Article cites a SIEPR study that found 64-year-olds in Texas, who needed an excuse in that state to vote by mail, and 65-year-olds, who did not, voted at almost the same rate.
‘They’re playing chicken:’ inside Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook’s feud
Article quotes Jennifer King, director of consumer privacy at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, on how Facebook and Apple are trying to get ahead of government regulators.
As opioid deaths surge, Biden team moves to make buprenorphine treatment mainstream
Article quotes Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, commenting on how doctors will react to new guidelines for a drug proven to reduce opioid relapses and overdose deaths.
Biden signs law that makes sesame the ninth major food allergen
Article quotes Tina Sindher, clinical assistant professor of medicine,attributing the rise in sesame allergies to Americans embracing more international foods.
What we know about India’s ‘double mutant’ Covid-19 variant
Article quotes Benjamin Pinsky, associate professor of pathology, on how samples of the variant are being tested to see how it reacts to monoclonal antibodies and plasmas from infected or vaccinated people.
The vaccinated and unvaccinated are mingling, creating a tricky new social landscape
Article quotes Melissa Bondy, professor of epidemiology and population health, on how people are navigating through a period where there is a variety of vaccination levels.
A good first step toward racial justice: Don’t let police stop motorists for minor offenses
Opinion piece that cites research by Jennifer Eberhardt, professor of psychology, that found Oakland police spoke less respectfully to Black motorists and were far more likely to handcuff, search and arrest African Americans. It also references a Stanford study that found Black drivers are less likely to be pulled over by police at night, when a “veil of darkness” obscures the color of their skin.
Anti-Asian atmosphere chills Chinese scientists working in the U.S.
Article quotes Steven Chu, professor of molecular and cellular physiology and of physics, arguing anti-Asian attitudes are hurting U.S. universities. It also quotes Peter Michelson, professor of physics, advising against creating adversarial relationships.