Mueller testifies before the House Intelligence Committee.
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Lee McIntyre, Boston University
To one scholar of the post-truth era, tuning in to Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday was to hear a duel over the facts. Not what the facts imply – but what the facts are.
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Clara Berridge, University of Washington; Karen Levy, Cornell University
Ever more Americans are using digital cameras to keep an eye on elderly relatives who live in nursing homes. This surveillance may violate patients' privacy and demoralize their caretakers.
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Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, Texas A&M University ; David Lindeman, University of California, Berkeley; Marcia G. Ory, Texas A&M University
As the population ages, a crisis could be in the making, with a severe shortage of caregivers for seniors over 80. Technology could provide some solutions.
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Isabel Derera, Tufts University
About 470,000 children in the US have epilepsy. Promising advances are being made in the field of epilepsy treatment for children.
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Jason Wright, Pennsylvania State University
As more than a million people have indicated plans to partake in a citizen 'raid' on the famed Area 51 to 'see them aliens,' a scholar on the search for extraterrestrial life weighs in on the hype.
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David Johnson, University of Maryland; Joseph Cesario, Michigan State University
A new project looks at the race of on-duty police officers and civilians involved in 917 fatal shootings in 2015.
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Eli Lazarus, University of Southampton; Evan B. Goldstein, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
"Building back better" refers to making communities more disaster-proof and resilient after they take a hit. But instead, some U.S. owners are building back bigger homes in vulnerable places.
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