Scicomm is a hashtag, and there are many programs that claim to teach scientists how to be better communicators. But it’s hard to show exactly what they’re accomplishing.
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Social media isn’t just mirroring conflicts happening in schools and on streets – it’s intensifying and triggering new disputes.
One of the largest groups of 17-year cicadas, Brood X, last emerged from underground in 2004. The next generation will arrive starting in April.
Despite a decrease in traffic during the pandemic, single-vehicle car crashes increased.
Groundwater was once thought to buffer streams from warming, but an inexpensive new technique shows streams fed by shallow groundwater may be just as susceptible as those without.
History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never went to those who suffered under the system, only those who profited.
Reports from baby food companies show questionable levels of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals. Here’s what parents need to know.
Living next to a highway is not great for health, but a new study shows that running air filters indoors can remove tiny particles of pollution and lower blood pressure.
Four experts weigh in on ways to replenish the US teacher workforce and curb burnout.
The FDA recalled commonly used heartburn and ulcer medication ranitidine in April 2020. But new research suggests less reason for alarm.
A food policy researcher helps make sense of the lexicon of US food policy terms, and explains how they relate to racial justice.
It helped that school food service staff quickly changed their preparation, packaging and distribution methods to feed students who were no longer eating in cafeterias.
If you think only humans engage in disinformation, think again. Here is a stunning example of a beetle manipulating the odors emitted from a rotting corpse to keep it hidden from competitors.
Formal ceremonies and rituals can trigger psychological signals that command people’s attention and strengthen the perceived importance of those moments.
Banning extremists from social media platforms can reduce hate speech, but the deplatforming process has to be handled with care – and it can have unintended consequences.
Que vous prédisiez l’issue d’une élection ou que vous étudiiez l’efficacité d’un nouveau médicament, il y aura toujours une certaine incertitude calculée par une marge d’erreur.
Whether you are predicting the outcome of an election or studying how effective a new drug is, there will always be some uncertainty. A margin of error is how statisticians measure that uncertainty.
Researchers say around 70% of the US needs to get the coronavirus vaccine to stop the pandemic. But questions around the vaccines and regional differences add some uncertainty to that estimate.
Some parents of kids with disabilities are doubling as specialized teachers, occupational therapists, speech therapists and psychologists during the pandemic.
Popular pain medicines sold over the counter could be bad for a developing fetus. A pharmacologist explains why, and why the FDA is warning pregnant women to avoid these drugs.
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Director, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute; Professor of English, University of Connecticut
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Director, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Connecticut
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Senior Research Scientist of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
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Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Science and Community Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Associate Director of the ARMS Center for Gun Injury Prevention, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Education, University of Connecticut
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Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Connecticut
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Adjunct Professor of Genocide Studies and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
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Associate Research Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Earth Science, University of Connecticut
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University Teaching Fellow, Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Chief of Staff, Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Connecticut
