by genes

  • Written by Seth M. Weinberg, Associate Professor in the Departments of Oral Biology, Human Genetics, and Anthropology. Co-Director of the Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
imageUsing 3-D facial images researchers have identified changes in the DNA that contribute to variation in facial features. Julie D. White, CC BY-SA

Takeaways

  • A new study reveals more than 130 regions in human DNA play a role in sculpting facial features.

  • The nose is the facial feature most influenced by your genes.

  • Understanding the link between specific...

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