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- Scientists document two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients https://www.unc.edu/posts/2023/02/08/scientists-document-two-separate-reservoirs-of-latent-hiv-in-patients/ 41 comments
- The New Precision Journalism: Databases (2001) http://www.unc.edu/~pmeyer/book/Chapter8.htm 2 comments
- Why Arabs Lose Wars http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_17/articles/deatkine_arabs1.html 8 comments
- The New Secessionists http://www.unc.edu/~ncaren/secessionists/ 5 comments
- Sounds Like Bach http://www.unc.edu/~mumukshu/gandhi/gandhi/hofstadter.htm 23 comments
- 3D printed vaccine patch offers vaccination without a shot and outperforms needle jab to boost immunit https://www.unc.edu/posts/2021/09/23/3d-printed-vaccine-patch/ 57 comments science
- Carolina researchers make important scientific step toward curing HIV https://www.unc.edu/posts/2020/01/22/carolina-researchers-make-important-scientific-step-toward-an-hiv-cure/ 18 comments science
- Correcting vaccine misinformation is a difficult process, Carolina study shows. Avoidable cases of cervical cancer and subsequent deaths are expected to increase among unvaccinated girls in Denmark for example. A large drop in vaccination coverage is always due to an unproven vaccine safety scare. https://www.unc.edu/posts/2020/01/07/correcting-vaccine-misinformation-is-a-difficult-process-carolina-study-shows/ 12 comments science
- Vaccine misinformation in Danish media from 2013-2016 led to HPV vaccinations dropping by 50.4%. An information campaign helped increase vaccine uptake again, but uptake is still below the level before misinformation began, showing how difficult it is to undo the damages misinformation causes. https://www.unc.edu/posts/2020/01/07/correcting-vaccine-misinformation-is-a-difficult-process-carolina-study-shows/ 5 comments science
- Vaccine misinformation in Danish media from 2013-2016 led to vaccinations dropping by 50.4%. An information campaign helped increase vaccine uptake again, but uptake is still below the level before misinformation began, showing how difficult it is to undo the damages misinformation causes. https://www.unc.edu/posts/2020/01/07/correcting-vaccine-misinformation-is-a-difficult-process-carolina-study-shows/ 649 comments science
- Carolina scientists show how vaping induces reactions in lungs that can lead to disease | UNC-Chapel Hill https://www.unc.edu/posts/2019/08/26/carolina-scientists-show-how-vaping-induces-reactions-in-lungs-that-can-lead-to-disease/?utm_campaign=082619+carolina+scientists+show+how+vaping+induces+reactions+in+lungs+that+can+lead+to+disease&utm_medium=bitly&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=iwar0xrhhhdpkna9imwjjk53xoj2vm1ndw0ggudavdd_l0pifezwuojirwefu 56 comments science
- According to researchers only 1 in 8 Americans is achieving optimal metabolic health, which carries serious implications for public health. Poor metabolic health leaves people more vulnerable to developing Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other serious health issues. https://www.unc.edu/posts/2018/11/28/only-12-percent-of-american-adults-are-metabolically-healthy-carolina-study-finds/ 11 comments science
- The Surprising Allure of Russian Soft Power http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2018/0406/ca_petro_russia.html 8 comments russia
- On the Gettier Problem problem http://www.unc.edu/%7Eujanel/gettier.htm 19 comments philosophy
- Brain scans can tell whether high-risk infants will be diagnosed with autism with 80% accuracy. http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/first-kind-study-accurately-predicts-autism-infants/ 20 comments science
- Free Will and the Burden of Proof http://www.unc.edu/%7Eujanel/freeburden.htm 10 comments philosophy
- What is this about, I found it a couple of years ago and its all over the place http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2010/0103/iar/iar_navalwar.html 4 comments navy
- Nonflammable lithium ion battery developed: In studying a material that prevents marine life from sticking to the bottom of ships, researchers have identified a surprising replacement for the only inherently flammable component of today’s lithium-ion batteries - the electrolyte http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/researchers-build-nonflammable-lithium-ion-battery/ 3 comments science
- Geoffrey Sayre-McCord - The Many Moral Realisms. "A mapping out of the moral realism debate" http://www.unc.edu/~gsmunc/papers/many%20moral%20realisms.doc 5 comments philosophy
- Cohen, J. (1983) The Cost of Dichotomization. Applied Psychological Measurement, 7, 249-253. http://www.unc.edu/~rcm/psy282/cohen.1983.pdf 9 comments statistics
- Is Belief in Free Will a Cultural Universal? http://www.unc.edu/~knobe/cultural-universal.pdf 294 comments philosophy
- UNC and Duke are opening a "Portal" to each other with live video feed http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/portal-to-duke-will-open-feb-8/ 3 comments technology
- In a logit regression model, does it matter how the yes/no response variable was created? http://www.unc.edu/edp/pdf/NLBPS.pdf 8 comments statistics
- A Refutation of Eliminative Materialism http://www.unc.edu/~ujanel/elimweb.htm 7 comments philosophy
- High quality maps of the ancient world courtesy of UNC http://www.unc.edu/awmc/mapsforstudents.html 45 comments history
- Top Imams affiliated with Islamic Councils in the ME have issued fatwas calling those terrorists who attack the United States and Canada “evil.” - BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2001 http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman/terror.htm 4 comments reddit.com
- What Is Experimental Philosophy? http://www.unc.edu/~knobe/experimentalphilosophy.pdf 23 comments philosophy
- Sounds Like Bach http://www.unc.edu/~mumukshu/gandhi/gandhi/hofstadter.htm 87 comments programming
- UNC/CUNY Professor Jesse Prinz: "During talks, I draw heads. Click on a category to see a gallery." http://www.unc.edu/~prinz/pictures/hedz.html 14 comments philosophy
- 85 Ways to Tie a Necktie http://www.unc.edu/depts/cmse/math/ties.htm 4 comments math
- Why Arabs lose wars http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/ad_issues/amdipl_17/articles/deatkine_arabs1.html 11 comments reddit.com