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Believe it or not, gas station bathrooms used to be squeaky clean. Here’s what changed
Mia Bay of the School of Arts & Sciences says that in the past gas stations' advertising was an attempt to convey safe spaces for white women.
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Is ‘greedflation’ rewriting economics, or do old rules still apply?
Z. John Zhang of the Wharton School says that inflation is an opportunity for every firm to realign their prices as much as they can.
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Astronauts face mental and emotional challenges for deep space travel. Scientists are working on solutions
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on how astronauts on long space missions may become impaired at reading emotional expressions over time.
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In baby formula shortage, poor quality control is to blame
Gad Allon of the Wharton School writes that the ongoing shortage of baby formula is a crisis of huge proportions for many American parents.
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Whether violence in media and entertainment lead to real-life shootings
Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is interviewed on how the U.S. is steeped in gun culture and on the link between media violence and gun violence.
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Wendy’s is getting a shake-up—again
Emilie Feldman of the Wharton School comments on an activist investor who drives very positive change within companies, at least from a shareholder-value perspective.
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Novavax hopes its COVID shot wins over FDA, vaccine holdouts
E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how the Novavax data so far shows that it’s a really impressive protein vaccine.
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U.S. naval officer in Japan faces prison over deadly crash
Eric Feldman of the Penn Carey Law School comments on how the criminal justice system in Japan values expressions of remorse.
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Experimental approach to treating pancreatic cancer heralded as a success
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Carl June is quoted about a new gene therapy shrank the tumors of a woman with pancreatic cancer.
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Mass shooters are getting younger
The mass-shootings work of Richard Berk of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited.