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Advanced Placement courses could clash with laws that target critical race theory

  • Written by Suneal Kolluri, Assistant Professor of Education, University of California, Riverside
imageLawmakers have passed many laws that seek to control how teachers educate students about racism in the U.S.Hill Street Studios / Getty Images

Scientific theories to justify racism. Laws and Supreme Court decisions that denied Black people equal rights. The imperialist view that Anglo-Saxons were called upon by God to civilize the...

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Dog owners take more risks, cat owners are more cautious – new research examines how people conform to their pets' stereotypical traits

  • Written by Lei Jia, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Kent State University
imageDogs are seen as more likely to leap without looking – possibly a trait shared with their owners. Artur Debat/Moment via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Dog owners tend to take bigger risks and respond more to reward-oriented advertisements. Cat owners, on the other hand, are...

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Dr. Oz should be worried – voters punish 'carpetbaggers,' and new research shows why

  • Written by Charles R. Hunt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
imageA Fetterman campaign billboard on the New Jersey/Pennsylvania border.Fetterman campaign/Twitter

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz has garnered a lot of media attention recently, thanks to the Fetterman campaign’s relentless trolling of his opponent, mainly for being a resident of...

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College students are increasingly identifying beyond 'she' and 'he'

  • Written by Genny Beemyn, Director, Stonewall Center, UMass Amherst
image'They/them' are among the most popular pronouns, but many students are devising new pronouns to identify their gender.Spiderplay via Getty Imagges

When students today fill out their college applications, they are not just identifying as “she” or “he.” More than 3% of incoming college students use a different set of pronouns....

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We praise people as ‘Good Samaritans,’ but there’s a complex history behind the phrase

  • Written by Terry Giles, Professor of Theology, Gannon University
imageSamaritans celebrate Shavuot atop Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank. Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua via Getty Images

“Good Samaritan” is a label often used to describe someone acting selflessly to benefit others, even if a total stranger.

Some may recognize that the phrase has its origin in a biblical story, one of Jesus’ parables recounted...

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What is listeria? A microbiologist explains the bacterium behind recent deadly food poisoning outbreaks

  • Written by Yvonne Sun, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Dayton
imageInvestigators in Florida traced a listeria outbreak to ice cream.Graiki/Moment via Getty Images

Bacteria do, and will, end up in food. Everyone eats – intentionally or unintentionally – millions to billions of live microbes every day.

Most are completely harmless, but some can cause serious illnesses in humans. Because of these...

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Sandcastle engineering – a geotechnical engineer explains how water, air and sand create solid structures

  • Written by Joseph Scalia, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University
imageThere's a lot of science behind the natural forces that let this guy work his magic at the beach.Victoria Pickering/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

If you want to understand why some sandcastles are tall and have intricate structures while others are nearly shapeless lumps of sand, it helps to have a background in geotechnical engineering.

As a geotechnical...

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With 'bravery' as its new brand, Ukraine is turning advertising into a weapon of war

  • Written by Nadia Kaneva, Associate Professor, University of Denver
imageA woman walks by large signs that read 'Bravery is Ukrainian brand' in Kyiv. Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

When a preview of Vogue’s October 2022 cover story on Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska hit Twitter on July 26, 2022, reactions on social media were swift and polarized. Some critics said that a photo...

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Big new incentives for clean energy aren't enough – the Inflation Reduction Act was just the first step, now the hard work begins

  • Written by Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
imageMore wind turbines can increase renewable energy, but transmission lines are crucial, too.Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images

The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of clean energy. But pouring money into technology is just one...

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How to destroy a 'forever chemical' – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS, but this growing global health problem isn't going away soon

  • Written by A. Daniel Jones, Professor of Biochemistry, Michigan State University
imageHow long do we really need chemicals to last?Sura Nualpradid/EyeEm via Getty Images

PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers, firefighting foam, even makeup seemed better with perfluoroalkyl and...

