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Date: Date:2021-08-09 12:29:05+00:00

Universal Images Group via Getty Images August 9, 2021 Taxing bachelors and proposing marriage lotteries – how superpowers addressed declining birthrates in the past Go back to 17th- and 18th-century England and France and you’ll see the same sort of handwringing over birthrates that we’re seeing today.

Tara Moore via Getty Images July 23, 2021 There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battleground In choreography, the gray areas of copyright law make it difficult to determine what constitutes copyright infringement or plagiarism.

Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images June 21, 2021 As urban life resumes, can US cities avert gridlock? The pandemic offered a tantalizing look at city life with fewer cars in the picture. But with traffic rebounding, there’s limited time to lock in policies that make streets more people-friendly.

iLexx/iStock via Getty Images June 7, 2021 Study shows AI-generated fake reports fool experts Bots flooding social media with fake news about politics is bad enough. Muddying the waters in such fields as cybersecurity and health care could put lives at risk.

RyanJLane/E+ via Getty Images April 19, 2021 Are America’s schools safe for Asian Americans? Asian Americans are more likely to participate in remote learning than other racial groups, federal data show. To understand why, three experts weigh in.

Brothers91/E+ via Getty Images Plus February 3, 2021 5 ways the Biden administration may help stem the loss of international students Students from other countries found the US less attractive during the Trump administration. Will things be any different under President Biden?

Salvator Barki/Moment via Getty Images January 25, 2021 Why COVID-19 won’t kill cities Two scholars of cities explain why dense, urban areas will survive – and thrive – long after the pandemic ends, and even if they don’t get a bailout.

Morry Gash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images January 21, 2021 How engineering can contribute to a reimagining of the US public health system From designing vaccine supply chains to improving PPE to rebuilding trust, systematically bringing engineering knowhow to public health problems could make a huge difference.

Ellume/AP December 17, 2020 FDA authorized first over-the -counter COVID-19 test – useful but not a game changer A new over-the-counter COVID-19 test has been authorized by the FDA. Though it can be used to test people with and without symptoms, moderate cost and limited production mean it isn’t a game-changer.

Skip Brown/Smithsonian’s National Zoo December 15, 2020 Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males Parthenogenesis, a form of reproduction in which an egg develops into an embryo without being fertilized by sperm, might be more common than you realized.

AP Photo/Zach Gibson December 10, 2020 Why does the Electoral College exist, and how does it work? 5 essential reads Five scholars explain different aspects of the history, workings and effects of the Electoral College.

David Stanley - Flickr/WikiMedia December 1, 2020 Reckoning with slavery: What a revolt’s archives tell us about who owns the past The slave revolt in Berbice, modern-day Guyana, was unusual for its length and near success. So why are so few of the revolt’s documents in the Caribbean nation’s archives?

Wojtek Raadwanski/AFP via Getty Images November 25, 2020 Poland’s anti-abortion push highlights pandemic risks to democracy Tens of thousands of people have defied bans on gatherings to protest abortion restrictions. A scholar of democracy says the policy push during a pandemic has echoes elsewhere.

John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images November 25, 2020 It’s not just ABCs – preschool parents worry their kids are missing out on critical social skills during the pandemic Kids ages 3 to 6 may be missing out on important social, emotional and behavioral lessons during at-home learning.

Marcus Chung/E+ via Getty Images November 19, 2020 US colleges report a 43% decline in new international student enrollment, and not just because of the pandemic The number of students studying in the United States from other countries has continued to fall during the Trump presidency. An expert explains what that means for US students and the US economy.

AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews November 18, 2020 No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing across the US. Testing has ramped up over the past few months, but increasing hospitalizations, deaths and test-positivity rates show that the virus is out of control.

Stanislav Krasilnikov\TASS via Getty Images November 13, 2020 Genocide claims in Nagorno-Karabakh make peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan unlikely, despite cease-fire Each side in the bloody Nagorno-Karabakh conflict accuses the other of war crimes. Such allegations attract foreign attention and possibly intervention, but rarely lead to a peaceful solution.

PRImageFactory/iStock via Getty Images October 29, 2020 Ransomware can interfere with elections and fuel disinformation – basic cybersecurity precautions are key to minimizing the damage A ransomware attack on election-related government computers in a Georgia county raises the specter of more disruptions for Election Day voting and vote tabulation.

Omar de Kok-Mercado/Iowa State University October 29, 2020 To save threatened plants and animals, restore habitat on farms, ranches and other working lands The Earth is losing plants and animals at rates not seen in millions of years. Ecologists explain how protecting habitat on working lands – farms, forests and ranches – can help conserve species.
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