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What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks

  • Written by Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University
imageWildfires filled Seattle with smoke in September 2020.Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images

Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, signs already pointed to a long, dangerous fire season ahead.

Smoke is now turning the sky hazy acrossa large...

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What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks and which masks can help

  • Written by Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University
imageWildfires filled Seattle with smoke in September 2020.Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images

Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, signs already pointed to a long, dangerous fire season ahead.

Smoke is now turning the sky hazy acrossa large...

Read more: What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks and which masks can help

Emmy Noether faced sexism and Nazism – 100 years later her contributions to ring theory still influence modern math

  • Written by Tamar Lichter Blanks, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, Rutgers University
imageEmmy Noether made significant contributions to theoretical mathematics. Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

When Albert Einstein wrote an obituary for Emmy Noether in 1935, he described her as a “creative mathematical genius” who – despite “unselfish, significant work over a period of many years”...

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Why some younger evangelicals are leaving the faith

  • Written by Terry Shoemaker, Lecturer Religious Studies, Arizona State University
imageYoung evangelical Christians are facing a dilemma whether to follow in the footsteps of their parents or pursue other choices.Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

The extent to which the number of white evangelicals have declined in the United States has been laid bare in a new report by the Public Religion Research Institute’s2020 Census on...

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The US withdraws from Afghanistan after 20 years of war: 4 questions about this historic moment

  • Written by Mark R. Jacobson, Assistant Dean of the Maxwell School of Citzenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University
imageSecretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center, greets Gen. Scott Miller, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, upon Miller's July 14, 2021, return to the U.S. at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Alex Brandon - Pool/Getty Images

Mark R. Jacobson, a foreign policy expert at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, served in Afghanistan as a...

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How Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women

  • Written by Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Assistant Professor of Communication, Florida International University
imageSarah Baartman was an international sensation of objectification.British Library

In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form:

Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman hips
Gotta hop into my...

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Teens with secure family relationships 'pay it forward' with empathy for friends

  • Written by Jessica Stern, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Psychology, University of Virginia
imageAdolescence is a key stage of development for the growth of empathy.Tim Robberts/Stone via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Teens with more secure family relationships get a head start on developing empathy, according to my colleagues’ and my new study tracking adolescents into...

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US families with kids are getting monthly payments from the government: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Emily Schwartz Greco, Philanthropy + Nonprofits Editor, The Conversation
imageTens of millions of American families are getting a monthly allowance from Uncle Sam.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Most U.S. families with children will get six monthly payments from the government in 2021, starting July 15. Parents and guardians may spend this money – $300 per child under 6 and $250 for every kid or teen who...

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High-tide flood risk is accelerating, putting coastal economies at risk

  • Written by Renee Collini, Coastal Climate Resilience Specialist, Mississippi State University
imageHigh-tide flooding has become a frequent problem in the Miami area.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

As sea level rises, it can be easy to miss the subtlety of higher water. It’s much harder to overlook saltwater more frequently flooding streets, impeding daily life and making existing problems worse.

The frequency of high-tide flooding along the U.S....

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We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here's why you can feel safe about our research

  • Written by Ronald Corley, Director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories and Chair of Microbiology, Boston University
imageSecurity precautions, thoughtful facilities design, careful training and safe lab practices help keep pathogens isolated.Boston University Photography, CC BY-ND

Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. Within this secure lab facility in...

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  2. From the labor struggles of the 1930s to the racial reckoning of the 2020s, the Highlander school has sought to make America more equitable
  3. Mixed-ancestry genetic research shows a bit of Native American DNA could reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
  4. California is planning floating wind farms offshore to boost its power supply – here's how they work
  5. What is child care insecurity? 2 social scientists explain
  6. World hunger surged in 2020, with 1 in 10 people on Earth undernourished
  7. Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating
  8. Cuba protests: 4 essential reads on dissent in the post-Castro era
  9. Biden targets noncompete agreements, which restrict the job opportunities of millions of low-wage workers
  10. US immigration judges considering asylum for unaccompanied minors are 'significantly influenced' by politics
  11. Bans on critical race theory could have a chilling effect on how educators teach about racism
  12. What is biblical inerrancy? A New Testament scholar explains
  13. Christian attitudes surrounding abortion have a more nuanced history than current events suggest
  14. 25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair relaxers to a higher risk of breast cancer
  15. Delta variant makes it even more important to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if you've already had the coronavirus
  16. John Glenn’s fan mail shows many girls dreamed of the stars – but sexism in the early space program thwarted their ambitions
  17. 63% of workers who file an EEOC discrimination complaint lose their jobs
  18. Who's running Haiti after president's assassination? 5 questions answered
  19. Ancient shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history
  20. Sharks that hunted near Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history in their teeth
  21. Poverty in 2021 looks different than in 1964 – but the US hasn't changed how it measures who's poor since LBJ began his war
  22. How Latin America's protest superheroes fight injustice and climate change – and sometimes crime, too
  23. New wave of anti-protest laws may infringe on religious freedoms for Indigenous people
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  25. Mindfulness meditation can make some Americans more selfish and less generous
  26. Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands where Black children were once kept out
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  28. What's a suborbital flight? An aerospace engineer explains
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  30. The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites
  31. Before Shark Week and 'Jaws,' World War II spawned America's shark obsession
  32. Trump can't beat Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in court – but the fight might be worth more than a win
  33. America's founders believed civic education and historical knowledge would prevent tyranny – and foster democracy
  34. As South Sudan turns 10, questions over the role of the church emerge amid anti-clerical violence
  35. Political frustration in Northern Ireland has heightened tension around 'marching season'
  36. Haiti's president assassinated: 5 essential reads to give you key history and insight
  37. From flying boats to secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors – a brief cultural history of UFOs
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  40. What is cultural appropriation, and how does it differ from cultural appreciation?
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  42. Slain Haitian president faced calls for resignation, sustained mass protests before killing
  43. It's not just bad behavior – why social media design makes it hard to have constructive disagreements online
  44. 5 digital games that teach civics through play
  45. New York defines illegal firearms use as a 'public nuisance' in bid to pierce gun industry's powerful liability shield
  46. US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark
  47. Should the Supreme Court have term limits?
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  49. Global evidence links rise in extreme precipitation to human-driven climate change
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