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Who wouldn’t want to travel in time, glimpsing the dinosaurs or peeking at humans 2,000 years from now? Now physicists have designed a time machine that seems deceptively simple.
A grassroots movement to end racial disparities in schoolhouse discipline is beginning to take root throughout the nation and winning important victories at the local level. Can it sustain the effort?
As the expected costs of climate change grow, cities are on the frontlines of adapting to sea level rise and more intense storms – and finding ways to pay for it.
Though his education initiative staggered while he was in office, the late former President George H.W. Bush had an influence that continues to shape education policy, an education historian says.
In response to the NRA telling doctors to ‘stay in their lane’ on gun control, doctors loudly and clearly came back with this response: This is our lane. A surgeon explains their concern and urgency.
Billboards spreading misinformation on the risks of vaccination have popped up around American cities. A bioethicist explains why decisions not to vaccinate children are indefensible.
The attack at a synagogue in Pittsburgh and the sending of pipe bombs to critics of the current administration are examples of the increase in the violence on the margins of the right.
A few musicians metaphorically took to the streets. But most fled for cover.
In the ‘World Climate’ simulation, people play delegates to UN climate negotiations and work to strike an agreement that meets global climate goals. Playing it has made thousands want to take action.
A new public opinion survey reveals Americans largely agree on sentencing reform, and how money spent on prisons could be reinvested in communities.
Anita Hill charged in 1991 that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her. He was still confirmed. Now, another nominee faces sexual assault allegations. Have times changed?
Taking millions of gallons of water permanently out of the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought would surely start an interstate fight.
A little-noticed court ruling represents the biggest setback for opponents of child porn in decades.
More than 6 million US citizens can’t vote because they’ve been convicted of a felony. But states are beginning to change their laws. Will it make a difference?
One in 4 US women receives an abortion sometime in her life. Who are the women who choose to end their pregnancies?
An autoimmune disease called vitiligo causes white spots to appear on the body, in some cases completely erasing an individual’s pigmentation. But a new therapy is on the horizon.
In the run up to the Global Hepatitis Summit 2018, new guidelines for the management of hepatitis C should come under scrutiny – for financial conflict of interest and quality of evidence.
For 30 years, it’s been the best-selling vehicle in the US.
Social Security will have to dip into its trust fund to pay benefits this year for the first time since 1982. Should we be worried?
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Associate Professor of History, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Ph.D. candidate in Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts
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Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
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Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of History, UMass Lowell
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Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration, UMass Boston
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Professor & Chair of Political Science; Director of the Center for Public Opinion, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
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Ph.D. Candidate in Systems Biology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Associate Professor of French and Italian, UMass Boston
