New bubble popping theory could help track ocean pollution and viruses
Bubbles are fun for everyone. But, it turns out, they can also be little menaces.
General Physics
Mar 10, 2023
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Algorithms were supposed to reduce bias in criminal justice, but do they?
Algorithms were supposed to remake the American justice system. Championed as dispassionate, computer-driven calculations about risk, crime, and recidivism, their deployment in everything from policing to bail and sentencing ...
Other
Feb 24, 2023
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Across the US, White neighborhoods have more greenery, fewer dilapidated buildings, fewer multi-family homes: Study
Historic redlining and other racist policies have led to present-day racial and economic segregation and disinvestment in many cities across the United States. Research has shown how neighborhood characteristics and resources ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
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Viewpoint: Black youth and families ignored in return to pre-pandemic norm
Over the past year, the U.S. has intensely focused on returning to pre-pandemic "normal." As many embrace their prior lives, many voices are missing and being ignored in the national conversation. What about those who were ...
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2023
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Warmer temperatures are linked to mismatch among forest plants
Many plants are responding to a warming climate by leafing out and flowering earlier in the spring. However, mismatches may occur when species respond at different rates, leading to disruptions in ecological relationships.
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2022
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Study: Removing GRE requirement does not undermine student success
In 2019, Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) eliminated the Graduate Record Examination as a requirement for admission to the school's graduate programs for a pilot period of three years.
Education
Oct 5, 2022
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When air and road travel dropped during COVID, so did air pollution levels
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global road travel and commercial flight activity decreased by 50% and 60%, respectively, compared to pre-pandemic levels. During the lockdowns that cities imposed in the initial ...
Environment
Sep 29, 2022
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Inefficient building electrification risks prolonging fossil fuel use
A new study finds that decarbonization pathways need to incorporate more efficient electric heating technologies and more renewable energy sources to minimize strain on the U.S. electric grid during increased electricity ...
Environment
Jul 28, 2022
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Data gaps for race and ethnicity are holding back antiracism efforts, new report says
During the first year of the pandemic, Black people accounted for a disproportionate 15 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the United States. That number is bleak, but it's also probably incomplete: it includes only deaths where ...
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2022
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Lasagna or spaghetti? Magnetic fields and star-formation
While staring at a multi-colored image of four overlapping clouds in the constellation Cygnus, a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, Astronomy Professor Dan Clemens thought he saw a bowl of tri-colored spaghetti.
Astronomy
Jun 16, 2022
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