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Politics+Society

Yascha Mounk joins SNF Agora Institute

Published Dec 21, 2018

Political scientist's recent work explores the rise of far-right populism and the threat it poses to established liberal democracies in North America, Europe

Population health

In Afghanistan, positive shifts in social attitudes

Published Dec 19, 2018

Since the fall of the Taliban in 2002, parents and children report higher expectations of attaining education and delaying marriage

Neuroscience

Foragers rush in

Published Dec 18, 2018

Are you that holiday bargain hunter, hurrying from store to store? Your habits may be rooted in theories of "optimal foraging," experts find.

Economics

Substance abuse or self-medication?

Published Dec 18, 2018

Study links availability of improved antidepressants to decline in heavy drug and alcohol use

Hopkins History

Exhibition traces 125 years of medical milestones

Published Dec 17, 2018

Exhibition created to highlight the celebrated history of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is on display in MSE Library through March 18

Political science

Civic disengagement

Published Dec 14, 2018

Most Americans don't know much about how their state government operates or who represents them, survey finds

Illustration of a vaccine bottle attacked by mouse cursors

Public health

Searching for a vaccine against mistrust

Published Winter 2018

Outbreaks of once-controlled diseases such as measles are rising around the world. A look at the misinformation behind the growing anti-vax movement. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

The fan in the econ stands

Published Winter 2018

P.J. O'Rourke talks about learning economics in war zones, how politics and economics intertwine, and how to know when something's funny / Johns Hopkins Magazine