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Cleaner streets are key to Philly’s success
Two studies by the Urban Health Lab at Penn found that gun violence dropped significantly in neighborhoods where vacant parcels were turned into regularly maintained green spaces.
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People, not Google’s algorithm, create their own partisan ‘bubbles’ online
According to Homa Hosseinmardi of the Annenberg School for Communication, ensuring that search engine giants like Google operate with people’s best interest in mind requires knowing how people are using the algorithm, not just how the algorithm works.
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We’ll soon have tools to protect infants against RSV. Can we put them to good use?
Research by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only 53% of women of childbearing age thought flu shots were safe to receive during pregnancy, with more pronounced distrust regarding COVID vaccines.
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AI optimism: How embracing artificial intelligence is getting workers ahead
Daniel Rock of the Wharton School says that reducing people’s workloads is a key advantage of AI entering the workplace.
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Target made right move by considering shopper’s and employee’s safety, says Wharton’s Americus Reed
On “Last Call,” Americus Reed of the Wharton School discusses Target’s recent pullback with some of its Pride merchandise and what it means for the brand.
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U.S. debt default could hit Social Security payments first
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School says that many older Americans have very little, often illiquid, savings.
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Massive money manager Pimco likens passing a debt ceiling deal to passing a kidney stone: ‘We are in the painful period right now’
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that there is zero chance the debt issue will not be resolved, though there will be posturing and debate up until the last minute.
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A vaccine for pancreatic cancer?
Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the efficacy of a potential pancreatic cancer vaccine.
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Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges following Musk’s takeover
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences believes that the rise in climate misinformation from trolls and bots is organized and orchestrated by opponents of climate reform.
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Mumbai this week: New Manav Kaul play, concert by Lucky Ali and a wine-tasting festival
Penn Masala, an undergraduate student group touted as the world’s first South Asian ‘a cappella’ group, is performing in Mumbai this weekend.