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We need evidence-based answers in order to create migration policies that balance
the human rights of migrants with the security concerns of host populations.
Researchers need safe return-to-work programs coupled with an infusion of stimulus funds and appropriate testing.
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/National Institutes of Health.
With deliberate deception a growing threat online, social scientists are devising ways to fight back with “cognitive inoculations.”
Image credit: Dave Cutler (artist).
In the News
Watercourts were used to store live surplus fish in ancient Florida, a study suggests.
Image credit: Zachary S. Randall (Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL).
Models to predict six life outcomes based on data collected over 15 years suggest that the use of predictive models in criminal and social systems may need to be reevaluated, along with the assumption that life trajectories can be predicted.
Image credit: iStock/DNY59.
A study assesses the reliability of a forensic identification technique that matches purportedly distinct patterns of wear and tear on denim jeans.
Image credit: Sophie J. Nightingale and Hany Farid.
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Derek Moulton explains the mathematics behind bivalve shell design.
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