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Why it's so hard for doctors to understand your pain

  • Written by Karen Sibert, Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Every patient is different.TippaPatt/shutterstock.com

We’re all human beings, but we’re not all alike.

Each person experiences pain differently, from an emotional perspective as well as a physical one, and responds to pain differently. That means that physicians like myself need to evaluate patients on an individual basis and find the...

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Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many

  • Written by Jackson Thomas, Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Canberra
Fake medicines are a lucrative global business. When it comes to malaria drugs that don't work, they can be deadly.AP Photo/Martin Mejia

Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic infection that affects about 3.2 billion people in 95 countries, has become largely a disease of the young and poor.

Due to effective medications like chloroquine and...

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What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership

  • Written by Christopher Beem, Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Pennsylvania State University
Former FBI Director James Comey.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

While James Comey’s most recent clashes with President Trump are foremost on everyone’s minds, he’s had quite a career. He was the U.S. attorney responsible for taking down the New York mafia, the acting U.S. attorney general who stopped the policy that George W. Bush’s...

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Self-driving cars and humans face inevitable collisions

  • Written by Peter Hancock, Professor of Psychology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida
Self-driving cars and human-driven vehicles are bound to collide as the technology improves.Tempe Police Department via AP

In 1938, when there were just about one-tenth the number of cars on U.S. roadways as there are today, a brilliant psychologist and a pragmatic engineer joined forces to write one of the most influential works ever published on...

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Why are some _E. coli_ deadly while others live peacefully within our bodies?

  • Written by Erika A. Taylor, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
From a human perspective, some strains are good, some are evil.fusebulb/Shutterstock.com

E. coli outbreaks hospitalize people and cause food recalls pretty much annually in the United States. This year is no different.

Obviously some E. coli can be deadly for people. But not all strains of these bacteria make you sick. In fact, you have a variety...

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States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education

  • Written by Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
Colorado teachers rally outside the state Capitol April 16 to demand more funding for schools.Colleen Slevin/AP

Teacher strikes are generating a healthy focus on how far public education funding has fallen over the past decade. The full explanation, however, goes beyond basic funding cuts. It involves systematic advantages in terms of funding,...

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Lynching memorial shows women were victims, too

  • Written by Evelyn M. Simien, Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, University of Connecticut
National Memorial for Peace and Justice.AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

A memorial to victims of lynching in the U.S. is now open in Alabama.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a six-acre site that overlooks Montgomery, the state capital. It uses sculpture, art and design to give visitors a sense of the terror of lynching as they walk through a...

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Lynching memorial will show that women were victims, too

  • Written by Evelyn M. Simien, Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, University of Connecticut
National Memorial for Peace and Justice.AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

A memorial to victims of lynching in the U.S. opens in Alabama on April 26, 2018.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a six-acre site that overlooks Montgomery, the state capital. It uses sculpture, art and design to give visitors a sense of the terror of lynching as they...

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Argentina's abortion legalization debate ignites soul searching on women's rights

  • Written by Virginia García Beaudoux, Professor of Political Communication and Public Opinion, University of Buenos Aires

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As an Argentinean scholar of gender in politics, I’m normally called to provide commentary on some fairly depressing statistics.

For example, there are just two women who head Argentina’s 20 federal government ministries. And last year, Argentinean women earned nearly 25 percent less than men for the same work.

In...

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Argentinos empiezan a contemplar los derechos de la mujer, comenzando con el aborto

  • Written by Virginia García Beaudoux, Professor of Political Communication and Public Opinion, University of Buenos Aires
Unas 200 mil mujeres argentinas marcharon el 8 de marzo para el Día Internacional de la Mujer, muchas reclamando la legalización del aborto.AP Photo/Tomas F. Cuesta

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Como profesora argentina especialista en género y política, normalmente las noticias sobre las que me toca escribir son bastante deprimentes....

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