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What are PFAS, and why is the EPA warning about them in drinking water? An environmental health scientist explains

  • Written by Kathryn Crawford, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury
imagePFAS, often used in water-resistant gear, also find their way into drinking water and human bodies.CasarsaGuru via Getty Images

“PFAS? What’s PFAS?”

You may be hearing that term in the news as the federal government considers new rules and guidelines for the chemicals. Even if the acronym is new to you, you’re probably...

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Here's how to meet Biden's 2030 climate goals and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions – with today's technology

  • Written by John Reilly, Co-Director Emeritus of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
imageClean energy and electric vehicles are key to a successful energy transition.NREL

Unprecedented forest fires in the drought-stricken western United States. Tropical storms and rising seas threatening the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Sizzling heat across large swaths of the country. As climate change unfolds before our eyes, what can the U.S. do to...

Read more: Here's how to meet Biden's 2030 climate goals and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions – with...

Does hardening schools make students safer?

  • Written by Elizabeth K. Anthony, Associate Professor of Social Work, Arizona State University
imageIn this photo from 2016, students pass through a security checkpoint at William Hackett Middle School in Albany, N.Y., with guards, bag inspections and a metal detector. AP Photo/Mike Groll

The first real possibility for federal firearms legislation in decades has been sketched out by a bipartisan group of senators.

It comes in the wake of the May...

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Finland's and Sweden's pursuit of NATO membership is the exact opposite of what Putin wanted for Russian neighbors

  • Written by Steven Lamy, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Relations and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageFinland and Sweden joined 14 NATO allies in a June 6, 2022, military exercise on the Baltic Sea. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

No one should be surprised by the decision made by the governments of Sweden and Finland to apply for full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Since the start of the Russian assault on Ukraine on...

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Kids' neighborhoods can affect their developing brains, a new study finds

  • Written by Gabriela Suarez, PhD Candidate in Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan
imageChildren living in low-income neighborhoods with 'hands-off' norms about safety showed higher levels of reactivity in a region of the brain associated with emotion processing and threat detection.DenisTangneyJr/E+ via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Children growing up in more...

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Scams and cryptocurrency can go hand in hand – here's how they work and what to watch out for

  • Written by Yaniv Hanoch, Associate Professor in Risk Management, University of Southampton
imageThe anonymous nature of cryptocurrency transactions is ideal for con artists.seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Moment via Getty Images

When one of our students told us they were going to drop out of college in August 2021, it wasn’t the first time we’d heard of someone ending their studies prematurely.

What was new, though, was the reason. The...

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Millions of years ago, the megalodon ruled the oceans – why did it disappear?

  • Written by Michael Heithaus, Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education and Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
imageRoaming the ancient seas eons ago, the megalodon shark eviscerated its prey with jaws that were 10 feet wide.Warpaintcobra/iStock via Getty Images Plusimage

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When did the megalodon shark go extinct,...

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At last, COVID-19 shots for little kids – 5 essential reads

  • Written by Amanda Mascarelli, Senior Health and Medicine Editor
imageMillions of U.S. children between the ages of 6 months and 4 years will soon be eligible for COVID-19 shots. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

For many parents of kids under age 5, a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine could not come soon enough. A full year and a half after shots first became available for adults, their wait is nearly over.

On June...

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Jan. 6 committee hearings show what went right, not just what went wrong

  • Written by Jennifer Selin, Co-director, Washington Office, Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, Wayne State University
imageTwo political conservatives, Greg Jacob, former counsel to Vice President Mike Pence, and Michael Luttig, a retired judge who was an adviser to Pence, testified to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack . AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

As the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings pass their halfway point, they have...

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Mike Pence's actions on Jan. 6 were wholly unremarkable – until they saved the nation

  • Written by Lindsay Chervinsky, Senior Fellow, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
imageVice President Mike Pence returned to the House chamber to finish the process of counting the electoral votes in the early morning of Jan. 7, 2021.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

New revelations from the congressional committee investigating the events on and leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol show the crucial role then-Vice...

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  1. The history of Southern Baptists shows they have not always opposed abortion
  2. Wiccan celebration of summer solstice is a reminder that change, as expressed in nature, is inevitable
  3. The Jan. 6 hearings are tailor-made for social media – that doesn't mean they're reaching a wide audience
  4. Decades of research document the detrimental health effects of BPA – an expert on environmental pollution and maternal health explains what it all means
  5. What’s a bear market? An economist explains
  6. People couldn't look away from the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial – the appeal of a relationship drama held true in the 1700s, too
  7. What is Afrofuturism? An English professor explains
  8. How do drugs know where to go in the body? A pharmaceutical scientist explains why some medications are swallowed while others are injected
  9. Jesus' earthly dad, St. Joseph – often overlooked – is honored by Father's Day in many Catholic nations
  10. A celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry
  11. What's at stake as Colombians choose between Trump-like populist and leftist former guerrilla for president
  12. Your past is my present – how Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses history
  13. Comprender la 'crisis de la blasfemia' entre los países musulmanes y la India
  14. Babies don't come with instruction manuals, so here are 5 tips for picking a parenting book
  15. How math and language can combine to map the globe and create strong passwords, using the power of 3 random words
  16. When texts suddenly stop: Why people ghost on social media
  17. Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life
  18. Coastal gentrification in Puerto Rico is displacing people and damaging mangroves and wetlands
  19. Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too
  20. Trump-endorsed candidates would generally win even without his support – and that's usually the case with all political endorsements
  21. International courts prosecuting leaders like Putin for war crimes have a mixed record – but offer clues on how to get a conviction
  22. Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research
  23. Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers' mental health, leading to family conflict
  24. How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today's words could shape tomorrow's reality and who benefits from it
  25. The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped for
  26. Privacy isn't in the Constitution – but it's everywhere in constitutional law
  27. Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their chosen pronouns
  28. 5 things to know about the Fed's biggest interest rate increase since 1994 and how it will affect you
  29. Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on
  30. Tumblr's enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web's cultural memory
  31. EU law would require Big Tech to do more to combat child sexual abuse, but a key question remains: How?
  32. Fertilizer prices are soaring – and that's an opportunity to promote more sustainable ways of growing crops
  33. Satellites zoom in on cities' hottest neighborhoods to help combat the urban heat island effect
  34. Where the witches were men: A historian explains what magic looked like in early modern Russia
  35. When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music
  36. Russians with diverse media diet more likely to oppose Ukraine war
  37. Elder abuse comes in many forms – appropriate Adult Protective Services referrals can help reduce mistreatment
  38. Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal
  39. From 'dada' to Darth Vader – why the way we name fathers reminds us we spring from the same well
  40. 'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime
  41. There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains
  42. Could steam-powered cars decrease the CO2 in the atmosphere?
  43. Alcohol is becoming more common in sexual assault among college students
  44. Grassroots mojo and 4 other reasons Starbucks workers have been so successful unionizing
  45. Immigrants are only 3.5% of people worldwide – and their negative impact is often exaggerated, in the U.S. and around the world
  46. Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities
  47. Inflation hits fresh 40-year high, pushing Fed to get more aggressive with interest rates – and the 'Beveridge curve' should give it courage to do so
  48. Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room
  49. What 'grassroots humanitarians' eager to travel to Ukraine or its borders should know before dashing off
  50. Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?