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WHO's recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss leaves many questions unanswered

  • Written by Lindsey Schier, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageSugar alternatives go by many names including artificial sweeteners, low-calorie sweeteners and nonsugar sweeteners.Marie LaFauci/Moment via Getty Images

Do low-calorie sweeteners help with weight management? And are they safe for long-term use?

This is among the most controversial topics in nutritional science. In early May 2023, the World Health...

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Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn't do

  • Written by J.B. Ruhl, Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
imageNEPA requires federal agencies to analyze environmental impacts of projects like interstate highway construction.John Bohn/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

The National Environmental Policy Act, enacted in 1970, is widely viewed as a keystone U.S. environmental law. For any major federal action that affects the environment, such as building an...

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Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil

  • Written by Mario Higa, Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies, Middlebury
imageAstrud Gilberto backstage at New York City's Birdland Jazz Club in 1964.Popsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images

Astrud Gilberto didn’t set out to be an ambassador of bossa nova, the laid-back Brazilian musical genre with rhythms recognizable to music lovers around the world.

According to Gilberto, who died on June 5, 2023, at...

Read more: Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil

What is incorruptibility? A scholar of Catholic worship explains

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imagePeople pray over the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster at the abbey of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, near Gower, Mo., in April 2023.AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Catholic tradition offers occasional examples of holy men and women whose bodies, exhumed some years after death, remained completely or partially untouched by the natural...

Read more: What is incorruptibility? A scholar of Catholic worship explains

Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity's board in a SWAT-team raid is highly unusual and could be unconstitutional

  • Written by Beth Gazley, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
imagePolice arrested three people who have been aiding protesters at this Atlanta house in May 2023.AP Photo/Kate Brumback

On May 31, 2023, the Atlanta Police Department deployed a SWAT team to arrest Marlon Kautz, Adele MacLean and Savannah Patterson. These three people weren’t fugitives from justice or drug kingpins, but rather volunteer board...

Read more: Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity's board in a SWAT-team raid is highly unusual and could...

Cost and lack of majors are among the top reasons why students leave for-profit colleges

  • Written by Molly Ott, Associate Professor of Higher & Postsecondary Education, Arizona State University
imageStudents who attend for-profit colleges on average have higher student loan debt than those who attend public institutions.FatCamera via Getty Images

For the majority of students, the college where they enroll is often the one from where they will graduate. But not so for the approximately 1 million students who transfer each year from one school...

Read more: Cost and lack of majors are among the top reasons why students leave for-profit colleges

Messi is heading to the US as Saudi Arabia kicks off bidding war with MLS for aging soccer stars

  • Written by Stefan Szymanski, Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
imageKarim Benzema -- taking the money and running into the box.AP Photo/Hussein Malla

The announcements on consecutive days that the storied Real Madrid and France soccer star Karim Benzema is joining the Saudi Pro League and that Lionel Messi, thought by many to be soccer’s GOAT, intends to play in the United States’ Major League Soccer...

Read more: Messi is heading to the US as Saudi Arabia kicks off bidding war with MLS for aging soccer stars

Oklahoma OKs the nation's first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow

  • Written by Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
imageCourts have wrestled with questions about public funds for students at religious schools for decades.Godong/Stone via Getty Images

U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can be used at private religious schools. And on June 5, 2023, Oklahoma’s five-person Statewide Virtual Charter School Board pushed this...

Read more: Oklahoma OKs the nation's first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow

Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling

  • Written by Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California
imageThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen across the Dnieper River, which was receding after a downstream dam was destroyed.Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images

A blast on June 6, 2023, destroyed the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River in eastern Ukraine. The rupture lowered water levels in a reservoir upriver at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in...

Read more: Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options...

Forts Cavazos, Barfoot and Liberty — new names for army bases honor new heroes and lasting values, instead of Confederates who lost a war

  • Written by Jeff South, Associate professor emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University
imageLt. Gen. Arthur Gregg attends a ceremony on April 27, 2023, in which a military base was renamed in his honor. Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

One by one, the names of Confederate generals are being removed from U.S. military bases.

