By encouraging random encounters and free-flowing conversation, coffee shops are engines of innovation.
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Korydon Smith, University at Buffalo; Kelly Hayes McAlonie, University at Buffalo; Rebecca Rotundo, University at Buffalo
By missing out on chance encounters and observations that jolt 'a-ha' moments, new ideas, big and small, go undiscovered.
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Politics/Election '20
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Armon Perry, University of Louisville
The image of Black men in the US is distorted by the media and selective academic studies, says a scholar who has studied Black men's romantic lives. 'Black love matters' is his counter to that image.
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Education
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Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
America's public schools often lack the adequate security to protect their students' most sensitive data from being linked on the web.
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Sandra M. Chafouleas, University of Connecticut; Emily A. Iovino, University of Connecticut
Some parents of kids with disabilities are doubling as specialized teachers, occupational therapists, speech therapists and psychologists during the pandemic.
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Economy + Business
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Kayla de la Haye, University of Southern California
Not having enough to eat is a major public health concern, not only because it causes hunger and distress, but also because it’s linked to poor nutrition and unstable diet patterns.
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Sarah Esther Lageson, Rutgers University - Newark ; Elizabeth Chiarello, Saint Louis University
A recent Labor Department memo urges agencies to avoid releasing press releases accusing companies of violating laws over fears of causing repetitional damage. People are denied the same protections.
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Health + Medicine
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Libby Richards, Purdue University
Going out in the cold won't necessarily lead to you getting a cold. But cold weather in general is more hospitable to viruses, so it's wise to take steps to keep your immune system strong.
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Ethics + Religion
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Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III, Fuller Theological Seminary
The differences in the Gospels are hard to reconcile. That's because, says a scholar, they offer an important insight into the Greco-Roman views of ethnic identity.
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Edl Schamiloglu, University of New Mexico
High-power microwave weapons are useful for disabling electronics. They might also be behind the ailments suffered by US diplomats and CIA agents in Cuba and China.
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Scott Akins, Oregon State University; Clayton Mosher, Washington State University
Possessing heroin, cocaine, meth and other drugs for personal use is no longer a criminal offense in Oregon. The idea is to get people with problem drug use help, not punishment.
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Anjali Vats, Boston College
The story of invention in America typically features larger-than-life caricatures of white men like Thomas Edison while largely ignoring the contributions of women and people of color.
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