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5 ways the COVID-19 pandemic could affect your college application

  • Written by Whitney Soule, Sr Vice President, Dean of Admissions & Student Aid, Bowdoin College
imageRemote learning poses challenges for some students.SDI Productions/ E+ via Getty Images

The coronavirus pandemic has intensified college application anxiety. I make this observation as an admissions dean who, as of late, has not just been answering emails and questions from parents. Instead, I’m also responding to media inquiries about how my...

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Why do women change their stories of sexual assault? Holocaust testimonies may provide clues

  • Written by Allison Sarah Reeves Somogyi, Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageWomen get shut down when bringing up the still-taboo subject of sexual assault.markgoddard/Getty

This past spring, Tara Reade joined a long line of women who have been caught in a maelstrom of accusations and indignation for sharing their stories of sexual assault.

Reade, a former Senate staffer, claimed that the former vice president and...

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Why San Francisco felt like the set of a sci-fi flick

  • Written by Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Professor of Communication and Media, Clarkson University
imageOn the morning of Sept. 9, San Franciscans woke up to a transformed cityscape.AP Photo/Eric Risberg

On Sept. 9, many West Coast residents looked out their windows and witnessed a post-apocalyptic landscape: silhouetted cars, buildings and people bathed in an overpowering orange light that looked like a jacked-up sunset.

The scientific explanation...

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To be a great innovator, learn to embrace and thrive in uncertainty

  • Written by Todd Saxton, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, IUPUI
imageInnovators are comfortable dealing with uncertainty. Gremlin/E+ via Getty Images

Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was America’s first female self-made millionaire. She pioneered a line of hair care and beauty products for people of color early in the 20th century, and the recent Netflix series “Self Made” details the story...

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Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia

  • Written by Melinda A. Yang, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
imagePulverized ancient bone can provide DNA to scientists for analysis.Xin Xu Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CC BY-ND

The very first human beings originally emerged in Africa before spreading across Eurasia about 60,000 years ago. After that, the story of humankind heads down many different paths, some more well-studied...

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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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  8. Big pharma's safety pledge isn't enough to build public confidence in COVID-19 vaccine – here's what will
  9. Why gender reveals have spiraled out of control
  10. Defending the 2020 election against hacking: 5 questions answered
  11. It's still a conservative Supreme Court, even after recent liberal decisions – here's why
  12. Far from being anti-religious, faith and spirituality run deep in Black Lives Matter
  13. Study: Pandemic-induced stress could be increasing the risk of child abuse
  14. Afghanistan peace talks begin – but will the Taliban hold up their end of the deal?
  15. Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show how diversity can improve all fields of science
  16. What’s in your medicine may surprise you – a call for greater transparency about inactive ingredients
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  18. Smoke from wildfires can worsen COVID-19 risk, putting firefighters in even more danger
  19. Philosophy and psychology agree - yelling at people who aren't wearing masks won't work
  20. 19 years after 9/11, Americans continue to fear foreign extremists and underplay the dangers of domestic terrorism
  21. Why women bosses get different reactions than men when they criticize employees
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  27. Angry Americans: How political rage helps campaigns but hurts democracy
  28. Community land trusts could help heal segregated cities
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  30. Few US students ever repeat a grade but that could change due to COVID-19
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  32. What a smoky bar can teach us about the '6-foot rule' during the COVID-19 pandemic
  33. Bridging America's divides requires a willingness to work together without becoming friends first
  34. Los indígenas mexicanos se repliegan para sobrevivir a la COVID-19 aislando pueblos y cultivando su comida
  35. Ultraviolet light can make indoor spaces safer during the pandemic – if it's used the right way
  36. 'Quarantine envy' could finally wake people up to the deep inequalities that pervade American life
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  38. Video: How did mask wearing become so politicized?
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  45. As concerns mount over integrity of US elections, so does support for international poll monitors
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