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April 11, 2024
“The existence of Israel is a condition of possibility for the existence of Germany. Because if there is no Israel, then Germany’s guilt is all-consuming again. And you can’t countenance that possibility,” said Johannes von Moltke, professor of German and of film, television and media, explaining Staatsräson, a cornerstone of German foreign policy that sees Israel’s security as intrinsically linked to Germany’s national interest.
The New York Times -
April 10, 2024
“Confronting climate change is central to our human health. Disease vectors are spreading. Smog is becoming worse. And so, if you ask people what they care about, health is always first,” said Rosina Bierbaum, professor of sustainability and environment. “And that, I say, is a task for all of us to convey how inextricably linked our human health is to the health and integrity of our environment.”
WEMU -
April 10, 2024
“On any particular topic, people who are not experts lack the very expertise they need in order to know just how much expertise they lack. The Dunning-Kruger effect visits all of us sooner or later in our pockets of incompetence. They’re invisible to us because to know that you don’t know something, you need to know something,” said David Dunning, professor of psychology.
Scientific American -
April 10, 2024
Because of China’s dominance in green-energy technology, particularly electric vehicles, the U.S. now has higher priorities than upholding traditional free trade principles, says Mary Gallagher, professor of political science: “With the whole system moving to electrification, dependency on a country like China for those products is dangerous. If the United States is not producing itself, it will lose out.”
The New York Times -
April 9, 2024
“This is very healthy fuel, according to the reports. Fuel systems on ships are robust and they’re made to handle fuel that comes in with all kinds of gunk in it,” said Timothy McCoy, professor of practice of naval architecture and marine engineering, after tests on fuel delivered to the ship that crashed into the Baltimore bridge showed it was safe and did not cause a systems failure.
NBC News -
April 9, 2024
“It’s purposefully, in my opinion, obfuscated from taxpayers,” said Judith Grant Long, professor of sports management and urban planning, on the lack of transparency by billionaire sports team owners who often understate costs and overstate job creation and sales tax revenue associated with the construction of new stadiums and arenas.
The Washington Post -
April 9, 2024
“I think traffic engineers tend to think traffic is like a liquid. If the pipes aren’t big enough, then it gets plugged up and overflows. The solution is building bigger pipes. But all of the evidence says that that’s not true, that instead (traffic) is much more like a gas, meaning the volume of traffic congestion will expand to take up the capacity allowed,” said Robert Goodspeed, associate professor of urban and regional planning.
Bloomberg -
April 8, 2024
Making exercise easier and more accessible is a smart way to boost activity levels, says Michelle Segar, associate research scientist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender: “Look at it like a wine tasting. We experiment, we savor, we use self-awareness to say, ‘How does this taste? How does this feel? Do I like it?’”
The Washington Post -
April 8, 2024
“This is actually not just early detection, but prevention of cancer. And I don’t think we can stress enough how much oncologists would like to be put out of business,” said Elena Stoffel, associate professor of internal medicine, whose research team is conducting a statewide study in Michigan to help more people with an inherited risk for cancer get genetic testing.
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April 8, 2024
The insinuation calls upon a common stereotype “that not having enough food or struggling to buy food is an individual choice. And that’s absolutely not the case,” said Kate Bauer, associate professor of nutritional sciences, on remarks by Kellogg’s CEO Gary Plinick that families struggling to afford groceries should eat cereal for dinner.
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