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La maison intelligente, où tout ou presque serait automatisé est un rêve. À condition que la sécurité des systèmes électroniques qui la gère soit au point. Ce n’est pas encore le cas. Démonstration.
Media reports have suggested that many young athletes who become injured abuse prescription painkillers and may move to heroin. One of the first studies to look at this suggests otherwise.
Uber did everything right in China. That’s where it really went wrong and why it should serve as a cautionary tale for Western CEOs looking for growth in China.
A scholar who grew up in Turkey explains the important role Turkey’s academics play and why, following the recent coup, the government went after them.
C'est énoncé comme une évidence : les femmes sont plus sujettes à la dépression que les hommes. Et si c'était plus compliqué ? Soumis au même niveau de stress, ce sont eux qui craquent les premiers.
Recent tragedies have shown the depth of racism in society. As we ask ourselves how to move forward, we also need to ask how these events affect African-American children through vicarious racism.
Thousands of people acquire infections while hospitalized. Many are caused by urinary catheters, a routine part of a hospital stay. But cutting back on their usage can lower infection rates.
The FDA recently advised people not to eat raw cookie dough because raw flour with E. coli in it had sickened 38 people. Do we really have to forgo our favorites?
How much privacy are we willing to give up in the name of cutting-edge science? And do we care about the kinds of research that will be done with our donations?
New research shines light on whether creating such a haven as a new type of exchange that slows trading down a bit could attract enough traders to be effective.
Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Academic Initiatives (University of Michigan Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (University of Chicago Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (UCLA School of Law), University of Michigan