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Coal-fired power plants produce air pollution that kills thousands of Americans every year. President Trump's embrace of coal energy will delay a shift to cleaner fuels that is saving money and lives.
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Building privacy right into software code
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Finding trust and understanding in autonomous technologies
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Why do so many believe Hillary Clinton is inauthentic?
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It’s not ‘corporate poaching’ – it’s a free market for brilliant people
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In obesity fight, UK’s heavy-handed soda tax beats US’ watered-down warning
Behavioral research shows why a heavy-handed approach like the UK's soda tax works better than the mere warning that San Francisco wants to put in advertisements.
In FBI versus Apple, government strengthened tech’s hand on privacy
Apple's refusal to back down in its fight with the FBI is a sharp reversal from just a few years ago when it was the government urging tech companies to do more to protect consumer privacy.
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China data thefts expose murky world of hidden motives, tricky responses when nations hack
Recent data thefts that appear to be carried out by nations are unsettling for many reasons and raise profound questions about how we should handle them.
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JPMorgan hack signals banks and retailers can do more to keep our data safe
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Open minded? Here’s how much facial stereotyping influences your decisions
When we make important social decisions – which political candidate to vote for, whether to trust someone with our money, whether a person is guilty of a crime – we’d like to think we do so rationally…
Handful of common variants account for genetic risk of autism
Nearly 60% of the genetic risk of developing autism may be due to inherited genetic variants, according to US researchers…
Exploding herpes virus blasts DNA into human cells
Some viruses are like tiny powerhouses. They are only nanometers in size, but their insides are jam-packed with DNA that is so highly pressurised that it explodes out during infection. Herpes simplex 1…
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Associate Professor of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
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Dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Director, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
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Mellon Distinguished Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Economics and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor, Tepper School of Business, Engineering and Public Policy and Co-Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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Assistant Research Professor of Computation, Organizations and Society, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Information Systems and Management, Carnegie Mellon University
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CAUSE post doctoral fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
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Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University