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Countering misinformation about flu vaccine is harder than it seems

  • Written by Matthew Motta, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Science of Science Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Californians in June 2015 protest a bill that did away with personal belief exemptions for vaccinating children before they enter school.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

Many Americans hold beliefs about the flu vaccine that are at odds with the best available scientific evidence. For example, a recent study found that more than two-fifths, or 43 percent,...

Read more: Countering misinformation about flu vaccine is harder than it seems

Climate change resilience could save trillions in the long run – but finding billions now to pay for it is the hard part

  • Written by David L Levy, Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness, University of Massachusetts Boston
Waves from a 2012 superstorm crash into a seawall and buildings along the coast near Boston Harbor. AP Photo/Steven Senne

Is your city prepared for climate change?

The latest National Climate Assessmentpaints a grim future if U.S. cities and states don’t take serious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The bottom line is that the costs...

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No president should assume office without a 'fitness for duty' exam

  • Written by Bandy X. Lee, Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
The current and former presidents at the funeral for George H.W. Bush in WashingtonAP/Carolyn Kaster

Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency, mental health professionals have come forth in historically unprecedented ways to warn against entrusting the U.S. presidency to someone who exhibits what we have called his...

Read more: No president should assume office without a 'fitness for duty' exam

La protección estricta del Amazonas fomenta la productividad agrícola en Brasil

  • Written by Rachael Garrett, Assistant Professor of the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Boston University

Jair Bolsonaro, el nuevo presidente de Brasil, deberá tomar varias decisiones importantes durante su mandato de cuatro años: cómo enfrentar la violencia, por ejemplo, y estimular una economía estancada.

Estas decisiones tendrán un gran impacto sobre los brasileños, que salieron seriamente divididos...

Read more: La protección estricta del Amazonas fomenta la productividad agrícola en Brasil

Medicaid work requirements: Where do they stand after the blue wave?

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
Laura Kelly, governor-elect of Kansas, was part of the blue wave in November. Kelly, shown here in October, opposes Medicaid work requirements. AP Photo/John Hanna

The 2018 midterm elections have dealt a significant setback to President Trump’s agenda in the legislative arena.

However, there are still many ways for the Trump administration...

Read more: Medicaid work requirements: Where do they stand after the blue wave?

Fecal microbiome transplantation shows promise in treating colitis

  • Written by Yinghong Wang, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A woman holds her stomach in agony from ulcerative colitis.Emily Frost / Shutterstock.com

Immunotherapy, the Nobel Prize-winning category of cancer therapy that helps your immune cells to fight tumors, has transformed the field of cancer care by improving the long-term survival in patients with various types of cancer, like melanoma and those...

Read more: Fecal microbiome transplantation shows promise in treating colitis

What Hanukkah's portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews

  • Written by Ted Merwin, Part-Time Associate Professor of Religion, Dickinson College
Hanukkah demands fewer religious rituals than most other Jewish observances.Golden Pixels LLC

When I was growing up in suburban New York, Hanukkah was not grounded in religious observance. Having no clue that there are traditional Hebrew blessings that accompany the kindling of the Hanukkah candles, we invented our own wishes, awkwardly voiced out...

Read more: What Hanukkah's portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews

Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

  • Written by Arjuna Dibley, Graduate Fellow, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University
International climate negotiators need to recognize the motivations that drive populist nationalist leaders.AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil not only marks the rise of another populist nationalist leader on the world stage. It’s also a turning point for the global politics of climate change.

When the new president...

Read more: Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

Stool transplantation shows promise treating cancer therapy side effect

  • Written by Yinghong Wang, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A woman holds her stomach in agony from ulcerative colitis.Emily Frost / Shutterstock.com

Immunotherapy, the Nobel Prize-winning category of cancer therapy that helps your immune cells to fight tumors, has transformed the field of cancer care by improving the long-term survival in patients with various types of cancer, like melanoma and those...

Read more: Stool transplantation shows promise treating cancer therapy side effect

We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both limits and new insights

  • Written by Leonie Hintze, Ph.D. Student in Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University
What can an algorithm find when it reads a book?Vasilyev Alexandr/Shutterstock.com

With one spouse studying the evolution of artificial and natural intelligence and the other researching the language, culture and history of Germany, imagine the discussions at our dinner table. We often experience the stereotypical clash in views between the...

Read more: We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both limits and new insights

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  3. Chicago's Safe Passage program costs a lot, but it may provide students safer routes to school
  4. El acceso universal a Internet en México reduciría la pobreza
  5. Opening up mosquito research labs to the community
  6. White nationalist groups are really street gangs, and law enforcement needs to treat them that way
  7. What public universities must do to regain public support
  8. Opening up research labs with modified mosquitoes to the community
  9. Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything
  10. Why the next two years are critical for the Paris climate deal's survival
  11. I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
  12. CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China's global standing
  13. Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an app for that
  14. Criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's clothes echoes attacks against early female labor activists
  15. Este activista alemán luchó por los derechos gay y trans hace cien años
  16. Scientist at work: To take atomic-scale pictures of tiny crystals, use a huge, kilometer-long synchrotron
  17. George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
  18. How where you're born influences the person you become
  19. Deepwater corals thrive at the bottom of the ocean, but can't escape human impacts
  20. US-China trade war truce: 2 reasons why it's unlikely to last
  21. 1 in 4 government officials accused of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo era is still in office today
  22. The big lessons of political advertising in 2018
  23. YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
  24. CRISPR babies raise an uncomfortable reality – abiding by scientific standards doesn't guarantee ethical research
  25. Screening the human future: YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
  26. George H.W. Bush understood that markets and the environment weren't enemies
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  28. How Hanukkah came to America
  29. Why we'll miss George H.W. Bush, America's last foreign policy president
  30. Why companies should help pay for the biodiversity that’s good for their bottom line
  31. LGBTQ caravan migrants may have to 'prove' their gender or sexual identity at US border
  32. G-20 leaders descend on Buenos Aires as host Argentina battles worst economic crisis in a decade
  33. Dorothy Day -- 'a saint for our times'
  34. How mainstream media helps weaponize far-right conspiracy theories
  35. AIDS treatment has progressed, but without a vaccine, suffering still abounds
  36. López Obrador takes power in Mexico after an unstable transition and broken campaign promises
  37. Most caregivers of people with dementia are family members, and they need help
  38. Betsy DeVos has little to show after 2 years in office
  39. Climate change is making soils saltier, forcing many farmers to find new livelihoods
  40. America's dark history of organized anti-Semitism re-emerges in today's far-right groups
  41. The surprising way plastics could actually help fight climate change
  42. How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby – and what health worries may ensue
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  44. Swamped by cyberthreats, citizens need government protection
  45. Trump was dealt a winning hand on trade – his hardball negotiating tactics are squandering it
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