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'Morality pills' may be the US's best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist

  • Written by Parker Crutchfield, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, Humanities and Law, Western Michigan University
imageA psychoactive substance to make you act in everyone's best interest?Sayanh Kaew Mni/EyeEm via Getty Images

COVID-19 is a collective risk. It threatens everyone, and we all must cooperate to lower the chance that the coronavirus harms any one individual. Among other things, that means keeping safe social distances and wearing masks. But many people...

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Cyberspace is critical infrastructure – it will take effective government oversight to make it safe

  • Written by Francine Berman, Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
imageCyberspace has become indispensable during the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the need for online protections.Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” The cartoon represents a digital past when...

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Watch more TV to understand the backlash against the women in the running for vice president

  • Written by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
imagePresident Allison Taylor of '24' ends up being exposed as Machiavellian.20th Century Fox

Joe Biden’s promise to name a woman running mate has prompted familiar debates about gender and power.

Are these potential vice presidents supposed to be presidential lackeys or understudies to the leader of the free world? Should they actively seek the...

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¿Por qué algunos estadounidenses parecen más 'estadounidenses' que otros?

  • Written by Katherine Kinzler, Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
imageLas nobles nociones igualitarias sobre la ciudadanía no siempre se sostienenAP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

En Estados Unidos y en muchos otros países, la nacionalidad se define por un conjunto de parámetros legales. Puede implicar el lugar de nacimiento, la ciudadanía de los padres o una serie de procedimientos...

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Controversias en la investigación del coronavirus muestran que la ciencia está funcionando como debería

  • Written by Mark R. O'Brian, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageUn paper de alto perfil sobre los riesgos del medicamento antimalárico hidroxicloriquina fue retirado en junio.AP Photo/John Locher,

Varios artículos de alto perfil sobre la investigación de COVID-19 han sido criticados por personas de la comunidad científica en los últimas meses.

Dos artículos que abordan...

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How COVID-19 might increase risk of memory loss and cognitive decline

  • Written by Natalie C. Tronson, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
imageMore and more studies are revealing the cognitive effects of COVID-19.Amornrat Phuchom / Getty Images

Of all frightening ways that the SARS-COV-2 virus affects the body, one of the more insidious is the effect of COVID-19 on the brain.

It is now clear that many patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms, from loss of smell, to...

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Lost your job due to coronavirus? Artificial intelligence could be your best friend in finding a new one

  • Written by Stewart Black, Professor of Management Practice in Global Leadership and Strategy, INSEAD
image Some places are still hiring.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Millions of Americans are unemployed and looking for work. Hiring continues, but there’s far more demand for jobs than supply.

As scholars of human resources and management, we believe artificial intelligence could be a boon for job seekers who need an edge in a tight labor market like...

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Why New York is suing the NRA: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Brian Mittendorf, Fisher Designated Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
imageThe suit alleges improprieties by Wayne LaPierre and other current and former NRA officials. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Editor’s note: New York state Attorney General Letitia James is suing the National Rifle Association and four of its current and former officials. Brian Mittendorf, an Ohio State University accounting scholar who researches...

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Brag and name drop: How to project credibility as workplace meetings move online

  • Written by Lisa Leopold, Associate Professor of English Language Studies, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury
imageAmid the global work-from-home phenomenon, what a presenter says carries more weight than ever.Getty Images

COVID-19 has altered nearly every aspect of American life, including the workplace. For millions of Americans, the kitchen or the living room now doubles as the office and conference room.

This workspace shift, likely to last long past the...

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Ocean warming threatens coral reefs and soon could make it harder to restore them

  • Written by Shawna Foo, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Arizona State University
imageClimate-driven ocean warming threatens healthy coral reefs, like this one in Hawaii.Shawna Foo, CC BY-NDimageCC BY-ND

Anyone who’s tending a garden right now knows what extreme heat can do to plants. Heat is also a concern for an important form of underwater gardening: growing corals and “outplanting,” or transplanting them to restore...

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  2. 8 simple strategies to fuel your body during a pandemic
  3. What is intolerance fatigue, and how is it fueling Black Lives Matter protests?
  4. Brain scientists haven't been able to find major differences between women's and men's brains, despite over a century of searching
  5. 5 reasons Chinese students may stop studying in the US
  6. 1864 elections went on during the Civil War – even though Lincoln thought it would be a disaster for himself and the Republican Party
  7. Nuclear threats are increasing – here's how the US should prepare for a nuclear event
  8. How the sound of religion has changed in the pandemic
  9. As the coronavirus rages in prisons, ethical issues of crime and punishment become more compelling
  10. Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up
  11. Jim Thompson is the perfect novelist for our crazed times
  12. In Confederate statue debates, common values can bring meaningful resolution
  13. Will the GOP let Congress send money to states and cities reeling from the pandemic? 4 essential reads on the economic crisis
  14. Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or voting
  15. Buddhist monks have reversed roles in Thailand – now they are the ones donating goods to others
  16. Don't want federal agents in your city or town? Then protect federal property
  17. Video: What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means
  18. Pompeo's plan for a hierarchy of human rights could serve to undermine them all – including religious freedom
  19. How gene editing a person's brain cells could be used to curb the opioid epidemic
  20. Why diversity training on campus is likely to disappoint
  21. Fight for economic equality is as old as America itself
  22. Contaminación, el silencioso enemigo de la CDMX en la lucha contra el COVID-19
  23. ¿Crees que eres malo para las matemáticas? Puedes sufrir un 'trauma matemático'
  24. The loneliness of social isolation can affect your brain and raise dementia risk in older adults
  25. Yes, most workers can collect more in coronavirus unemployment than they earn – but that doesn't mean Congress should cut the $600 supplement
  26. The raging competition for medical supplies is not a game, but game theory can help
  27. 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weapons
  28. Political conventions today are for partying and pageantry, not picking nominees
  29. Marijuana fueled Colombian drug trade before cocaine was king
  30. Making the most of a tree epidemic
  31. Deciding how and whether to reopen schools is complex -- here's how rocket scientists would develop a plan
  32. ¿Qué medicamentos y tratamientos se ha demostrado que funcionan y cuáles no para la COVID-19?
  33. What literature can tell us about people's struggle with their faith during a pandemic
  34. 3 ways to promote social skills in homebound kids
  35. Millions of America's working poor may lose out on key anti-poverty tax credit because of the pandemic
  36. Wildfires can poison drinking water – here's how communities can be better prepared
  37. International trade has cost Americans millions of jobs. Investing in communities might offset those losses
  38. How a peace conference's failures a century ago set the stage for today's anti-racist uprisings
  39. How the failures of the 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty set the stage for today’s anti-racist uprisings
  40. Obamacare's unexpected bonus: How the Affordable Care Act is helping middle-aged Americans during the pandemic
  41. Video: Who controls pandemic data?
  42. ¿Qué puede aprender la cadena de suministro médica de la industria de la moda?
  43. Timeouts improve kids' behavior if you do them the right way
  44. Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms
  45. Does coronavirus linger in the body? What we know about how viruses in general hang on in the brain and testicles
  46. Why a Canadian hockey team's name recalls US Civil War destruction
  47. One 19th-century artist's effort to grapple with tuberculosis resonates during COVID-19
  48. Fine-particle air pollution has decreased across the US, but poor and minority communities are still the most polluted
  49. How California’s COVID-19 surge widens health inequalities for Black, Latino and low-income residents
  50. Hitler en casa: cómo la máquina de relaciones públicas nazi reinventó la imagen doméstica del Führer y engañó al mundo