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Will Virtual Doctors Care for Future Astronauts? The Promise and Perils of AI in Space Medicine
September 26, 2021
By Jordan Bimm and Giacomo Cetorelli
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How Jeff Bezos’ Space Launch Today Will Change Aerospace History
July 21, 2021
With millions watching the meticulously stage-managed suborbital spaceflights by Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, it’s tempting to conjure the image of a new space race between rival companies.Blogs
Four Things on Formations: Yan Slobodkin
June 10, 2021
After a year and change of nonstop zooms and minimal meatspace working and socializing, the first book I reached for when I finished my last remote class of the quarter was The Twittering Machine...Blogs
Manufactured Uncertainty and the Media History of Risk
May 13, 2021
A blog post issued by Oak Ridge Associated Universities documents an event in 1945 when x-ray photographers first felt the impacts of continental nuclear testing, even if they didn’t recognize...
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Four Things on Formations: Alex Campolo
May 10, 2021
A round-up of thought-provoking things from Alex Campolo, postdoctoral fellow at SIFK.
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Who Unearths the Past?: On the Work of The Dig
February 09, 2021
Joe Stadolnik watches The Dig, and sheds light on an obscure excavator of the past unlikely to inspire a Netflix movie
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Covid-19 and the Long History of Racially Maldistributed Mortality
May 26, 2020
Alexander Mazzaferro investigates America's long history of racial disparity and its impact on the nation's COVID-19 response.
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Knowing Uncertainty: How Science Fiction Helps us Make Sense of the Pandemic
May 04, 2020
Anastasia Klimchynskaya draws parallels between Sci-Fi and our current world to show how literature can help us understand COVID-19 and our uncertain future.
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In Search of Plagues Past
April 27, 2020
Margaret Carlyle looks to past pandemics to gain insight on COVID-19.
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Using Quantitative Models to Guide Policy Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty
April 24, 2020
Nobel Laureate and SIFK Faculty Member Lars Peter Hansen shares his thoughts on the global pandemic and using quantitative models to guide policy amid COVID-19 uncertainty
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The Limits of Empathy
April 20, 2020
Yan Slobodkin explores the space between empathy and justice.
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Flattening the Curve: Visualization and Pandemic Knowledge
April 01, 2020
SIFK Postdoc Alex Campolo breaks down how we look at pandemics like COVID-19