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Research Briefs
Jul 21 2020
Tracking Misinformation Campaigns in Real-Time Is Possible, Study Shows
A research team led by Princeton University has developed a technique for tracking online foreign misinformation campaigns in real time…
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Research Briefs
Jul 02 2020
Global Threats: How Lessons from Covid-19 Can Prevent Environmental Meltdown
Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection…
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Jun 23 2020
Why the U.S. Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Pits Right Now
The U.S. Congress is currently debating whether to build and operate a plutonium pit-production factory in South Carolina. It would be…
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Jun 22 2020
Simple Interventions Can Help People Spot False Headlines
The avalanche of online content available to people around the world has outpaced humans’ ability to separate fact from what can be…
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Jun 09 2020
Study on Shorebirds Suggests That When Conserving Species, Not All Land is Equal
Research Briefs
Jun 02 2020
Discrimination, Inequality May Erase ‘Birthweight Advantage' of Black U.S. Immigrants in One Generation
Black women have the highest prevalence of low birthweight babies compared to other racial and ethnic groups, but black immigrants…