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Plastics are everywhere, yet few get recycled. On an episode of the “Discovery Files” podcast, Arpita Bose, in Arts & Sciences, discusses her research on purple bacteria and how they might help solve the plastic problem.

Robust privacy protocols are not just a legal necessity; they are crucial for maintaining trust between patients and providers. Such measures will ensure that AI’s capabilities enhance patient care and do not become instruments of exclusion, write Richard Cote and Mary Mason.

Sarah Koellner, assistant professor of German

Teachers, caregivers, and communities alike need to encourage adolescents to seek necessary, preferred, and identity-affirming support, writes Ilana Seff.

New research shows that these individuals still say they love their partners and have no desire to leave them, but they feel a total loss of intimacy, emotional connection and desire in their marriages, writes Liberty Vittert.

Steven Lawrence, MD, professor of medicine

Andrew Reeves, professor of political science

The museum selfie can serve as a way of appropriating art and creating more meaningful experiences, writes Elizabeth Hunter.

John Hendrix, the Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art

I don’t reject what Minnesota nice purports to offer. But it is not a simple and straightforward cultural value adopted by – and equally applied to – everyone, writes post-doctoral fellow Giang Nguyen-Dien.