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3 questions to ask yourself next time you see a graph, chart or map

  • Written by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, PhD Candidate in Geosciences, Boise State University
imageWhite House Coronavirus Task Force members reference a misleading chart in a press briefing.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Since the days of painting on cave walls, people have been representing information through figures and images. Nowadays, data visualization experts know that presenting information visuallyhelps people better understandcomplicated data....

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¿Cómo el 'blanco' se convirtió en una metáfora de las cosas buenas?

  • Written by Aradhna Krishna, Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan
imageEl sueño de Jacob de Salvator Rosa (c. 1665). artuk.org

Poco después de la muerte de George Floyd, uno de mis amigos me envió un mensaje de texto diciendo que Floyd no era necesariamente una mala persona, pero agregó que “tampoco era blanco como el lirio” refiriéndose a las épocas que...

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Why hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine don't block coronavirus infection of human lung cells

  • Written by Katherine Seley-Radtke, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and President-Elect of the International Society for Antiviral Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageChloroquine is an antimalarial drug originally developed in 1934; it doesn't block coronavirus infection in humans. Brasil2 / Getty Images

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

The big idea

A paper came out in Nature on July 22 that further underscores earlier studies that show that neither the malaria drug...

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How the images of John Lewis being beaten during 'Bloody Sunday' went viral

  • Written by Aniko Bodroghkozy, Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
imageJohn Lewis, in the foreground, is beaten by a state trooper during a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala., on March 7, 1965.AP Photo

On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

TV reporters and photographers were there, cameras ready, and the...

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Science elicits hope in Americans – its positive brand doesn't need to be partisan

  • Written by Todd Newman, Assistant Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
image"Science" makes people think optimistically about the future.WIN-Initiative/Stone via Getty Images

Harley-Davidson is one of the most iconic brands in the world. Harley-Davidson, however, doesn’t sell motorcycles – it sells a lifestyle. Look at any Harley-Davidson advertisement and you will see someone riding the open road. The...

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Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic

  • Written by Kate Starbird, Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
imageIt's difficult by design to identify disinformation campaign instigators and their agendas.stevanovicigor/iStock via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic, a vast and complicated mix of information, misinformation and disinformation.

In this environment, false narratives – the virus was “planned,” that it orig...

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Online Christian pilgrimage: How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation

  • Written by Samuel L. Boyd, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
imagePeople wearing masks and social distancing at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes on May 30, 2020.Laurent Dart/AFP via Getty Images

The Catholic Church held what is being termed as the first online pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Earlier this spring, for the first time in its 162-year existence the shrine was closed...

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Massive online open courses see exponential growth during COVID-19 pandemic

  • Written by Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
imageWorkers are seeking credentials to get an edge in the job market.Ridofranz/GettyImages

Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have seen a surge in enrollments since March.

Enrollment at Coursera – an online platform that offers MOOCs, has skyrocketed and was 640% higher from mid-March to mid-April than during the same period last year, growing...

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What are political parties' platforms – and do they matter?

  • Written by Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
imageAt the 2016 Democratic National Convention, a delegate holds up a copy of the Democratic Party Platform.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Political parties’ platforms – their statements of where they stand on issues – get little respect. President Donald Trump mused recently that he might shrink his party’s platform from 66 pages...

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How to make sure you're wearing your mask right

  • Written by Joy Pieper, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
imageMake sure the bottom of the mask is pulled down over your chin so it covers your nose and mouth.Getty Images / andresr

Whether or not you agree with a mandate to wear a mask, many of us will do so during our daily business.

I am a professor of nursing at Purdue University, where a colleague and I teach a class detailing the history of health care...

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  1. Low-wage service workers are facing new emotional hazards in the workplace during COVID-19
  2. Is telehealth as good as in-person care? A telehealth researcher explains how to get the most out of remote health care
  3. The Constitution doesn't have a problem with mask mandates
  4. People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19
  5. Telework mostly benefits white, affluent Americans – and offers few climate benefits
  6. How other countries reopened schools during the pandemic – and what the US can learn from them
  7. How popular culture hobbles protest movements
  8. Random testing in Indiana shows COVID-19 is 6 times deadlier than flu, and 2.8% of the state has been infected
  9. Georgia's election disaster shows how bad voting in 2020 can be
  10. 'In a perfectly just republic,' Bella Abzug – born a century ago – would have been president
  11. Coronavirus numbers confusing you? Here's how to make sense of them
  12. Russian cyberthreat extends to coronavirus vaccine research
  13. Social networks aim to erase hate but miss the target on guns
  14. Could employers and states mandate COVID-19 vaccinations? Here's what the courts have ruled
  15. Black men face high discrimination and depression, even as their education and incomes rise
  16. Colleges expect athletes to work but not to air any grievances – here's why that's wrong
  17. New teachers mistakenly assume Black students are angry
  18. How Taiwanese death rituals have adapted for families living in the US
  19. With fewer cars on US streets, now is the time to reinvent roadways and how we use them
  20. ALS scientific breakthrough: Diabetes drug metformin shows promise in mouse study for a common type of ALS
  21. Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday
  22. In Kashmir, military lockdown and pandemic combined are one giant deadly threat
  23. Electoral College benefits whiter states, study shows
  24. COVID-19 has ravaged American newsrooms – here's why that matters
  25. How local governments can attract companies that will help keep their economies afloat during COVID-19
  26. Why Indian American spelling bee success is more than just an endearing story
  27. Mandatory face masks might lull people into taking more coronavirus risks
  28. John Lewis and C.T. Vivian belonged to a long tradition of religious leaders in the civil rights struggle
  29. Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society
  30. Poorest Americans drink a lot more sugary drinks than the richest – which is why soda taxes could help reduce gaping health inequalities
  31. The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
  32. To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap
  33. Video: An infectious disease expert explains the results from Moderna's latest vaccine trials
  34. Why Congress can't curb Trump's power to commute Stone's sentence and pardon others
  35. Confederate flags fly worldwide, igniting social tensions and inflaming historic traumas
  36. Pro-choice movement's big win at Supreme Court might really have been a loss
  37. How the coronavirus pandemic became Florida's perfect storm
  38. Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which means putting ethics before profits
  39. Until teachers feel safe, widespread in-person K-12 schooling may prove impossible in US
  40. Contact tracing's long, turbulent history holds lessons for COVID-19
  41. Research on voting by mail says it's safe – from fraud and disease
  42. Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, Trump: The risks and rewards of corporate activism
  43. Zounds! What the fork are minced oaths? And why are we still fecking using them today?
  44. Protestantism's troubling history with white supremacy in the US
  45. Ransomware criminals are targeting US universities
  46. How brains do what they do is more complex than what anatomy on its own suggests
  47. An effective climate change solution may lie in rocks beneath our feet
  48. Oklahoma is – and always has been – Native land
  49. A new anti-platelet drug shows potential for treating blood vessel clots in heart attacks, strokes and, possibly, COVID-19
  50. How deadly is the coronavirus? The true fatality rate is tricky to find, but researchers are getting closer