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Drawing maps of complexity
Seeing demographic data and personal networks in new ways
Mark Newman is a physicist who makes political maps. He’s also a statistician who studies the dating patterns of teenagers and scientists. Fascinating and fun, but also darn useful when it comes to predicting the spread of a deadly pathogen.
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Reel violence linked to real violence
A steady diet of TV violence in early childhood increases the risk that children will become violent, aggressive adults, according to three generations of U-M research. As bad as violent TV shows are, engrossing video games are likely worse.
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Robyn Burnham,
Associate professor of ecology
and evolutionary biology,
Associate curator, Museum of Paleontology
She follows the flowing vines of the Amazon basin from ancient history into the future, and from the forest floor to treetops hundreds of feet away. The tangled, drippy, potentially malevolent jungle is just a nice fringe benefit.