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  1. Will the Inflation Reduction Act actually reduce inflation? How will the corporate minimum tax work? An economist has answers
  2. Poland's warm welcome to about 2 million Ukrainian refugees draws global praise, but it might not be sustainable
  3. Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated people and prison staff
  4. How gay rodeos upend assumptions about life in rural America
  5. Fake research can be harmful to your health – a new study offers a tool for rooting it out
  6. A dog has caught monkeypox from one of its owners, highlighting risk of the virus infecting pets and wild animals
  7. Ukrainian people are resisting the centuries-old force of Russian imperialism – Ukraine war at 6 months
  8. PACT Act providing health care to burn pit victims caps decades of denied benefits for veterans
  9. What is a fatwa? A religious studies professor explains
  10. Prosecuting a president is divisive and sometimes destabilizing – here's why many countries do it anyway
  11. How Stoicism influenced music from the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd
  12. 1 in 10 teachers say they've been attacked by students
  13. GOP 'message laundering' turns violent, extremist reactions to search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago into acceptable political talking points
  14. You don't have to be a spy to violate the Espionage Act – and other crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken
  15. Liz Cheney trounced: 'Black sheep effect' and GOP partisan identity explain her decisive defeat after criticizing Trump
  16. A year after the fall of Kabul, Taliban's false commitments on terrorism have been fully exposed
  17. Computer science benefits students with learning disabilities – but not always for the long term
  18. Religions have long known that getting away from it all is good for the mind, body and spirit
  19. Which microbes live in your gut? A microbiologist tries at-home test kits to see what they reveal about the microbiome
  20. Unsealed court documents show the FBI was looking for evidence Trump violated the Espionage Act and other laws – here’s how the documents seized show possible wrongdoing
  21. Here's how government documents are classified to keep sensitive information safe
  22. Worried about back-to-school inflation? Latest price data on backpacks, laptops and kids' clothes offers some relief for parents
  23. The Soviet Union once hunted endangered whales to the brink of extinction – but its scientists opposed whaling and secretly tracked its toll
  24. Reducing gun violence: A complicated problem can't be solved with just one approach, so Indianapolis is trying programs ranging from job skills to therapy to violence interrupters to find out what works
  25. What's a banana republic? A political scientist explains
  26. What causes hives and how dangerous can they be? A nurse practitioner explains
  27. 5 books and films that tell the story of the trauma of the Partition of India and its aftermath
  28. The metaverse isn't here yet, but it already has a long history
  29. India turns 75: Fast facts about the unusual constitution guiding the world's most populous democracy
  30. An interfaith discussion on the role of religion in mental health
  31. Politicians seek to control classroom discussions about slavery in the US
  32. At 75, Pakistan has moved far from the secular and democratic vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah
  33. Russia’s threats to shut down Jewish Agency raise alarm bells for those who remember the past
  34. There's reason for people on opposing sides of abortion to talk, even if they disagree – it helps build respect, understanding and can lead to policy change
  35. Farmers can save water with wireless technologies, but there are challenges – like transmitting data through mud
  36. American Sikhs are targets of bigotry, often due to cultural ignorance
  37. What is a semiconductor? An electrical engineer explains how these critical electronic components work and how they are made
  38. Old age isn't a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too
  39. Don't be too quick to blame social media for America's polarization – cable news has a bigger effect, study finds
  40. Boosting renewable energy use can happen quickly – and reduce harm to low-income people if done thoughtfully
  41. How the FBI knew what to search for at Mar-a-Lago – and why the Presidential Records Act is an essential tool for the National Archives and future historians
  42. Do chemicals in sunscreens threaten aquatic life? A new report says a thorough assessment is 'urgently needed,' while also calling sunscreens essential protection against skin cancer
  43. Safety in and near the water – a pediatric emergency medicine physician offers tips
  44. How 'living architecture' could help the world avoid a soul-deadening digital future
  45. To break unhealthy habits, stop obsessing over willpower – two behavioral scientists explain why routines matter more than conscious choices
  46. Key parts of US laws are hard for the public to find and read
  47. 58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways
  48. Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats
  49. How does monkeypox spread? An epidemiologist explains why it isn't an STI and what counts as close contact
  50. The most recent efforts to combat teacher shortages don't address the real problems