Following the completion of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Neta Crawford, the co-director of the Costs of War Project, reflects on 7,268 days of American involvement in the conflict.
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Computational modeling can predict language therapy response in bilingual people with aphasia. In the future, this could help clinicians identify the best language for treatment.
People who forge their own vaccine cards, or buy forged cards, are already facing legal problems, including criminal charges.
Batteur discret et influencé par le jazz, Charlie Watts est indissociable du son des Stones et de leur succès.
Charlie Watts was the Rolling Stones’ drummer for almost six decades. A scholar of music – and a Stones fan – describes what he brought to the band.
The classical tradition has long excluded anyone who wasn’t white. But a succession of Black female artists have attempted to broaden these ossified boundaries.
Apple va analyser les photos téléchargées dans le nuage pour détecter des images pédopornographiques sans regarder les photos. Quels problèmes cela pose-t-il pour la vie privée ?
Apple will scan all photos uploaded to the cloud for child sexual abuse without actually looking at the photos. Privacy experts are concerned by the lack of public accountability.
After the CDC changed course in late July, recommending universal masking indoors, Nevada became the first state to adopt a flexible masking policy that can quickly adjust to changing COVID-19 rates.
An economist explains what a recession is, who decides and why it took so long to learn that the COVID-19 downturn was officially over.
The microbiologist who directs the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University explains all the biosafety precautions in place that help him feel safer in the lab than out.
Researchers had suspected that chemical hair relaxers might be behind racial disparities in breast cancer diagnoses. A new study narrows in on lye as a possible cause for that link.
To solve a problem like COVID-19, it is obviously essential to have accurate information about the true status of the situation.
Should people be compelled to take the vaccine? Should you feel guilty for skipping the line? And what about parts of the world where vaccines aren’t readably available? Ethicists have it covered.
Across the US, politicians, activists and transgender people are fighting over the right to access transgender medical care. Rarely is the care itself actually discussed. This is that discussion.
In the US, underage drinking accounts for a whopping US$17.5 billion worth of alcohol yearly. New research shows which companies take in most of this money and how little is spent on prevention.
Offering incentives to encourage good health behavior isn’t new, but it does raise concerns. A behavioral scientist explains how rewarding those taking a shot need not keep ethicists up at night.
Transgender youth have a number of research-backed medical options available to them. The multidisciplinary approach ranges from promoting family support to hormone treatments to surgery.
In American Sign Language, some words rhyme, some look like what they mean and some are used more often than others. A new database of these features paves a pathway for ASL research.
COVID-19 has underscored the value of parks and public spaces. A new survey shows that US mayors have gotten the message, but post-pandemic plans for public spaces remain largely undefined.
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Professor of Marketing and Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Boston University
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Lecturer of History, Boston University
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Professor of the History of Christianity, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations/Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Boston University
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Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics, Boston University School of Theology
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Lecturer in Strategy and Innovation, Boston University
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Master Lecturer of Rhetoric, Boston University
