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Energy pipelines are controversial now, but one of the first big ones helped win World War II

  • Written by W. Bernard Carlson, Professor of Humanities and Chair of the Department of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
imageThe "Big Inch" oil pipeline at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, around 1943. Betttman via Getty Images

Oil and gas pipelines have become flashpoints in discussions of climate change. From the Atlantic coast to the Dakotas, pipelines that would deliver fossil fuels to customers have sparked protests and legal challenges. The Keystone XL pipeline, which...

Read more: Energy pipelines are controversial now, but one of the first big ones helped win World War II

Low- and middle-income countries lack access to big data analysis – here's how to fill the gap

  • Written by David Gunderman, Research Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder
imageStatistical infrastructure can help improve everything from health care to politics. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

The ability to collect and learn from large amounts of data has been a major driver of innovation over recent decades. Everything from health care – think patient analytics, wearable devices and the COVID-19...

Read more: Low- and middle-income countries lack access to big data analysis – here's how to fill the gap

Election polls in 2020 produced 'error of unusual magnitude,' expert panel finds, without pinpointing cause

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
imageA voter exits a polling location on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

More than eight months after the acute polling embarrassment in the 2020 U.S. elections – that produced the sharpest discrepancy between the polls and popular vote outcome since 1980 – survey experts examining what went...

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For some craft beer drinkers, less can mean more

  • Written by Colleen C. Myles, Associate Professor of Geography, Texas State University
imageFor years, the market was inundated with heavy IPAs. Now drinkers are starting to push back.Bruce Milton Miller/Fairfax Media via Getty Images

My prepandemic summers were always packed with travel – trips to Europe for work and play, and, most recently, a road trip across the American West. At the end of a sweltering day of activities,...

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World's coral scientists warn action is needed now to save even a few reefs from climate change

  • Written by Sam Purkis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Miami
imageCorals are made of hundreds to thousands of tiny living polyps.Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves,...

Read more: World's coral scientists warn action is needed now to save even a few reefs from climate change

Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

  • Written by Sam Purkis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Miami
imageCorals are made of hundreds to thousands of tiny living polyps.Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves,...

Read more: Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and...

Why livestreamers should sell their products with a poker face – not a smile

  • Written by Michel Ballings, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, University of Tennessee
imageThat smile may hurt sales. Screenshot, CC BY-NC-SA

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

The big idea

Smiling or exhibiting other positive emotional displays while selling a product over live video – known as livestreaming – makes people less likely to buy it, we found in new research published in the Journal...

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Calls to cancel Chaucer ignore his defense of women and the innocent – and assume all his characters’ opinions are his

  • Written by Jennifer Wollock, Professor of English, Texas A&M University
imageWas Chaucer a toxic misogynist, or a staunch women's ally?Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Spying is a risky profession. For the 14th-century English undercover agent-turned-poet Geoffrey Chaucer, the dangers – at least to his reputation – continue to surface centuries after his death.

In his July 2021 essay for the Times...

Read more: Calls to cancel Chaucer ignore his defense of women and the innocent – and assume all his...

Why conservatorships like the one controlling Britney Spears can lead to abuse

  • Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageBritney Spears has continued to perform around the world and record albums even while under a strict conservatorship. AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying

“I’m here to get rid of my dad and charge him with conservatorship abuse,” Britney Spears told a California court on July 14, 2021. She said that he was ruining her life, and in previous...

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