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Railroads and unions reach deal to avert devastating strike, keeping America's trains and the economy on track – for now

  • Written by Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University
imageThe U.S. depends on trains to transport almost half of all freight. AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar

Most Americans may not appreciate the central role that private railroads play in supporting the U.S. economy and their everyday lives. Recent fears of a railroad strike may have changed that.

After 20 straight hours of negotiations, brokered by President Joe...

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A New Mexico official who joined the Capitol attacks is barred from politics – but the little-known law behind the removal has some potential pitfalls for democracy

  • Written by Aziz Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago
imageCouy Griffin, a former county commissioner in Otero County, N.M., rides a horse in New York City in May 2020Gotham/Getty Images

A county court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sept. 6, 2022, became the first in more than 150 years to disqualify a person from public office because they participated in an insurrection.

District Court Judge Francis Mathew...

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Lies are more common on laptops than on phones – how devices may shape our behavior when bargaining with strangers

  • Written by Terri R. Kurtzberg, Associate Professor of Management and Global Business, Rutgers University - Newark
imageA deceptive device? d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

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

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People appear to be more willing to lie for personal gain when they use a laptop versus a smartphone, our new peer-reviewed research shows. Given that the two devices have nearly identical technical capabilities –...

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Fed likely to stay the course on interest rate hike as inflation ticks up but gas prices ease

  • Written by Edouard Wemy, Assistant Professor of Economics, Clark University
imageLower gas prices will put downward pressure on inflation.Scott Olson/Getty Images

The Federal Reserve received mixed news in the latest data on U.S. inflation as it mulls another rate hike.

Consumer prices rose 8.3% in August from a year earlier, data released on Sept. 13, 2022, shows. While this pace is down from the 8.5% annual gain experienced in...

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Is your gas stove bad for your health?

  • Written by Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
imageA growing body of research suggests that gas stoves can pose health risks, especially for people with respiratory ailments.Sean Gladwell/Getty Images

Cooks love their gadgets, from countertop slow cookers to instant-read thermometers. Now, there’s increasing interest in magnetic induction cooktops – surfaces that cook much faster than...

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5 challenges of doing college in the metaverse

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
imageA student wears virtual reality goggles and headphones as part of a digital learning experience.Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

More and more colleges are becoming “metaversities,” taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world, often called the “metaverse.” One initiative has 10 U.S....

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Free preventive care under the ACA is under threat again – a ruling exempting PrEP from insurance coverage may extend nationwide and to other health services

  • Written by Paul Shafer, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
imagePrEP is almost 100% effective in preventing HIV infection when taken as directed.The Times/Gallo Images via Getty Images Editorial

Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision left widely supported policies in...

Read more: Free preventive care under the ACA is under threat again – a ruling exempting PrEP from insurance...

Cold shutdown reduces risk of disaster at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – but combat around spent fuel still poses a threat

  • Written by Najmedin Meshkati, Professor of Engineering and International Relations, University of Southern California
imageThe last operating reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, reactor No. 6, has been safely shut down.Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

Energoatom, operator of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, announced on Sept. 11, 2022, that it was shutting down the last operating reactor of the plant’s six...

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Student enrollment falls at colleges and universities that are placed on probation

  • Written by Christopher Burnett, Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Institute for Educational Policy Research and Evaluation, University of Houston
imageColleges must notify students when they get in trouble with accreditors. SDI Productions via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Whenever a college or university gets sanctioned by the agency that provides its accreditation, fewer students enroll in that school. That’s what I found in a...

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The Catholic Church is increasingly diverse – and so are its controversies

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imageGerman Bishop Georg Bätzing talks with members of various Catholic youth organizations holding up umbrellas reading "Consecration for All" and "Jesus had two fathers."Sebastian Gollnow/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

There is a lot of talk about “synodality” in the Catholic church these days. Synodality refers to a process in...

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