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Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor
imageThe votes are there. Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Susan Walsh

The phrase “in a historic vote” gets thrown around a lot in journalism – and it isn’t always warranted. But shortly after 2 p.m. EDT on April 7, 2022, a Senate roll call confirmed Ketanji Brown...

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Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution

  • Written by Guillermo Dominguez Huerta, Science Consultant in Microbiology, The Ohio State University
imageThere are even more types of viruses in the ocean than researchers once thought.newannyart/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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

The big idea

imageDiagram of the biological classification system, showing phylum is a broad grouping.VectorMine/iStock via Getty Images Plus

An analysis of the genetic...

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COVID-19: Mental health telemedicine was off to a slow start – then the pandemic happened

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
imageFor decades, doctors and patients have used telemedicine. But it gained wider use when the COVID-19 pandemic led to canceled appointments and closed clinics.verbaska_studio/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 brought rising levels of stress, anxiety and depression. But stay-at-home orders and a national emergency prompted...

Read more: COVID-19: Mental health telemedicine was off to a slow start – then the pandemic happened

'Is It Cake?' feeds viewers visual catharsis for uncertain times

  • Written by Maggie Cao, David G. Frey Assistant Professor of Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageBurger or baked good?Netflix

I doubt that even Netflix expected “Is It Cake?” to be such a hit.

The premise, if you haven’t already binged the TV series, involves professional bakers trying to fool judges by creating cakes that don’t look like dessert but instead appear to be everyday commodities – purses, toys, fast...

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Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the US

  • Written by Yuko Sato, Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
imageAvian flu spreads quickly through domestic poultry flocks.Lance Cheung, USDA/Flickr

An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in chicken and turkey flocks has spread across 24 U.S. states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. Better known as bird flu, avian influenza is a family of highly contagious viruses that are not...

Read more: Bird flu is killing millions of chickens and turkeys across the US

Helping Ukrainians means listening to their needs – 3 lessons for aid groups from Syria's war

  • Written by Kimberly Howe, Assistant Research Professor of International Relations, Tufts University
imageMillions of Syrians remain displaced from the conflict that began in 2011.Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

The massive flow of international support for Ukraine since Russia first invaded in February 2022 includes billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid from dozens of countries.

We hope that the Russia-Ukraine war does not last as...

Read more: Helping Ukrainians means listening to their needs – 3 lessons for aid groups from Syria's war

The forgotten story of Black soldiers and the Red Ball Express during World War II

  • Written by Matthew Delmont, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History, Dartmouth College
imageShown here in May 1945, these black soldiers were attached to the 666th Quartermaster Truck Company that was part of the Red Ball Express.National Archives

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had a problem. In June 1944, Allied forces had landed on Normandy Beach in France and were moving east toward Nazi Germany at a clip of sometimes 75 miles (121...

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How QR codes work and what makes them dangerous – a computer scientist explains

  • Written by Scott Ruoti, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee
imageQR codes are visual patterns that store data smartphones can read.AP Photo/Vincent Yu

Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device.

QR codes have a wide range of uses that help people avoid...

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Mental health problems come with an added 'cost' of poorer cognitive function – a neuropsychologist explains

  • Written by Amitai Abramovitch, Associate Professor of Psychology, Texas State University
imageThe cognitive difficulties that accompany mental health disorders can potentially lead to misdiagnoses and improper treatment. Elva Etienne/Moment via Getty Images

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

The big idea

All types of mental disorders come with a hidden cost in the form of cognitive dysfunction, including...

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Russia is sparking new nuclear threats – understanding nonproliferation history helps place this in context

  • Written by Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, Professor of international relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageA caution sign marks the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., where plutonium for nuclear weapons was made.Jeff T. Green/Getty Images

During the 1960s, the Soviet Union and the United States came close to war over the Soviet’s attempt to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, 90 miles off the Florida coast.

People in the U.S. feared...

