How will the Supreme Court's decision on mifepristone affect abortion access? 4 questions answered

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone keeps the drug accessible for now, but its future is still in limbo.

Tami S. Rowen, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Gynecologic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
April 24, 2023 ~10 min

Should the US ban TikTok? Can it? A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it

Banning TikTok: What data privacy risk does the app pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?

Doug Jacobson, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University • conversation
March 23, 2023 ~8 min


Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took over the platform – new research

New research shows that antisemitic posts surged as the ‘free speech absolutist’ took over the social media giant. And it has settled at a higher level since.

Carl Miller, Research Fellow, King's College London • conversation
March 20, 2023 ~8 min

Will we eventually have to send our trash into space if we run out of room on Earth?

Humans generate a lot of trash, but there are cheaper and safer ways to handle it than loading it on rockets.

Kate O'Neill, Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
March 6, 2023 ~6 min

Single-use plastic bans: research shows three ways to make them effective

How to make England’s new ban a success.

Tegan Evans, PhD Candidate in Ocean Governance, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Jan. 13, 2023 ~6 min

What the FDA's rule changes allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed by pharmacies mean in practice – 5 questions answered

The FDA’s allowance for pharmacies to dispense mifepristone will broaden access to the two-pill mifepristone-misoprostol regimen of medication abortion, which is 95% to 98% effective.

Grace Shih, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington • conversation
Jan. 11, 2023 ~10 min

Japan's ivory market is no longer a threat to elephant populations – here's why

Japan was one of the world’s largest ivory markets – research explains why the country is no longer a key destination for the product.

Takahiro Kubo, Senior Researcher in National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) & Visiting Researcher in ICCS, University of Oxford • conversation
Nov. 18, 2022 ~7 min

Most human embryos naturally die after conception – restrictive abortion laws fail to take this embryo loss into account

Human embryos are far more likely to die than come to term, an evolutionary trait seen across species. Laws granting personhood at conception ignore built-in embryo loss, with potentially grave consequences.

Kathryn Kavanagh, Associate Professor of Biology, UMass Dartmouth • conversation
Sept. 1, 2022 ~10 min


When abortion at a clinic is not available, 1 in 3 pregnant people say they will do something on their own to end the pregnancy

The fall of Roe v. Wade will result in more people deciding to privately end a pregnancy, a new study finds. But how often people will turn to safe versus unsafe options remains to be seen.

Lauren Ralph, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
Aug. 31, 2022 ~5 min

FTC lawsuit spotlights a major privacy risk: From call records to sensors, your phone reveals more about you than you think

Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.

Susan Landau, Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University • conversation
Aug. 30, 2022 ~9 min

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