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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Wait, is white noise harmful for sleep now? How these bland vibes can be bad for baby—and you
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine explains the potential negative effects of using white noise while sleeping.
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Gospel of a new Christian left
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that slaveholder Christianity was central to the postbellum mythology of the South, with the Klan a symbol of white Christian nationalism.
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Why some immigration promises by Trump and DeSantis are a long shot
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the most Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump could do to birthright citizenship is sign an executive order knowing that opponents would sue to block it, leaving the issue in the courts’ hands.
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Could credit card rewards die—just like debit card rewards did?
A Penn Carey Law study found that merchants paid less on debit card transactions and bank revenues decreased by $6.5 billion annually after the Durbin amendment restricted the fees banks could charge on debit card transactions.
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A community investment approach to gun violence would save money and lives
In an Op-Ed, four Perelman School of Medicine graduates urge the city of Philadelphia to shift gun violence prevention investments from police and prisons to parks, education, and public health.
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Dragonfly wings used to design lighter, stronger and ‘greener’ Boeing 777 wings
Masoud Akbarzadeh of the Weitzman School of Design and Weitzman alum Hao Zheng are studying dragonfly wings to redesign the wings of a Boeing 777.
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We are living through Earth’s hottest month on record, scientists say
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that it would take truly dramatic cooling in the waning days of the month to offset the warmth observed over the past few weeks.
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A study in contrasts: Fox News spotlights Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s congressional testimony, while CNN and MSNBC proceed with caution
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center explains why Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential candidacy warrants journalistic coverage.
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Greenland was once actually green, study says. That’s an ominous climate change scenario
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that humanity is coming perilously close to some potentially critical climate tipping points.
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GOP’s Steve Scalise flubs call for ‘honest’ talk about climate
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that climate change-fueled extreme weather events are here, not far away in the Antarctic and not off in the future.