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  1. Rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine is the latest example of a despicable wartime crime that spans the globe
  2. Why the best way to stop strongmen like Putin is to prevent their rise in the first place
  3. What is going on in Pakistan? And why has the US been dragged into it?
  4. War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals' support for Putin as a leader of conservative values
  5. Shame and secrecy shroud culture of sexual assault in boys' high school sports
  6. How should Dostoevsky and Tolstoy be read during Russia's war against Ukraine?
  7. Repurposing generic drugs can reduce time and cost to develop new treatments – but low profitability remains a barrier
  8. How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from history
  9. Paid family leave makes people happier, global data shows
  10. To understand why Biden extended tariffs on solar panels, take a closer look at their historical impact
  11. The cheerful lexicon of the Spanish language may help solve a health mystery called the Hispanic Paradox
  12. What is palliative care? How is it different from hospice?
  13. Ukrainian refugees might not return home, even long after the war eventually ends
  14. 5 ways Americans' lives will change if Congress makes daylight saving time permanent
  15. How Ukraine has defended itself against cyberattacks – lessons for the US
  16. Ketanji Brown Jackson and the color blind society of Martin Luther King Jr.
  17. Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA's code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100 years ago in an Indian village
  18. Putin is staking his political future on victory in Ukraine – and has little incentive to make peace
  19. Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years
  20. How the 'test to treat' initiative aims to get ahead of the next wave of COVID-19
  21. The 1 in 10 U.S. doctors with reservations about vaccines could be undermining the fight against COVID-19
  22. Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy
  23. People are more likely to react to a Black person's story of injustice – even if it happened to someone who is white
  24. What are war crimes? 3 essential reads on atrocities in Ukraine and the likelihood of prosecuting Putin
  25. Revolutionary changes in transportation, from electric vehicles to ride sharing, could slow global warming – if they’re done right, IPCC says
  26. Lessons in realpolitik from Nixon and Kissinger: Ideals go only so far in ending conflict in places like Ukraine
  27. Cyberattacks have yet to play a significant role in Russia’s battlefield operations in Ukraine – cyberwarfare experts explain the likely reasons
  28. Reliable death tolls from the Ukraine war are hard to come by – the result of undercounts and manipulation
  29. Ketanji Brown Jackson set for historic Supreme Court confirmation vote: 3 essential reads
  30. Humanitarian aid workers need security, rights and better pay
  31. Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
  32. What is a dwarf planet?
  33. Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls – this engineering advance is building toward reactors of the future
  34. These energy innovations could transform how we mitigate climate change, and save money in the process – 5 essential reads
  35. Pope Francis' visit to Malta highlights the role of St. George Preca, an advocate for teaching the gospel
  36. What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?
  37. The war in Ukraine ruins Russia's academic ties with the West
  38. SCOTUS is about to decide whether a public school football coach can pray on the field
  39. Medieval illustrated manuscripts reveal how upper-class women managed healthy households – overseeing everything from purging, leeching and cupping to picking the right wet nurse
  40. Tomorrow's COVID safety guidelines will be different from today's – but that doesn't mean yesterday's were wrong
  41. Is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine? A human rights expert looks at the warning signs
  42. Biden bets a million barrels a day will drive down soaring gas prices – what you need to know about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  43. The Human Genome Project pieced together only 92% of the DNA – now scientists have finally filled in the remaining 8%
  44. William Tecumseh Sherman knew the enduring cruelty of war
  45. Transgender people of color face unique challenges as gender discrimination and racism intersect
  46. Sri Lanka teeters on economic edge, from pandemic-fueled financial crisis and Ukraine war spillovers
  47. Behind the crypto hype is an ideology of social change
  48. Brains are bad at big numbers, making it impossible to grasp what a million COVID-19 deaths really means
  49. Criminal justice algorithms: Being race-neutral doesn’t mean race-blind
  50. Transgender women are finding some respect in India, but a traditional gender-nonconforming group – hijras – remains stigmatized