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Americans bankrupted by health care costs: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
Amanda Gershon testifies at a public hearing on Medicaid expansion in Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct. 16, 2018. Gershon had $60,000 worth of medical debt at age 22 because of an autoimmune illness.Nati Harnik/AP Photo

Medical bankruptcy has been a talking point for many Democratic candidates as they make their individual cases for health care reform. This...

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Vitamin E and vaping injuries: What's safe in your diet is rarely safe in your lungs

  • Written by Cosby Stone, Instructor in Allergy/Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University
A vitamin E acetate sample during a tour of the Medical Marijuana Laboratory of Organic and Analytical Chemistry at the Wadsworth Center in Albany, New York on Nov. 4, 2019.Hans Pennink/AP Photo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced a preliminary finding that implicates a vitamin E additive as the potential cause of lung...

Read more: Vitamin E and vaping injuries: What's safe in your diet is rarely safe in your lungs

Gluten-sensitive liberals? Investigating the stereotype suggests food fads unite us all

  • Written by Trey Malone, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Michigan State University
Lots of common foods tend to be full of gluten.Ezume Images/Shutterstock.com

Sitting down for a family feast, do you need to gird yourself for battle in the ongoing sociopolitical culture war? In today’s hyperpartisan United States, common food products have become proxies for conservative and liberal values. Meat-eating Republicans versus qui...

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Documentary provides rare look at higher education in prison

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
Students in an advanced bachelor's degree seminar in the Bard Prison Initiative at Eastern New York Correctional Facility.Skiff Mountain Films

What is prison for? Should it include a college education?

Those two questions are at the heart of “College Behind Bars,” a new documentary that airs Nov. 25 and 26 on PBS. The documentary –...

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A major democracy fights to maintain the rule of law -- this time, it's Israel

  • Written by David A. Frank, Professor of Rhetoric, University of Oregon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.AP/Oded Balilty

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with three counts of corruption on Nov. 21.

At the same moment, former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee about the Trump Administration’s...

Read more: A major democracy fights to maintain the rule of law -- this time, it's Israel

On TV, political ads are regulated – but online, anything goes

  • Written by Ari Lightman, Professor of Digital Media and Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University
There are different rules for ads on TV versus online.Goran Petric/Shutterstock.com

With the 2020 election just a year away, Facebook is under fire from presidential candidates, lawmakers, civil rights groups and even its own employees to provide more transparency on political ads and potentially stop running them altogether.

Meanwhile, Twitter has...

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Broken trust: How Iraqis lost their faith in Washington, long before the Kurds did

  • Written by Mieczysław P. Boduszyński, Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College
A mass grave is excavated in Khan Al-Rubea in 2003 that witnesses say is filled with the remains of Shia whom Saddam executed in 1991. AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian

In all the hand-wringing that critics and commentators have done since President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria, one of the common refrains emphasizes...

Read more: Broken trust: How Iraqis lost their faith in Washington, long before the Kurds did

Brain activity predicts which mice will become compulsive drinkers

  • Written by Cody A. Siciliano, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University
Can the activity in brain circuits predict who is vulnerable to excessive drinking?AlexLMX/Shutterstock.com

Some individuals consume alcohol their entire adult life without developing an alcohol use disorder. Others, however, quickly transition to compulsive and problematic drinking. Can we determine what makes some people vulnerable to addiction?

Al...

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Light versus dark – the color of the meat is due to the job of the muscle

  • Written by Joshua Selsby, Professor of Animal Science, Iowa State University
Turkeys do a lot of standing and milling around, not a lot of flying.Richard Wozniak/Shutterstock.com

As families gather together this holiday season, the lucky ones will avoid impassioned discussions about religion and politics. But another argument is almost inevitable: white meat versus dark meat.

Light meat lovers claim dark meat is greasy;...

Read more: Light versus dark – the color of the meat is due to the job of the muscle

Light versus dark – the color of the turkey meat is due to the job of the muscle

  • Written by Joshua Selsby, Professor of Animal Science, Iowa State University
Turkeys do a lot of standing and milling around, not a lot of flying.Richard Wozniak/Shutterstock.com

As families gather together this holiday season, the lucky ones will avoid impassioned discussions about religion and politics. But another argument is almost inevitable: white meat versus dark meat.

Light meat lovers claim dark meat is greasy;...

Read more: Light versus dark – the color of the turkey meat is due to the job of the muscle

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  4. Chile protests: President's speeches early in crisis missed the mark, AI study reveals
  5. Nail salon workers suffer chemical exposures that can be like working at a garage or a refinery
  6. Christians have lived in Turkey for two millennia – but their future is uncertain
  7. When de-aging De Niro and Pacino, 'Irishman' animators tried to avoid pitfalls of the past
  8. How Democrats in Atlanta discussed economic issues that affect women and children
  9. Democratic debate: Candidates discuss their plans to help families
  10. Democrats debate health care, farmers and minimum wage: 4 essential reads – and a chart
  11. Some smokers credit e-cigarettes with saving their lives – does that matter?
  12. Why hearsay isn't a problem for Congress in impeachment hearings
  13. Beyond fact-checking: 5 things schools should do to foster news literacy
  14. Ukraine is taking a beating in the impeachment hearings – here's what's at stake
  15. An economist's guide to watching the Atlanta 2020 presidential debate: 3 essential reads
  16. Time to give thanks for affordable and sustainable turkey
  17. Was that joke funny or offensive? Who's telling it matters
  18. Immigrants and some people of color are moving to the suburbs – but life there isn't as promising as it once was
  19. Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat
  20. Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous president
  21. Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader
  22. Why saying 'OK boomer' at work is considered age discrimination – but millennial put-downs aren't
  23. So you want to be an autocrat? Here's the 10-point checklist
  24. Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?
  25. Long wait times in ERs drive up costs, signal health care distress
  26. Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up
  27. Relax, Devin Nunes – theater is essential to politics
  28. Why Hindu nationalists are cheering moves to build a temple, challenging a secular tradition
  29. How gene-edited white blood cells are helping fight cancer
  30. Why the nation should screen all students for trauma like California does
  31. Did bees live in the time of dinosaurs?
  32. Why do teachers make us read old stories?
  33. How to boost recycling: Reward consumers with discounts, deals and social connections
  34. How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being US ambassadors – 5 questions answered
  35. Chile's political crisis is another brutal legacy of long-dead dictator Pinochet
  36. How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being US ambassadors – 4 questions answered
  37. What is an oligarch?
  38. What the battle over control of PG E means for US utility customers
  39. Tons of acorns? It must be a mast year
  40. Do we actually grow from adversity?
  41. Proposed asylum fees are part of a bid to make immigrants to the US fund their own red tape
  42. The Democrats are running more female veterans for office than ever before – but can they win?
  43. Haiti protests summon spirit of the Haitian Revolution to condemn a president tainted by scandal
  44. How scientists are combating 'superbugs': 4 essential reads
  45. Cities and states take up the battle for an open internet
  46. Dwindling tropical rainforests mean lost medicines yet to be discovered in their plants
  47. How much credit should corporations get for the advancement of LGBTQ rights?
  48. Democratic candidates want to boost school funding – research shows that will help low-income students
  49. Urban unrest propels global wave of protests
  50. Is it ethical to keep pets and other animals? It depends on where you keep them