A psychologist explains what can happen to individuals and societies that lose their grip on the truth.
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Cybersecurity experts in the US knew about Russian intelligence agencies' activities, but may not have had any idea how comprehensive and integrated they were – until now.
After two years of turmoil at the EPA in the 1980s, President Reagan hit the reset button, choosing a Republican who supported environmental protection to head the agency.
Many people who live near large-scale livestock farms complain about noxious smells, air and water pollution and health risks. With little help from regulators, they are turning to lawsuits.
Informasi yang Anda sebar di Facebook memaparkan harapan dan ketakutan Anda. Kuis Facebook yang tampak tidak berdosa bukan sesuatu yang polos.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to change the grounds for setting US air pollution targets. An environmental lawyer explains why Pruitt's approach misreads the law and could roll back decades of gains.
It would be a heavy lift, but revising the Iran nuclear deal would have some significant upsides, according to scholars at the University of Maryland.
Seismologists use sensors to build images of the interior of the earth. Making the invisible, visible.
Recent research shows that US rivers are becoming saltier and more alkaline. Salt pollution threatens drinking water supplies and freshwater ecosystems, but there is no broad system for regulating it.
As the internet-connected world reels from revelations about personalized manipulation based on Facebook data, a scholar of virtual reality warns there's an even bigger crisis of trust on the horizon.
Facebook harvests individual users' data and sells it to advertisers, who narrowly target specific messages to particular people not just for profit, but for partisan political gain.
The word disruption describes an upheaval of institutionalized ways of doing things. Disruptors draw few distinctions between the valuable and less-valuable features of institutions.
Victims everywhere have lost their patience and their fear and are finding willing listeners. A question worth asking is: Why now?
Surveys of Iranian public opinion from the University of Maryland suggests that Trump's strategy on the nuclear deal – no matter how you interpret it – is based on wishful thinking.
Digital textbooks might be less cumbersome. But a new series of studies finds that reading from screens can hamper our ability to process and retain information.
Recent federal changes to password-strength guidelines echo the findings of research we've been doing. It's time to think differently about what makes a password secure.
As companies make quantum computers available through their cloud services, take a look at what it means for computing to move beyond classical mechanics and into quantum physics.
A synthesis centre in Africa would massively improve the ability of researchers to understand complex scientific problems.
Even Donald Trump has paid his respects to Lincoln as an emblem of unity.
The number of new HIV-positive cases has sharply declined – in most parts of the country. Nonurban areas, particularly in the South, are showing sharp increases. Why?
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland
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Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
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Editorial Director, Feminist Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Women's Studies, University of Maryland
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Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Assistant Research Professor, University of Maryland
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Ph.D. Candidate in Educational Psychology, University of Maryland
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Director at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, University of Maryland
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Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Maryland
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Assistant Professor of Applied Environmental Health , University of Maryland
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Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Environmental Law Clinic, University of Maryland
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland
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Associate Professor of Geology, University of Maryland
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Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Engagement, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Seismology, University of Maryland
