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Editor's note
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Big technology companies like Apple and Google are working hard to develop self-driving cars. But the reason isn’t necessarily to make human passengers safer or more relaxed. Jack Barkenbus, a Vanderbilt scholar of connections between society and technology, observes a much more direct financial incentive at play.
Just a few weeks ago, runners in North Carolina participated in “Gerrymander 5k”, a race around the strange and twisty boundaries of their local voting district. Bizarre district shapes are often considered a tell-tale sign of partisan gerrymandering. But a new mathematical analysis from Ohio State suggests that those bizarre shapes are sometimes the only way to divide up districts fairly.
And on World AIDS Day, Case Western Reserve University scholar Allison Webel notes that more and more people in the U.S. are living with AIDS as a chronic condition rather than dying from it within a matter of months, as was often the case only three decades ago. This good news, however, brings its own set of problems: how to age with AIDS. “While people with HIV are living longer, they are also living with unique challenges regarding how to age well,” writes Webel.
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Jeff Inglis
Science + Technology Editor
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Tech companies want to reduce conflict between texting and driving.
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Jack Barkenbus, Vanderbilt University
Why do tech companies care so much about self-driving cars? If drivers no longer need to pay attention to the road, they can use their mobile devices even more.
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Illinois’s Fourth Congressional District is often called out for its ‘earmuff’ shape, but there’s an ideal behind its strange appearance.
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Dustin G. Mixon, The Ohio State University
Gerrymandered districts are under fire across the US. But a weird district shape isn't necessarily a bad one.
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In honor of National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Raheem DeVaughn sings to hundreds of women gathered at the launch of the national campaign on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Oakland, California.
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Allison Webel, Case Western Reserve University
HIV has no boundaries. Men and women in almost every country are affected. Yet strides have been made, so much so that many are able to think of living with AIDS rather than dying from it.
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World AIDS Day
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Penny Moore, University of the Witwatersrand; Lynn Morris, University of the Witwatersrand
Three new HIV vaccine concepts which rely on high-tech designer proteins are being trialled to see if they can stop the virus.
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Thumbi Ndung'u, University of KwaZulu-Natal
To get an effective vaccine for HIV/AIDS, scientists need to understand exactly how the virus works and immune system responds to it. African scientists have come one step closer.
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Linda-Gail Bekker, University of Cape Town
Stigma stops people from getting tested for HIV, and staying on their treatment. Unless it's addressed, the AIDS epidemic will persist.
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