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What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these flood-prone storms and how they’re changing

  • Written by Qian Cao, Hydrologist, Center For Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego
imageA satellite image shows a powerful atmospheric river hitting the Pacific Northwest in December 2023. Darker greens are more water vapor.Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory

A series of atmospheric rivers is bringing the threat of heavy downpours, flooding, mudslides and avalanches to the Pacific Northwest and California this week. While these...

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What is an atmospheric river? With millions of people under flood alerts, a hydrologist explains the good and bad of these storms and how they’re changing

  • Written by Qian Cao, Hydrologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego
imageA satellite image shows a powerful atmospheric river hitting the U.S. West Coast on Jan. 31, 2024.NOAA GOES

Millions of people were under flood alerts and winter storm warnings on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2024, as a series of atmospheric rivers brought heavy downpours and the threat of flooding, mudslides and avalanches to the Pacific Northwest and...

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Dog care below freezing − how to keep your pet warm and safe from cold weather, road salt and more this winter

  • Written by Erik Christian Olstad, Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
imageDogs get cold in the winter too, but there are things pet owners can do to help them feel comfortable. AP Photo/David Duprey

Time outside with your dog in the spring, summer and fall can be lovely. Visiting your favorite downtown café on a cool spring morning, going to a favorite dog park on a clear summer evening or going on walks along a...

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Telehealth makes timely abortions possible for many, research shows

  • Written by Leah Koenig, PhD Candidate in Public Health, University of California, San Francisco
imageThe COVID-19 pandemic brought telehealth into the mainstream. Sladic/E+ via Getty Images

Access to telehealth abortion care can determine whether a person can obtain an abortion in the United States. For young people and those living on low incomes, telehealth makes a critical difference in getting timely abortion care.

These are the key findings...

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Backlash to transgender health care isn’t new − but the faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times

  • Written by G. Samantha Rosenthal, Associate Professor of History, Roanoke College
imageAnti-trans legislation adjudicates the bodily autonomy of those who do not conform to gender norms.Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo

In the past century, there have been three waves of opposition to transgender health care.

In 1933, when the Nazis rose to power, they cracked down on transgender medical research and clinical practice in Europe. In 1979, a...

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Why Trump’s control of the Republican Party is bad for democracy

  • Written by Erica Frantz, Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
imageRepublican elites have embraced Trump as their leader.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

As former President Donald Trump edges closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, our political science research has shown that a second Trump presidency is likely to damage American democracy even more than his first term did. The reason has less...

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The opening of India’s new Rama temple made waves – but here’s what the central ritual actually meant

  • Written by Vasudha Narayanan, Distinguished Professor of Religion, University of Florida
imagePrime Minister Narendra Modi, center left, performs rituals during the opening of the temple dedicated to Lord Ram in Ayodhya, India, on Jan. 22, 2024.Press Information Bureau via AP

The consecration rituals of the icon of Lord Rama were performed in a newly built mega-temple in the town of Ayodhya, India, on Jan. 22, 2024. The prime minister of...

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Why AI can’t replace air traffic controllers

  • Written by Amy Pritchett, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
imageControl towers at airports are only the most visible parts of the complex national air traffic control system.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

After hours of routine operations, an air traffic controller gets a radio call from a small aircraft whose cockpit indicators can’t confirm that the plane’s landing gear is extended for landing....

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Longtime NRA chief Wayne LaPierre is leaving the gun group in trouble but still powerful

  • Written by Cari Babitzke, Lecturer of History, Boston University
imageWayne LaPierre led the NRA for more than three decades.AP Photo/Darron Cummings

Wayne LaPierre will resign from the National Rifle Association at the end of January 2024. During most of the 33 years he spent at its helm as its executive vice president, the gun group’s membership, revenue and clout grew sharply.

I am a historian of firearms...

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For 150 years, Black journalists have known what confederate monuments really stood for

  • Written by Donovan Schaefer, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
imageConfederate leaders Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis are depicted in this carving on Stone Mountain, Ga. MPI/Getty Images

In October 2023, nearly seven years after the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist rally, the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, was melted down. Since then, two more...

