What happened to people inside this building, the U.S. Embassy in Havana?
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Kevin Fu, University of Michigan; Wenyuan Xu, Zhejiang University
Were foreign diplomats and tourists attacked with a 'sonic weapon' – or was it something else? Ultrasound researchers demonstrate a rational, evidence-based explanation.
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A ruling in the Janus case could devastate unions.
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Raymond Hogler, Colorado State University
The Supreme Court could kill collective bargaining throughout the country, making workers worse off and exacerbating inequality.
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Small differences account for a shooter’s consistency.
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Larry Silverberg, North Carolina State University
A basketball computer program simulates millions of trajectories in search of the ideal shot.
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Education
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Nathaniel von der Embse, University of South Florida
In order to prevent future mental health problems among at-risk students, schools must do a better job of screening for mental health problems earlier.
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Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan
Much like the printing press upset the social order centuries ago, the explosion of information online is challenging the role of scientists in society.
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Politics + Society
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Christine Crudo Blackburn, Texas A&M University ; Gerald W. Parker, Texas A&M University ; Morten Wendelbo, Texas A&M University
With many men 'missing' from the population in the aftermath of the 1918 flu, women stepped into public roles that hadn't previously been open to them.
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Jeff Daniels, West Virginia University
As the nation searches for ways to prevent the next school shooting, one scholar says answers can be found in a forgotten study the Secret Service did after the Columbine massacre.
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Matthew D. Johnson, Binghamton University, State University of New York
It's a classic adage for those seeking love. The problem is that psychology research shows it's just not true.
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Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University
Feb. 28 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Gunnerside. A stealthy group of skiing commandos took out a crucial Nazi facility and stopped Hitler from getting the atomic bomb.
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