A new study from the Media, Inequality and Change Center (MIC) examines how large-scale activism and heightened public discourse around systemic racism and police brutality influenced local reporting on policing in 2020. ...
Social Sciences
Feb 3, 2022
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When it comes to being divisive, it doesn't get more literal than a wall. Walls exist as a means of separation, creating a sense of security by keeping something—or more typically someone—out. And whether it's separating ...
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2022
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In many friend groups, politics is not the most popular topic of discussion. The potential for tension puts a damper on informal political conversations which have valuable democracy-sustaining benefits. Nevertheless, mutual ...
Political science
Jan 25, 2022
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How do people come to believe in conspiracy theories? It's a question Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Dolores Albarracín has been thinking about for decades.
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2022
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In the United States, Black boys and young men face the greatest risk of early interactions with the criminal legal system, particularly those whose parents have a high school education or less, according to Penn-led research ...
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2022
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Most organisms have proteins that react to light. Even creatures that don't have eyes or other visual organs use these proteins to regulate many cellular processes, such as transcription, translation, cell growth and cell ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 17, 2022
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American households have most of their wealth in retirement savings (33 percent) and in their home equity (29 percent). Of that, home equity exceeded $25 trillion, according to latest Federal Reserve data. Not surprisingly, ...
Economics & Business
Jan 10, 2022
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During the evening hours of Dec. 10, a flurry of tornadoes ravaged several states, claiming close to 100 lives and leaving whole communities in wreckage. According to the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ...
Environment
Dec 22, 2021
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Solar panels, cameras, biosensors and fiber optics are technologies that rely on photodetectors, or sensors that convert light into electricity. Photodetectors are becoming more efficient and affordable, with their component ...
Nanophysics
Dec 21, 2021
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Marshall Fisher, the UPS professor of operations, information, and decisions in the Wharton School, describes this fall's supply chain crisis as "the mother of all supply chain disruptions." But he also emphasizes one particular ...
Economics & Business
Dec 10, 2021
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