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Russian hackers’ targets aren’t only computer networks or information stored on servers – they’re people’s minds. Richard Forno of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Center for cybersecurity explains how two federal indictments from the Mueller probe reveal how new technologies and old propaganda strategies combine to exploit how people think.
Turkey’s recently re-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made religious education a top priority. Religious schools were an important part of Muslim life and provided rich learning after the birth of Islam in the seventh century. However, given today’s globalized economies, scholar Myriam Renaud asks if they prepare students for 21st century jobs.
Americans tend to get more active in the summer as warmer temperatures make cycling, baseball and other sports more enticing. Unfortunately, this also leads to more visits to the ER. Economist Jay Zagorsky decided to take advantage of the summer weather to bike 3,000 miles across the U.S. After taking a tumble, he looked into just how dangerous riding a bike – or engaging in a variety of other sports and activities – can be.
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Jeff Inglis
Science + Technology Editor
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Top stories
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Cyberattacks target Americans’ thinking.
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Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Russian hackers are coupling old propaganda strategies with new technologies to attack and exploit not just computers and stored data, but how people think.
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Children at a madrasa in the Assaba region of Mauritania in May 2014.
Michal Huniewicz
Myriam Renaud, University of Chicago
Madrasas, or Islam-centered schools, have long spread knowledge and literacy throughout the Muslim world. However, can they prepare students for today's tech-based economies?
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Cycling can be more dangerous than it looks.
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Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The warm summer months encourage more of us to get outside and exercise, whether by shooting hoops or riding a bike. But there's a downside: higher risk of injury.
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Health + Medicine
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Diwakar Davar, University of Pittsburgh
Cancer immunotherapies are considered as revolutionary. But many cancer patients don't respond to them. In a new clinical trial, researchers are testing whether gut microbes are the key to remission.
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Brahmajee Nallamothu, University of Michigan
Cardiac arrest is a major complication and killer of hospitalized patients, with only about 1 in 5 surviving. A recent study compared responses within hospitals to learn how to improve outcomes.
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Luu D. Ireland
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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