On April 27, 2023, Fort Lee, a military base in Virginia named for a Confederate general, was renamed f...

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  2. Mounting research documents the harmful effects of social media use on mental health, including body image and development of eating disorders
  3. Mike Pence is jockeying against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination – joining the ranks of just one vice president who, in 1800, also ran against a former boss
  4. The ugly side of beauty: Chemicals in cosmetics threaten college-age women's reproductive health
  5. Why insurance companies are pulling out of California and Florida, and how to fix some of the underlying problems
  6. Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it's the Olmecs who are the 'mother culture' of ancient Mesoamerica
  7. This course studies NGOs aiming to help countries recover from mass atrocities and to prevent future violence
  8. Peaches are a minor part of Georgia's economy, but they're central to its mythology
  9. Nearly 20% of the cultural differences between societies boil down to ecological factors – new research
  10. Kakhovka dam breach: 3 essential reads on what it means for Ukraine's infrastructure, beleaguered nuclear plant and future war plans
  11. UK PM Sunak visits Washington to strengthen ties, watch baseball – having already struck out on trade deal
  12. US, Chinese warships' near miss in Taiwan Strait hints at ongoing troubled diplomatic waters, despite chatter about talks
  13. Changing wild animals' behavior could help save them – but is it ethical?
  14. Political compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutions
  15. Scientists' political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public's trust in science
  16. Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ's Great Society – affirmative action
  17. Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
  18. Blockchain is a key technology – a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
  19. 3 ways to use ChatGPT to help students learn -- and not cheat
  20. Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and other threats to sea life
  21. A community can gentrify without losing its identity -- examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works
  22. Several Down syndrome features may be linked to a hyperactive antiviral immune response – new research
  23. How building more backyard homes, granny flats and in-law suites can help alleviate the housing crisis
  24. Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health concern – researchers are studying how it causes cancer
  25. Is there life in the sea that hasn't been discovered?
  26. How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it
  27. Sudan’s war is wrecking a lot, including its central bank – a legacy of trailblazing African American economist and banker Andrew Brimmer
  28. Saying that students embrace censorship on college campuses is incorrect -- here's how to discuss the issue more constructively
  29. Baseless anti-trans claims fuel adoption of harmful laws – two criminologists explain
  30. Birth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust
  31. Charities can get a 6% donations boost when Charity Navigator gives them more stars – but to get there, they might game the system
  32. Judging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges – and possibly the federal judiciary, too
  33. How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy
  34. The allure of the ad-lib: New research identifies why people prefer spontaneity in entertainment
  35. Moldova is trying to join the EU, but it will have a hard time breaking away from Russia's orbit
  36. Work requirements don't work for domestic violence survivors – but Michigan data shows they rarely get waivers they should receive for cash assistance
  37. How do credit scores work? 2 finance professors explain how lenders choose who gets loans and at what interest rate
  38. How teachers can stay true to history without breaking new laws that restrict what they can teach about racism
  39. New anti-transgender laws will hurt Indigenous peoples’ rights and religious expression
  40. Governments and environmental groups are turning to international courts to address the impacts of climate change — podcast
  41. I study migrants traveling through Mexico to the US, and saw how they follow news of dangers – but are not deterred
  42. Getting Social Security on a more stable path is hard but essential – 2 experts suggest a way forward
  43. Invasive lionfish have spread south from the Caribbean to Brazil, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods
  44. War in Ukraine might give the Chinese yuan the boost it needs to become a major global currency -- and be a serious contender against the US dollar
  45. Reparations over formerly enslaved people has a long history: 4 essential reads on why the idea remains unresolved
  46. 'Across the Spider-Verse' and the Latino legacy of Spider-Man
  47. Israeli protesters fear for the future of their country's precarious LGBTQ rights revolution
  48. Drugs that melt away pounds still present more questions than answers, but Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro could be key tools in reducing the obesity epidemic
  49. House approval of debt ceiling deal a triumph of the political center
  50. US Army Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' journey from enslaver to Union officer to civil rights defender