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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Your opinion of sushi is a good predictor of how willing you are to eat insects
Paul Rozin of the School of Arts and Sciences found that individuals who frequently eat sushi are more likely to try eating insects.
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Dog walks are good exercise for seniors—But be careful, fractures are on the rise
Research from the Perelman School of Medicine’s Jaimo Ahn found that during the last 15 years, dog-walk related injuries have doubled in senior citizens. Ahn suspects the increase is due to seniors simply becoming more active.
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For the first time in more than 20 years, copyrighted works will enter the public domain
Paul Saint-Amour of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about forgotten works entering the public domain. “We’re going to open these time capsules on a yearly basis ... and potentially have our understanding of that year and all the contents change.”
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Why did humans lose their fur?
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Sarah Millar discussed human hair growth patterns. Millar said, of a recently discovered inhibitor protein, “Dkk2 is enough to prevent hair from growing but not to get rid of all control mechanisms. There’s a lot more to look at.”
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What’s new, and what’s not, in the reported birth of the CRISPR babies
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Kiran Musunuru said that the birth of gene-edited babies does not constitute a scientific advancement because “there was nothing preventing previous researchers who edited human embryos from doing the same, except their own ethics and morals.”
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Astronomers discover second-closest know exoplanet
The School of Arts and Sciences’ Cullen Blake weighed in on the identification of an earth-like exoplanet called Barnard’s Star b. Blake said that while the data used to locate it may be muddied by nearby stellar activity, the exoplanet has been observed enough times to be a strong planetary candidate.
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Scientists break the rules of reproduction by breeding mice from single-sex parents
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Marisa Bartolomei offered commentary on same-sex reproductive experiments, which have proven easier in bimaternal than bipaternal pairings.
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How Dad’s genes can prepare Mom for parenthood
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Marisa Bartolomei commented on a genetic study’s innovative design and novel findings.
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Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ Tells the Story of the Slave Trade’s Last Survivor
Deborah Thomas of the School of Arts and Sciences discussed novelist Zora Neale Hurston’s lesser-known work “debunking scientific racism” in the field of anthropology.
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What the Candidates (and Journalists) Can Learn From the 1948 Democratic Convention
David Eisenhower of the Annenberg School for Communication and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comment on political conventions.