For all the energy, creativity and money presidential candidates pour into their campaigns, it turns out that the ‘subtle power of irrelevant events’ can also shift an election’s outcome.
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Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents. But they have to be one or the other: a Black man or a white woman.
With every new incident of racial violence, Black people tend to undergo a collective sense of racial grief.
A maioria dos grãos pré-solares foi destruída durante a formação do Universo. Mas alguns sobreviveram em meteoritos.
Most presolar grains were destroyed in the formation of the universe. But some survived on meteorites.
The far side of the Moon has a very different composition from the near side − so researchers are eager to see what stories these samples will tell.
Cats provide a purr-fect introduction to science topics, including ecology, evolution, genetics and behavior.
Patriotic coverage helps forge the Olympics’ sense of community, weaving viewers’ lives together with athletes’ struggles and triumphs.
A century ago, the French writer and poet André Breton penned his ‘Manifesto of Surrealism,’ launching an art movement known for creating bizarre hybrids of words and images.
Most efforts to project how well a candidate will do in an election are based largely on factors over which presidents have little to no control.
The Edmonton Oilers are more than a hockey team. In some ways, they symbolize devotion to a way of life − and one of Canada’s major industries.
A historian of gender and women’s rights explains how women’s protests focused on their rights evolved from the 1960s through the present.
How and why preterm birth happens is still unclear, in part because research on pregnancy tends to focus on developmental biology.
The Passover Seder commemorates the escape from slavery in Egypt. But then came the 40-year wandering in the desert – a story that resonates with much of Jewish history.
With low-scoring games and a preponderance of deflected shots, randomness is much more likely to color NHL teams’ records than those of squads in the other four major US pro sports leagues.
Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
What mathematicians call ‘disordered collections’ can help engineers explore real-world worst-case scenarios. The simple card game Set illustrates how to predict internet and electrical grid failures.
During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by avoiding inauspicious days.
Enthusiasm for the capabilities of artificial intelligence – and claims for the approach of humanlike prowess –has followed a boom-and-bust cycle since the middle of the 20th century.
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Professor of Sociology, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Political Science and Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Postdoctoral Research Associate of Religion and Politics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Research Professor of Physics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Mathematics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Susan E. and William P. Distinguished Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Professor of History Emerita, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Social Welfare, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Comparative Literature, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Assistant Director of American Culture Studies, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of History & American Culture Studies, Associate Vice Dean of Research, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Research Professor of Physics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor, Dean's Distinguished Professioral Scholar, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
