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Do unbiased jurors exist in an age of social media?

  • Written by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Law Professor, University of Dayton
imageIs it possible to have a jury whose members are unbiased?Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Jury selection that began on Oct. 18, 2021, in the trial of three men accused of murdering unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery has been, according to an NPR report, a “very painstaking process.” That’s because it’s been hard to find jurors who...

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Scandal involving World Bank's 'Doing Business' index exposes problems in using sportslike rankings to guide development goals

  • Written by Fernanda G Nicola, Professor of Law, American University
imageThe World Bank's ease of doing business index incentives countries to do whatever they can to improve their ranking. Jongho Shin/iStock via Getty Images

The World Bank, a behemoth of an organization that provides tens of billions of dollars in aid to mostly developing countries, is in the middle of one of its biggest scandals since being founded in...

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What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?

  • Written by Michael Humphrey, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University
imageHow much of your life is archived on Facebook?Arthur Poulin/Unsplash

If the latest deluge of Facebook controversies has you ready to kick the app to the digital curb, you are not alone. There are plenty of good guides out there on how to do it right. Even Facebook makes it pretty easy to understand the nuances of saying “see ya later”...

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How many lives have coronavirus vaccines saved? We used state data on deaths and vaccination rates to find out

  • Written by Sumedha Gupta, Associate Professor of Economics, IUPUI
imageClinical trials demonstrate how effective vaccines are individually, but the real world shows how effective they are at a population level.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, PoolimageCC BY-ND

More than 200 million U.S. residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine with the expectation that the vaccines slow virus transmission and save lives.

Researc...

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Steve Bannon faces criminal charges over Jan. 6 panel snub, setting up a showdown over executive privilege

  • Written by Kirsten Carlson, Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageDefiant or following Trump's direction?John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is tasked with providing as full an account as possible of the attempted insurrection. But there is a problem: Not everyone is cooperating.

As of Oct. 14, 2021, Steve Bannon, a one-time aide to...

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People use mental shortcuts to make difficult decisions – even highly trained doctors delivering babies

  • Written by Manasvini Singh, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageThe situation in the delivery room can change suddenly, and doctors need to react fast.naphtalina/E+ via Getty Images

Being a physician is a difficult job. They must make complex, high-stakes decisions under severe pressure, with limited information about the patient, the disease and the treatment, while juggling personal and hospital priorities...

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Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19

  • Written by Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut
imageWhile ivermectin was originally used to treat river blindness, it has also been repurposed to treat other human parasitic infections.ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images

Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections. Its lasting influence on global health has been so profound that two of...

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Workers feel most valued when their managers trust them

  • Written by Jesus Arias, Doctoral Student in Business Administration (D.B.A.), Florida International University
imageA matter of trust. Delmaine Donson/E+ via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Professional workers are more likely to value their own work and feel it contributes to their team’s success when their managers show they trust them, according to a study I recently completed as a part of my...

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Why banning financing for fossil fuel projects in Africa isn't a climate solution

  • Written by Benjamin Attia, Non-Resident Fellow, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines
imageThe majority of the Congolese population doesn't have access to electricity.Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images

Today’s global energy inequities are staggering.

Video gamers in California consume more electricity than entire nations. The average Tanzanian used only one-sixth the electricity consumed by a typical American refrigerator in 2014.

G...

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E-cigarettes get FDA approval: 5 essential reads on the harms and benefits of vaping

  • Written by Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor
imageCeci n'est pas un MagritteGeorgina Parrino/EyeEm via Getty Images

After being on the U.S. market for around 15 years, an e-cigarette has, for the first time, been authorized for sale by the Food and Drug Administration.

The government agency announced on Oct. 12, 2021, that three products from the vaping company Vuse had been given the green light...

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  1. What is family estrangement? A relationship expert describes the problem and research agenda
  2. The first battle in the culture wars: The quality of diversity
  3. More 'disease' than 'Dracula' – how the vampire myth was born
  4. Moving beyond America's war on wildfire: 4 ways to avoid future megafires
  5. What is the Synod of Bishops? A Catholic priest and theologian explains
  6. How does smoking marijuana affect academic performance? Two researchers explain how it can alter more than just moods
  7. How food became the perfect beachhead for gentrification
  8. Vaccination against COVID-19 supports a healthy pregnancy by protecting both mother and child – an immunologist explains the maternal immune response
  9. Tax or treat! State laws on candy taxation vary wildly
  10. The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe
  11. Kids and their computers: Several hours a day of screen time is OK, study suggests
  12. Medical errors keep killing patients – but there are laws, incentives and mindset changes that could reduce the death toll
  13. 4 reasons Americans are still seeing empty shelves and long waits – with Christmas just around the corner
  14. How the climate crisis is transforming the meaning of ‘sustainability’ in business
  15. Rural Alaska has a bridge problem as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier with climate change
  16. Reporting all biosafety errors could improve labs worldwide – and increase public trust in biological research
  17. Computer Space launched the video game industry 50 years ago – here's the real reason you probably haven't heard of it
  18. Cómo la mayor organización islámica del mundo impulsa la reforma religiosa en Indonesia e intenta influir en el mundo musulmán
  19. Afghan women have a long history of taking leadership and fighting for their rights
  20. If you want to support the health and wellness of kids, stop focusing on their weight
  21. Sexual abuse survivors are voting on the Boy Scouts bankruptcy settlement: 5 questions answered
  22. How your emotional response to the COVID-19 pandemic changed your behavior and your sense of time
  23. If the US defaults on debt, expect the dollar to fall – and with it, Americans' standard of living
  24. How Columbus Day contributes to the cultural erasure of Italian Americans
  25. Nobel Peace Prize for journalists serves as reminder that freedom of the press is under threat from strongmen and social media
  26. WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big deal
  27. Biden restores protection for national monuments Trump shrank: 5 essential reads
  28. Yes, the latest jobs data may look disappointing, but leisure and transportation sectors give reason for cheer
  29. 'Truth and Healing Commission' could help Native American communities traumatized by government-run boarding schools that tried to destroy Indian culture
  30. Flu season paired with COVID-19 presents the threat of a 'twindemic,' making the need for vaccination all the more urgent
  31. None of the 2021 science Nobel laureates are women – here's why men still dominate STEM award winning
  32. 4 tips for choosing a good college – and getting accepted
  33. Caring for the environment has a long Catholic lineage – hundreds of years before Pope Francis
  34. Perseverance’s first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists
  35. Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead
  36. The Catholic Church sex abuse crisis: 4 essential reads
  37. Facebook's own internal documents offer a blueprint for making social media safer for teens
  38. Teachers say working with students kept them motivated at the start of the pandemic
  39. Indigenous Peoples' Day: why it's replacing Columbus Day in many places
  40. Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified that the company's algorithms are dangerous – here's how they can manipulate you
  41. What's on the menu matters in health care for diverse patients
  42. The water you're drinking may be thousands of years old – growing demand for deeper wells is tapping ancient reserves
  43. Ancient groundwater: Why the water you're drinking may be thousands of years old
  44. What is chaos? A complex systems scientist explains
  45. My Ph.D. supervisor just won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for designing a safer, cheaper and faster way to build molecules and make medicine
  46. First major Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court in over a decade could topple gun restrictions
  47. Facebook's scandals and outage test users' frenemy relationship
  48. Is social distancing unraveling the bonds that keep society together?
  49. Becoming a parent through surrogacy can have ethical challenges – but it is a positive experience for some
  50. As American independence rang, a sweeping lockdown and mass inoculations fought off a smallpox outbreak