Research from Meta and some scientists shows no harm from social media, but other research and whistleblower testimony show otherwise. Seemingly contradictory, both can be right.
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Biden ordered the release of 50 million barrels of crude oil to tamp down rising gas prices, the largest drawdown in the reserve’s history.
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Salmon migrate thousands of miles from inland streams to the ocean and back. The newly enacted infrastructure bill includes funding to help salmon and other wild species on their way.
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Pressure is mounting on Congress to take action on Facebook. Our panel of experts offers their top priorities: user control of data, banking-like oversight and resources to close the digital divide.
Asking for input is more common than letting stakeholders help set a foundation’s priorities or giving them any say where grant money flows.
Communicating scientific findings is a potential route to reach common ground and avoid political tensions in the Nile region
Punishment for crimes allows a society to express its values, but a theorist of criminal law and punishment argues it could also reinforce prejudicial stereotypes about racial and ethnic groups.
There is a common misconception that family estrangement is a particular event or outcome. Rather, it’s often based on ongoing issues.
In their quest to feel high and relax, college students who use marijuana may be setting themselves back, research consistently shows.
Research found that police officers killed more than 30,000 people from 1980 to 2018 – 17,000 more than official federal data suggests.
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Scientists debate the medical benefits of booster shots. But there’s another aspect to consider: bioethics.
Although stretched thin and imperfect, health care workers do our best for everyone who needs us, regardless of the personal choices people have made.
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‘Informal evictions’ in which landlords harass or pressure tenants out of their homes continued during the the pandemic and may have even seen an increase.
Afghanistan has vast mineral resources that have long attracted interest from outside countries, but a lack of infrastructure and political instability means they’re unlikely to aid its economy now.
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Not all forests respond to hotter and drier conditions in the same way.
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Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Ph.D. Candidate in Health Services, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, University of Washington
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington
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Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology, University of Washington
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Associate Professor and Director of the Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
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Ph.D. Candidate in Bioengineering, University of Washington
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Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Professor of Japanese, University of Washington
