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Protests seem contagious when they erupt in several countries at the same time. But new research shows that unrest rarely spreads. It’s protest symbols, like France’s yellow vests, that go global.
Research suggests people intuitively draw a distinction between what is known and what is believed. Recognizing the difference can help in ideological disagreements.
Did you ever consider that human beings might have a breeding season? Birth seasonality exists – and has interesting implications for childhood disease outbreaks.
World AIDS Day is Dec. 1. With many advances in preventing and treating the disease, the disease has fallen from top of mind for many. An epidemiologist explains why that could be dangerous.
Congressional midterm election spending will likely hit a record $5 billion. But the spending masks the main problem with US campaign financing: who gives the money and what they may get in return.
The flu shot is most effective if you receive it by the end of October. With 80,000 deaths from flu during last year’s flu season, a doctor explains why you should act now.
A century ago, Russian leaders staged mock trials on rape and abortion to educate citizens about new Soviet laws and values. Then, as now, victim-blaming and ‘he said, she said’ marred the verdict.
The urge to provide disaster aid is borne out of the best characteristics of humanity. But it’s important to consider when to donate to disaster survivors, along with what and to whom to give.
A national investment bank will bring much needed investment and create new technology, infrastructure and services that will lead to a fairer and greener economy.
Google News does not differentiate search results according to users’ politics – but it does favor mainstream news sites, which are seen as leaning left, and doesn’t clearly disclose how its algorithms work.
The signs might be there. But parents and clinicians will still wonder if there’s some foolproof way to determine whether their children are actually trans. There isn’t one – and that’s okay.
Programs that allow individuals to be supervised in the community instead of in prison are growing in a way that is not sustainable and is contributing to mass incarceration rather than relieving it.
A detector buried under more than a mile of ice in Antarctica has detected a high-energy subatomic neutrino and traced it to its origin, a blazar – a gargantuan black hole more than a billion times more massive than the sun.
Opioids kill 100 people each day in the US, more than vehicular accidents. Those addicted are often left without treatment. An addiction researcher offers six steps to address the epidemic.
Asian-Americans are extremely diverse. Fear of giving the government personal data may make it more difficult to provide the right educational, health care and other services to specific populations.
The Trump administration shelved its plans for a ‘bloody nose’ attack while the Olympics in South Korea were under way. With the games over, it’s time to consider the consequences of a strike.
Democracy takes many forms, some of them democracy in name only. Confusion and misappropriation complicate the public struggle for the democracy to come, but this challenge is always unending.
L’urbanisme reste conçu pour un citoyen universel : un homme jeune, blanc et actif. Les femmes du monde entier réclament aujourd’hui les espaces citadins pour renverser la donne.
Comment déterminer les âges de la vie où se sont produits les divergences entre deux espèces ? Grâce aux horloges moléculaires : l’ADN comme minuterie.
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Senior Lecturer in Discipline of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Visiting Fellow in International Climate Governance, Columbia University
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Adjunct Research Fellow in Energy and Climate Policy, Columbia University
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Senior Research Scholar in Financing the Energy Transition, Columbia University
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Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
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Professor of Law, Columbia University
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Computational Social and Behavioural Science, Columbia University
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Professor Emeritus of Population and Family Health at CUMC, Columbia University
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Professor Emeritus of Population and Family Health at CUMC, Columbia University
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Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Columbia University
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Microbiologista, Presidente do Instituto Questão de Ciência (IQC) e Professora pesquisadora, Columbia University
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Senior Research Scholar in Climate Economics, Columbia University
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Associate Professor of Practice, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University
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Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia University
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Research Scholar in Energy Policy, Columbia University
