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Russia’s cyberattack capabilities can be applied to US targets, including regular Americans’ homes and businesses.
Taiwanese authorities are allowing its tiny contingent to attend the opening ceremony in Beijing despite a long-running dispute over its name in the Olympics.
The pandemic and shifts to virtual learning have set many children back academically. The setbacks can be particularly challenging for children with disabilities, but recovery is possible.
The Biden administration intends to distribute an additional 500 million at-home rapid COVID tests starting in January.
Alternative beliefs like spiritualism seem to experience resurgences in times of crisis. Taggart has spent the past 20 years exploring the oft-misunderstood religion.
Supply chain issues, emergency science, social distancing requirements and a lot more free time offered both challenges and opportunities for research scientists.
The US has experienced a record decline in the number of international students. How long will the trend continue? An international education scholar weighs in.
What will the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill pay for? Here are some of the things it will help build, fix or remove.
A futurist who focuses on education technology says artificial intelligence is slowly making human professors less vital to colleges and universities.
More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and that share is growing. Rapid climate change could make many cities unlivable in the coming decades without major investments to adapt.
Viruses have gotten a bad rap for the many illnesses and pandemics they’ve caused. But viruses are also genetic innovators – and possibly the pioneers of using DNA as the genetic blueprint of life.
Health researchers hope a new regulation requiring hospitals to post their prices will tame soaring health care costs, but compliance and standardization are hurdles.
Making rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 cheaper and more accessible can catch the infectious cases before they spread and help everyone resume normal activities safely.
COVID-19 hit long-term care facilities hard. Addressing the trauma that residents and staff endured is key to regaining trust in a space that may no longer feel safe.
Go back to 17th- and 18th-century England and France and you’ll see the same sort of handwringing over birthrates that we’re seeing today.
In choreography, the gray areas of copyright law make it difficult to determine what constitutes copyright infringement or plagiarism.
The pandemic offered a tantalizing look at city life with fewer cars in the picture. But with traffic rebounding, there’s limited time to lock in policies that make streets more people-friendly.
Bots flooding social media with fake news about politics is bad enough. Muddying the waters in such fields as cybersecurity and health care could put lives at risk.
Asian Americans are more likely to participate in remote learning than other racial groups, federal data show. To understand why, three experts weigh in.
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Curator and Head of Special Collections and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Senior Data Scientist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Policy Analyst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Literacy, Culture and Instructional Design & Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Principal Lecturer, Cybersecurity and Assistant Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
