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El dilema ético de permitir los ensayos médicos en los que se infectan deliberadamente a humanos con COVID-19

  • Written by Ofer Raban, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Oregon
imagePermitir que se infectan deliberadamente a humanos con COVID-19 podría acelerar el proceso de los ensayos clínicos.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

A pesar de la urgente necesidad de vencer al COVID-19, las autoridades sanitarias podrían estar retrasando el desarrollo de una vacuna eficaz.

Las autoridades de Estados Unidos y otros...

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When hurricanes temporarily halt fishing, marine food webs recover quickly

  • Written by Lee Smee, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
imageHurricane Harvey set up a rare natural experiment to study the effects of fishing.NOAA via Wikipedia

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

The big idea

Fishing has a strong impact on coastal marine food webs, but it’s a hard effect to measure. When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in 2017, it temporarily halted fishing...

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Disaster work is often carried out by prisoners – who get paid as little as 14 cents an hour despite dangers

  • Written by J. Carlee Purdum, Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
imagePrisoners clearing vegetation to prevent the spread of a wildfire in Yucaipa, CaliforniaDavid McNew/AFP via Getty Images

Efforts to beat back wildfires ravaging Western states in the U.S. have been hampered this year by depleted numbers of “orange angels” – incarcerated workers deployed as firefighters.

Their lower numbers coincide...

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Charlie Hebdo shootings served as an extreme example of the history of attacks on satirists

  • Written by Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
imageA painting made by French street artist Christian Guemy in tribute to the members of those killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo attack in January 2015.AP Photo/Michel Euler

As the trial of alleged accomplices to the attack on Charlie Hebdo recently got underway in Paris, the magazine republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed.

It was a...

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Family and friends can be key to helping end domestic violence, study suggests

  • Written by Krista M. Chronister, Professor, psychology, University of Oregon
imageA family poses after the Not One Less protest in Missori Square in Milan on June 26. Family and friends are important allies against domestic violence.Valeria Ferraro/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic and strategies to prevent its spread, such as self-quarantine and travel restrictions, have isolated families and intensi...

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The numbers behind America's 180 on athlete activism

  • Written by Michael Serazio, Associate Professor of Communication, Boston College
imageIt has always been folly to believe that sports were separate from power and politics.AP Photo/Terrance WilliamsimageCC BY-ND

For 50 dormant years – roughly, the period between Muhammad Ali’s heyday and the Miami Heat donning hoodies after Trayvon Martin’s murder – athletes, as a general rule, steered clear of politics.

Teams...

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DeVos vows to require standardized tests again: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
imageIs the government's plan feasible?Alex Wong/Getty Images

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced on Sept. 3 that the government intended to enforce federal rules that require all states to administer standardized tests at K-12 public schools during the 2020-2021 school year. Nicholas Tampio, a Fordham University political scientist who researches...

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When someone dies, what happens to the body?

  • Written by Mark Evely, Program Director and Assistant Professor of Mortuary Science, Wayne State University
imageWhen a life ends, those who remain deal with the body.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Upwards of 2.8 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s life experiences are unique, what happens to a body after death follows a...

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Vinculan el racismo con el deterioro cognitivo en mujeres afroamericanas

  • Written by Lynn Rosenberg, Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University
imagePara las mujeres afroamericanas, el racismo puede contribuir a una variedad de problemas de salud. Getty Images / monkeybusinessimages

Los afroamericanos tienen tasas más elevadas de demencia y Alzheimer que los estadounidenses blancos. El estrés crónico, asociado con el deterioro cognitivo y la reducción del volumen...

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Who formally declares the winner of the U.S. presidential election?

  • Written by Amy Dacey, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics, American University
imageWith rare exceptions, like the 2000 presidential election, the winning candidate usually declares victory on election night. But the win isn't actually certified until January. ranklin McMahon/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

With the U.S. presidential election rapidly approaching at a time of extraordinary political and social disruption, the...

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  5. Defending the 2020 election against hacking: 5 questions answered
  6. It's still a conservative Supreme Court, even after recent liberal decisions – here's why
  7. Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter
  8. Study: Pandemic-induced stress could be increasing the risk of child abuse
  9. Afghanistan peace talks begin – but will the Taliban hold up their end of the deal?
  10. Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show how diversity can improve all fields of science
  11. What’s in your medicine may surprise you – a call for greater transparency about inactive ingredients
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  13. Smoke from wildfires can worsen COVID-19 risk, putting firefighters in even more danger
  14. Philosophy and psychology agree - yelling at people who aren't wearing masks won't work
  15. 19 years after 9/11, Americans continue to fear foreign extremists and underplay the dangers of domestic terrorism
  16. Why women bosses get different reactions than men when they criticize employees
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  22. Angry Americans: How political rage helps campaigns but hurts democracy
  23. Community land trusts could help heal segregated cities
  24. Does ignoring robocalls make them stop? Here's what we learned from getting 1.5 million calls on 66,000 phone lines
  25. Few US students ever repeat a grade but that could change due to COVID-19
  26. More dengue fever and less malaria – mosquito control strategies may need to shift as Africa heats up
  27. What a smoky bar can teach us about the '6-foot rule' during the COVID-19 pandemic
  28. Bridging America's divides requires a willingness to work together without becoming friends first
  29. Los indígenas mexicanos se repliegan para sobrevivir a la COVID-19 aislando pueblos y cultivando su comida
  30. Ultraviolet light can make indoor spaces safer during the pandemic – if it's used the right way
  31. 'Quarantine envy' could finally wake people up to the deep inequalities that pervade American life
  32. Americans are renouncing U.S. citizenship in record numbers – but maybe not for the reasons you think
  33. Video: How did mask wearing become so politicized?
  34. Faith and politics mix to drive evangelical Christians' climate change denial
  35. What we know about MIS-C, a rare but dangerous illness striking children weeks after they get COVID-19
  36. The largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage isn't the hajj to Mecca, it's the Shiite pilgrimage to Karbala in Iraq
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  39. George Washington was silent, but Trump tweets regularly – running for president has changed over the years
  40. As concerns mount over integrity of US elections, so does support for international poll monitors
  41. Trump’s law-and-order campaign relies on a historic American tradition of racist and anti-immigrant politics
  42. Portland and Kenosha violence was predictable – and preventable
  43. Dangerous bacteria is showing up in school water systems, reminding all buildings reopening amid COVID-19 to check the pipes
  44. Business liability shield is holding up another coronavirus bailout – a legal scholar explains why immunity is unnecessary and even harmful
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