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Political mobilization among scientists has been growing in recent years. Two social scientists break down what this looks like and how it represents a culture shift among the scientific community.
Los investigadores han analizado una década de gastos políticos de la industria del petróleo y el gas y de otros sectores implicados en la política climática. Si el dinero habla, una de las partes tiene un megáfono gigante.
Researchers looked at a decade of political spending by the oil and gas industry and others engaged in climate policy. If money talks, one side had a giant megaphone.
Billions of dollars are being spent on tutoring in the US. Will it be enough to help schoolchildren make up for pandemic learning loss? An education economist weighs in.
Derided as ‘toys for the rich,’ the specimens being bought and sold raise broader questions about the relationship between science and capitalism.
Climate change is colliding with old factory sites where soil or water contamination still exist, and the most vulnerable populations are particularly at risk.
Noise pollution is a serious problem, and cars make a lot of it. But roads are also a factor.
Some states fund their public colleges based on how well the schools perform on key metrics. New research raises questions about how that affects outcomes for students from different racial groups.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought immunology terms that are typically relegated to textbooks into our everyday vernacular. These stories helped us make sense of the ever-evolving science.
People often try to seem confident and certain in their message so it will be trusted and acted upon. But when information is in flux, research suggests you should be open about what you don’t know.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech are not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
Net price calculators – online tools meant to estimate what students will actually pay for college – can produce varying results for students in similar economic situations, researchers find.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech is not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
Nursing homes in the U.S. are not ready to care for coronavirus patients. Things need to change – fast.
Success during the pandemic hinges on people taking social distancing seriously. What do you do when someone doesn’t? The people who negotiate humanitarian aid in crises have some lessons for you.
India has been working to expel or repress Muslim minorities. Nearly two million residents of India’s eastern state of Assam are at risk of losing citizenship.
Citing national security, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have all made it harder for Venezuelan migrants to enter the country, and xenophobia is rising across the region – even in more welcoming Colombia.
An ethnomusicologist traces the origins of the practice, from early 20th century ‘air conductors’ to Joe Cocker’s air riffing at Woodstock to the rise of international competitions.
The WHO has called for the global scale-up of human milk banks.
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Associate Professor of the Practice of Engineering, Brown University
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Research Scientist, Brown University School of Public Health, Brown University
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Service, Brown University
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Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Brown University
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Adjunct associate, Brown University
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Associate Professor of History, Brown University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University
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PhD Experimental Particle Physics / Data Scientist, Brown University
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Graduate Research Fellow, Harvard Program on Negotiation; USIP-Minerva Peace Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace; PhD candidate in political science, Brown University
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Professor of Sociology, Brown University
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Professor of Sociology and Environment and Society, Brown University
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Director of the Annenberg Institute and Professor of Education, Brown University
