(C) The Conversation This unaltered story was originally published on TheConversation.com/us [1] License: Creative Commons - CC BY-ND 4.0 Attributions/No Derivities[2] ---------------- University of Maryland, Baltimore County on The Conversation By: ['Amy Froide', 'Anupam Joshi', 'Charissa S. L. Cheah', 'David L. Di Maria', 'Ivan Erill', 'Jill Vasbinder', 'John Rennie Short', 'Morgan Henderson', 'Morgane Mouslim', 'Nancy Kusmaul'] Date: 2021-10-20 12:44:53+00:00 skynesher/E+ via Getty Images October 20, 2021 Future of college will involve fewer professors A futurist who focuses on education technology says artificial intelligence is slowly making human professors less vital to colleges and universities. AP Photo/Matt Rourke October 20, 2021 Cities worldwide aren’t adapting to climate change quickly enough 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. NANOCLUSTERING/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Science Photo Library via Getty Images October 19, 2021 Viruses are both the villains and heroes of life as we know it 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. Black Lollipop/iStock via Getty Images September 17, 2021 How to make comparing prices of an MRI or colonoscopy as easy as shopping for a new laptop Health researchers hope a new regulation requiring hospitals to post their prices will tame soaring health care costs, but compliance and standardization are hurdles. Ellen Moran via Getty Images September 12, 2021 Over-the -counter rapid antigen tests can help slow the spread of COVID-19 – here’s how to use them effectively 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. Owen Franken/Corbis Documentary via Getty Images August 17, 2021 Nursing home residents and staff are traumatized from the pandemic - collaborative care can help with recovery 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. Universal Images Group via Getty Images August 9, 2021 Taxing bachelors and proposing marriage lotteries – how superpowers addressed declining birthrates in the past 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. Tara Moore via Getty Images July 23, 2021 There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battleground In choreography, the gray areas of copyright law make it difficult to determine what constitutes copyright infringement or plagiarism. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images June 21, 2021 As urban life resumes, can US cities avert gridlock? 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. iLexx/iStock via Getty Images June 7, 2021 Study shows AI-generated fake reports fool experts 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. RyanJLane/E+ via Getty Images April 19, 2021 Are America’s schools safe for Asian Americans? Asian Americans are more likely to participate in remote learning than other racial groups, federal data show. To understand why, three experts weigh in. Brothers91/E+ via Getty Images Plus February 3, 2021 5 ways the Biden administration may help stem the loss of international students Students from other countries found the US less attractive during the Trump administration. Will things be any different under President Biden? Salvator Barki/Moment via Getty Images January 25, 2021 Why COVID-19 won’t kill cities Two scholars of cities explain why dense, urban areas will survive – and thrive – long after the pandemic ends, and even if they don’t get a bailout. Morry Gash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images January 21, 2021 How engineering can contribute to a reimagining of the US public health system From designing vaccine supply chains to improving PPE to rebuilding trust, systematically bringing engineering knowhow to public health problems could make a huge difference. Ellume/AP December 17, 2020 FDA authorized first over-the -counter COVID-19 test – useful but not a game changer A new over-the-counter COVID-19 test has been authorized by the FDA. Though it can be used to test people with and without symptoms, moderate cost and limited production mean it isn’t a game-changer. Skip Brown/Smithsonian’s National Zoo December 15, 2020 Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males Parthenogenesis, a form of reproduction in which an egg develops into an embryo without being fertilized by sperm, might be more common than you realized. AP Photo/Zach Gibson December 10, 2020 Why does the Electoral College exist, and how does it work? 5 essential reads Five scholars explain different aspects of the history, workings and effects of the Electoral College. David Stanley - Flickr/WikiMedia December 1, 2020 Reckoning with slavery: What a revolt’s archives tell us about who owns the past The slave revolt in Berbice, modern-day Guyana, was unusual for its length and near success. So why are so few of the revolt’s documents in the Caribbean nation’s archives? Wojtek Raadwanski/AFP via Getty Images November 25, 2020 Poland’s anti-abortion push highlights pandemic risks to democracy Tens of thousands of people have defied bans on gatherings to protest abortion restrictions. A scholar of democracy says the policy push during a pandemic has echoes elsewhere. [END] [1] URL: https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-maryland-baltimore-county-1667 [2] URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ TheConversation via Magical Fish Gopher New Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/theconversation/