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  2. Boulder strengthens rules against plastic bags – but do bans and fines actually reduce waste?
  3. Drone attack on American troops risks widening Middle East conflict – and drawing in Iran-US tensions
  4. El Salvador voters set to trade democracy for promise of security in presidential election
  5. Nonwhite people are drastically underrepresented in local government
  6. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a dilemma: Free the hostages or continue the war in Gaza?
  7. Nonprofit hospitals have an obligation to help their communities, but the people who live nearby may see little benefit
  8. Cybercrime victims who aren’t proficient in English are undercounted – and poorly protected
  9. That sharp, green smell of freshly cut grass? It’s a plant’s cry for help – and it may work as a less toxic pesticide for farmers
  10. Popularly known as ‘gas station heroin,’ tianeptine is being sold as a dietary supplement – with deadly outcomes
  11. What latest polling says about the mood in Ukraine – and the desire to remain optimistic amid the suffering
  12. Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
  13. When is criticism of Israel antisemitic? A scholar of modern Jewish history explains
  14. Colorado voters seeking to disqualify Trump from the ballot tell Supreme Court Jan. 6 ‘will forever stain’ US history
  15. UN court ruling against Israel shows limits of legal power to prevent genocide − but rapid speed
  16. In the market for a car? Soon you’ll be able to buy a Hyundai on Amazon − and only a Hyundai
  17. Most state abortion bans have limited exceptions − but it’s hard to understand what they mean
  18. France’s biggest Muslim school went from accolades to defunding – showing a key paradox in how the country treats Islam
  19. Our sense of taste helps pace our eating – understanding how may lead to new avenues for weight loss
  20. Treatment can do more harm than good for prostate cancer − why active surveillance may be a better option for some
  21. Why are so many robots white?
  22. What UAW backing means for Biden − and why the union’s endorsement took so long
  23. How to read a Supreme Court case: 10 tips for nonlawyers
  24. Thinking about work as a calling can be meaningful, but there can be unexpected downsides as well
  25. A Western-imposed peace deal in Ukraine risks feeding Russia’s hunger for land – as it did with Serbia
  26. ‘Strife in the courtroom’ − a former federal judge discusses Trump’s second trial for defaming E. Jean Carroll
  27. Could a court really order the destruction of ChatGPT? The New York Times thinks so, and it may be right
  28. Ice storms, January downpours, heavy snow, no snow: Diagnosing ‘warming winter syndrome’
  29. Nazi genocides of Jews and Roma were entangled from the start – and so are their efforts at Holocaust remembrance today
  30. How to protect your data privacy: A digital media expert provides steps you can take and explains why you can’t go it alone
  31. From New York to Jakarta, land in many coastal cities is sinking faster than sea levels are rising
  32. A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit
  33. Humans are depleting groundwater worldwide, but there are ways to replenish it
  34. In an ancient church in Germany, a 639-year organ performance of a John Cage composition is about to have its next note change
  35. Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive – in the Korean Peninsula
  36. Combining two types of molecular boron nitride could create a hybrid material used in faster, more powerful electronics
  37. Pictures have been teaching doctors medicine for centuries − a medical illustrator explains how
  38. Healing from child sexual abuse is often difficult but not impossible
  39. Biden’s use of military in Yemen upsets congressional progressives, but fits with long tradition of presidents exercising commander in chief’s power
  40. 1 in 10 US workers belong to unions − a share that’s stabilized after a steep decline
  41. Fake Biden robocall to New Hampshire voters highlights how easy it is to make deepfakes − and how hard it is to defend against AI-generated disinformation
  42. Michigan selects its legislative redistricting commissioners the way the ancient Athenians did
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  44. La colada es una de las principales fuentes de contaminación por microplásticos: cómo limpiar la ropa de forma más sostenible
  45. Where do Israel and Hamas get their weapons?
  46. Nick Saban’s ‘epic era’ of coaching is over, but the exploitation of players in big-time college football is not
  47. A TikTok ‘expert’ says you have post-traumatic stress disorder − but do you? A trauma psychiatrist explains what PTSD really is and how to seek help
  48. Back in the USSR: New high school textbooks in Russia whitewash Stalin’s terror as Putin wages war on historical memory
  49. How much influence does Iran have over its proxy ‘Axis of Resistance’ − Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis?
  50. ‘Collective mind’ bridges societal divides − psychology research explores how watching the same thing can bring people together