How can the memory of Nazi crimes be kept alive? Many memorial sites, museums, and archives rely on participatory and digital formats to reach more people, especially younger generations. However, until now there has been ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2025
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At the 2024 Paris Olympics, organizers opted for an eco-friendly cooling system in athlete housing, skipping central air in favor of a low-energy alternative. Countries responded by bringing their own air conditioning units—a ...
Economics & Business
May 1, 2025
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A study led by researchers at the Columbia Butler Aging Center and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health has unveiled a framework for rethinking political decision-making—drawing inspiration from how the human body ...
Mathematics
May 1, 2025
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Nearly two‐thirds of adults in the U.S. have experienced some form of in‐person exposure to gun violence, according to a national study by Rutgers researchers tracking racial disparities in direct and media‐based experiences.
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Apr 30, 2025
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A first-of-its-kind study on the link between police budgeting and the housing market seemed to be a dead end—showing practically no relation between the spending on law enforcement and home transaction volume and prices, ...
Economics & Business
Apr 28, 2025
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Societal challenges, from climate change to public health crises to advancements in artificial intelligence, have been intrinsically linked with scientific progress for generations. But as politics become more polarized, ...
Political science
Apr 25, 2025
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A new study co-led by Dr. Eran Amsalem from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Michael Nicholas Stagnaro of MIT challenges long-held beliefs about the role of information in political discourse: factual knowledge, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2025
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Most people generally are more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than they are about a theoretical future in which AI threatens humanity. A new study by the University of Zurich reveals that respondents ...
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2025
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A new analysis of school shootings in the U.S. suggests that most shooters had a social background in which guns were a key leisure item, with attached meanings of bonding and affection, which also translated into easy access ...
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2025
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In today's polarized online landscape, fact-checking has become a vital tool for countering misinformation. But for fact-checks to make a difference, people have to actually pay attention to them.
Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2025
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