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Failure to apply critical thinking skills, skepticism and false equivalency could be reasons people embrace conspiracy theories

Conspiracy theories are nothing new and it’s not unusual for people to jump and embrace them during stressful times, like the current realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Princeton AI machine shows promise in COVID-19 fight

Artificial intelligence has been introduced in the fight against COVID-19 and shows promise in identifying the level of infection suffered by patients.

EMORY UNIVERSITY: Transformative solar power agreement will help Emory reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Emory University will install more than 15,000 solar panels across 16 buildings on its Druid Hills campus, which will generate approximately 10 percent of Emory’s peak energy requirements and reduce Emory’s greenhouse gas emissions by about 4,300 metric tons. Emory has awarded Cherry Street Energy a 20-year agreement to install 5.5. megawatts (MW) of solar generation across campus.

Academic looks at pandemic's affect on parents of young children and women in academia

The COVID-19 pandemic has hurled quite the challenge at parents of young children and women in particular, says Alessandra Minnello, a social demographer who studies how families manage household and paid work.

Researchers look into percentage of human genome that is functional, question the 80% suggested by the ENCODE Project

A paper published in Genome Biology and Evolution explored the 2013 ENCODE Project’s assertion that 80 percent of the Human genome is functional.

Experts dispute Nobel Prize winner's claim that COVID-19 was infused with HIV

Experts dispute Nobel Prize winner's claim that COVID-19 was infused with HIV

UC DAVIS HEALTH: Named to governor’s Task Force for COVID-19 testing

Associate Professor Nam Tran will represent UC Davis, which will become a high-volume testing hub

Advances in radiocarbon dating could mean historical events haven't been recorded accurately

A study published in Science Advances on March 18 explored how variations in carbon levels in different geographical regions may mean that the calibration curve from the Northern Hemisphere is not appropriate for radiocarbon dating in the Mediterranean.

Author Saini cites university's eugenics probe in calling on scientists to acknowledge inherent lack of objectivity in their work

A recent report by a world-renowned university about one of its former fellows' efforts to revive the debunked pseudoscience of eugenics highlights a problem in the scientific community: that too many scientists believe they can keep political views and prejudices out of their work, a prominent author wrote.

Researchers analyze genetic material to learn about population histories

Migration throughout the years has played a role in the diversity and population of the United States.

Facial expressions don't tell the whole story about a person's emotions, say OSU researchers

If you’re hoping to better understand people, their facial expressions may not be as reliable of an indicator of someone’s emotional state, according to new study by researchers at Ohio State University and other organizations.