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A new chemistry innovation could reduce smog, acid-rain and asthma-inducing pollution

  • Written by Anton Alexandrovich Toutov, Assistant Professor Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sulfur pollution causes respiratory health problems.Hung Chung Chih/Shutterstock.com

If humans created an emissions hall of shame, which pollutants would you nominate?

Carbon dioxide and methane would probably be fan favorites. But take a moment and consider my dark horse candidate: sulfur dioxide. Unlike its carbon-based counterparts, sulfur...

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What is sex really for?

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
For millennia, theologians taught that the sole purpose of sex was reproductive. Now, almost everyone agrees that sex has many purposes -- and benefits.Dean Drobot/Shutterstock.com

Few topics arouse as much interest and controversy as sex. This is hardly surprising. The biological continuance of the species hinges on it – if human beings...

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Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey

  • Written by Deina Abdelkader, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Refugees awaiting municipal bread distribution in Akcakale, Turkey, Oct. 20, 2019. Three-quarters of the Syrian refugees in Turkey are women and children. AP Photo/Mehmet Guzel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t limiting his assault on neighboring Syria to attacking Kurdish troops that run the country’s northern region. He...

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If you’re using 'millennial' as a meaningful measurement, you should probably stop

  • Written by Joseph Cabosky, Assistant Professor of Public Relations, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Does your mental image of a millennial align with reality?Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com

What value does the word “millennial” actually have?

Americans have heard the term ad nauseum by now. In politics, public relations or marketing, it’s a buzzword.

But millennial doesn’t hold nearly as much meaning as Americans pretend it...

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Voting could be the problem with democracy

  • Written by Bernd Reiter, Professor of Political Science, University of South Florida
Is the voting booth a stumbling block?AP Photo/John Minchillo

Around the globe, citizens of many democracies are worried that their governments are not doing what the people want.

When voters pick representatives to engage in democracy, they hope they are picking people who will understand and respond to constituents’ needs. U.S....

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Have we become too paranoid about mass shootings?

  • Written by Jaclyn Schildkraut, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, State University of New York Oswego
A big discrepancy exists between the actual threat of mass shootings and the way the public perceives that threat.Tatiana Akhmetgalieva/Shutterstock.com

Many Americans worry about when – not if – another mass shooting will occur, and a Gallup poll from September found that nearly half of Americans fear being a victim of one of these...

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Even when they aren't fired for being pregnant or gay, teachers face strict moral demands

  • Written by Kyle Greenwalt, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Chances are she could be fired for 'moral turpitude.'ESB Professional/Shutterstock.com

Pregnant teachers in classrooms are routine these days. But the law didn’t always protect expectant women in any workplace.

As part of her stump speech, Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells a story about being fired from her job as a speech pathologist for special...

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New evidence that an extraterrestrial collision 12,800 years ago triggered an abrupt climate change for Earth

  • Written by Christopher R. Moore, Archaeologist and Special Projects Director at the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program and South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina
The muck that's been accumulating at the bottom of this lake for 20,000 years is like a climate time capsule.Christopher R. Moore, CC BY-ND

What kicked off the Earth’s rapid cooling 12,800 years ago?

In the space of just a couple of years, average temperatures abruptly dropped, resulting in temperatures as much as 14 degrees Fahrenheit cooler...

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Wildfire rebuilding: Taxes are better than bans for keeping homeowners from rebuilding in fire-plagued areas

  • Written by Alexander Smith, Associate Professor of Economics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Almost 200,000 Californians have been ordered to evacuate as ferocious winds drove several wildfires near Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere. Many fear they may yet again return to a home ravaged by fire.

For Californians in fire-prone areas, this has been a perennial cycle. As a result, a growing number of residents in the state want to ban...

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Bans on rebuilding in disaster-prone areas ignore homeowners preferences – raising costs works better

  • Written by Alexander Smith, Associate Professor of Economics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
A Granada Hills, Calif., resident tries to save his home from a recent fire. AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker

As California’s wildfire season intensifies, a growing number of residents in the state want to ban people from building in areas at greatest risk.

That’s because taxpayers bear the burden of protecting homes in dangerous areas when...

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  2. Why don't evergreens change color and drop their leaves every fall?
  3. Your political views can predict how you pronounce certain words
  4. Americans, especially millennials, are embracing plant-based meat products
  5. Trump is flouting global trade rules with China yet embracing them with the EU – here's why it matters
  6. Where is my Xanax Rx? Why your doctor may be concerned about prescribing benzodiazepines
  7. Blockchain voting is vulnerable to hackers, software glitches and bad ID photos – among other problems
  8. Pope affirms Catholic Church's duty to indigenous Amazonians hurt by climate change
  9. How Mister Rogers' faith shaped his idea of children's television
  10. The Chicago teachers' strike isn't just about kids – it's about union power too
  11. This overdose-reversal medicine could reduce opioid deaths – so why don't more people carry it?
  12. Here's what's missing in efforts to curb heavy drinking and hazing on campus
  13. Our world is getting smaller
  14. In fire-prone California, many residents can't afford wildfire insurance
  15. Bosses face more discrimination if they are women – from employees of any gender
  16. A UN treaty guarantees youth rights everywhere on earth – except the United States
  17. Pell Grants are getting their due in the 2020 campaign
  18. China's worldwide investment project is a push for more economic and political power
  19. Lower refugee limits are weakening resettlement in the US
  20. Study: Racism shortens lives and hurts health of blacks by promoting genes that lead to inflammation and illness
  21. Keeping students safe is a growth industry struggling to fulfill its mission
  22. I study teen suicide and believe clinical science can predict who is at risk
  23. How gambling built baseball – and then almost destroyed it
  24. Los Angeles is far from ending homelessness – but other American cities can still learn a lot from it
  25. Why a computer will never be truly conscious
  26. Iowa's farmers – and American eaters – need a national discussion on transforming US agriculture
  27. Why the guillotine may be less cruel than execution by slow poisoning
  28. Stimulants: Using them to cram for exams ruins sleep and doesn't help test scores
  29. Andrew Yang's 'freedom dividend' echoes a 1930s basic income proposal that reshaped Social Security
  30. Cash or credit monitoring? Choice leads to more just — and cheaper — legal settlements
  31. Equifax breach victims can pick their compensation – why choice may mean cheaper and better settlements
  32. Why 'woke' NBA is struggling to balance its values with Chinese expansion
  33. Quantum dots that light up TVs could be used for brain research
  34. How the US census kickstarted America's computing industry
  35. Sanctuaries protecting gun rights and the unborn challenge the legitimacy and role of federal law
  36. If impeachment comes to the Senate – 5 questions answered
  37. Why we need to treat wildfire as a public health issue in California
  38. Presidential 'debates' aren't debates at all – they're joint press conferences
  39. Blind people have increased opportunities, but employers’ perceptions are still a barrier
  40. How to know which impeachment polls to believe – and which to skip
  41. Curious Kids: How does a curveball curve?
  42. Kurds targeted in Turkish attack include thousands of female fighters who battled Islamic State
  43. Income-based repayment becoming a costly solution to student loan debt
  44. Blue light isn't the main source of eye fatigue and sleep loss – it's your computer
  45. Voters often parrot the party line, even when polls suggest otherwise
  46. Why Barack Obama was particularly unsuited to live up to the ideals of the Nobel Peace Prize
  47. Lithium ion Nobel Prize shows how individual brainstorms add up to world-transforming innovations
  48. Why don't more women win science Nobels?
  49. Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds
  50. US will send migrants to El Salvador, a country that can't protect its own people