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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.
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Tickborne illnesses rise with rising temperatures: What you should know
Kaitlyn Krebs of the School of Veterinary Medicine notes an increase in animals with tick bites this year due to a warmer winter.
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N.J. towns quietly paid $87M to settle lawsuits against cops. Inside the secretive deals
David Rudovsky of Penn Carey Law says that civil suits rarely lead police departments to clean house and force out bad officers, given the strong job protections they have.
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Illumina can survive loss of chair and CEO, says biotech group’s board director
Jill Fisch of Penn Carey Law says that a close relationship between CEO and chair can cause a company to lose the benefit of independent oversight.
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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.