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December 19, 2016
Climate Policy Simulator Forces Users to Confront Ethics and Science Behind Policy Choices
Responding to the challenges of climate change depends both on scientific assessment as well as value judgments by citizens, academics and policymakers.To explain the interconnectivity of science and value judgments, Princeton University’s Climate Futures Initiative (CFI) has launched a climate policy simulator that enables…
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December 08, 2016
Politics & Polls #23: Democrats in Trump’s America
Since Donald Trump’s election, there has been considerable debate about what the Democratic party should do next. While some Democrats argue for an openness to cooperation, others insist there isn’t room for compromise given Trump’s views on race and individual rights.In this episode of Politics & Polls, professors Julian…
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November 22, 2016
WWS Reacts: How Facebook Influenced the US Presidential Election
Facebook — which has been raked over the coals for allowing the dissemination of fake news stories about the 2016 election — is now taking a hard and careful look at what role it may have played among American voters. Some say the election results illustrate a social media “echo chamber,” in which users gather news and…
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November 21, 2016
Schools Remain a Potential Hotspot for Measles Transmission, Even in the Vaccine Era
Measles, one of the world's most contagious diseases, can spread more quickly in schools than previously thought, according to Princeton University-led research. The researchers report in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the only sure method of controlling measles among schoolchildren is to…
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November 17, 2016
Politics & Polls #21: Asymmetric Politics
Political polarization is the worst it’s been since the Civil War, some experts argue. How did we get here? How have America’s ideologies shifted so much in the past four decades? What forces underlie the growing divide between Republicans and Democrats? And how has social media and varying sources of information widened the…
November 16, 2016
Q&A: Online Health Care Records to Automated Cars – Privacy and Economic Policy Needed to Keep Up with Our Rapidly Evolving World
Phil Weiser, founder of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, works hard to “know what’s next” in the world of telecommunications, internet, privacy and policy. He has dedicated the past 20 years to telecommunications and law, starting his career at the U.S…
November 10, 2016
Q&A: Protection from DDoS Attacks
Twitter experienced a global distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in October, causing the social media site to temporarily go dark. Hackers have attempted similar DDoS attacks with Hillary Clinton and President-Elect Donald Trump’s campaign websites.What makes these attacks so alarming, and how can they be stopped? In…
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November 01, 2016
Princeton-Fung Global Forum in Berlin to Focus on Cybersecurity
The fourth Princeton-Fung Global Forum will convene researchers, scientists, policymakers, officials from nongovernmental organizations and industry leaders to examine digital technologies in the information age. The event, “Society 3.0+: Can Liberty Survive the Digital Age?,” will be held March 20-21, 2017, in Berlin and will…
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October 13, 2016
Politics & Polls #15: Down Ticket: House & Senate Races
While it may be hard to look away from the steel cage match between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, it’s time to start looking "down ticket,” as congressional races could be one of the biggest stories in the 2016 election.What happens in the House and Senate races will ultimately shape and influence the next presidency. And…
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October 06, 2016
Politics & Polls #14: The Fight to Vote
Despite this year’s tense presidential debates, fierce political battles and polarized atmosphere, it still comes down to one simple act: marking your ballot. While it takes mere seconds, voting remains at the heart of our democracy.But voting wasn’t always so easy. The issue of voting rights in America has been long debated…