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Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today

  • Written by Meg Leja, Associate Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageThis 15th-century medical manuscript shows different colors of urine alongside the ailments they signify.Cambridge University Library, CC BY-NC

Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. “The Saturday Night Live” sketch Medieval Barber Theodoric of York...

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Biden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageThe Biden administration rolled out an executive order on AI that contains a mix of rules, guidelines and priorities.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The comprehensive, even sweeping, set of guidelines for artificial intelligence that the White House unveiled in an executive order on Oct. 30, 2023, show that the U.S. government is attempting to...

Read more: Biden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach

Kristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a systematic antisemitism of laws and government violence

  • Written by Michael Scott Bryant, Professor of History and Legal Studies, Bryant University
imageThe Boerneplatz synagogue in flames on Nov. 10, 1938, during the 'Night of Broken Glass' in Frankfurt, Germany. History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Late in 1938, Nazis across Germany attacked Jews and their homes, businesses and places of worship and arrested about 30,000 Jewish men. The attacks became known as Kristallnacht – the...

Read more: Kristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a...

Texas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements − the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries

  • Written by Sarah Guthery, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, University of Oklahoma
imageNew research found that a 2001 Texas policy has reduced teachers' wages. Jon Feingersh Photography Inc/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Facing persistent teacher shortages, Texas in 2001 reduced its student teaching requirements for alternative licensure programs. Our study found that these reduced teacher licensure requirements also led to reduced...

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Secure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development

  • Written by Or Dagan, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Long Island University Post
imageStrong, supportive relationships with moms, dads and nonparental caregivers are all vital.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

Imagine a sudden rustle in the tall grass. A ripple of alarm passes through the group of early humans who live together amid ancient, rugged terrain. In the center of the encampment, a 3-year-old child – let’s call her...

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How Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen's own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia

  • Written by Mahad Darar, Ph.D. Student of Political Science, Colorado State University
imageA poster of rebel leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi is held aloft during anti-Israel protests in Yemen.Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

Yemen’s Houthi movement launched missiles and drones at Israel on Oct. 31, 2023 – provoking fears of a dangerous escalation of the Middle East conflict.

With the militia – which controls part of the Arabian...

Read more: How Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen's own civil war – and could put...

Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes

  • Written by Michael Vicente Perez, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Memphis
imageChildren sitting near their home at al-Shati camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on June 20, 2020.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes since the Israeli military began bombing the Gaza Strip on Oct. 8, 2023, in retaliation for a surprise attack by Hamas...

Read more: Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes

Friendship research is getting an update – and that's key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic

  • Written by Jessica D. Ayers, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Boise State University
imageDespite stereotypes to the contrary, men can prefer close, one-on-one friendships.Westend61 via Getty Images

The benefits of friendship go far beyond having someone to confide in or spend time with – it can also protect you from physical and mental health problems. For example, people with good friends recover more quickly from illnesses and s...

Read more: Friendship research is getting an update – and that's key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic

Endometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it

  • Written by Kristina S. Brown, Professor and Chair of Couple and Family Therapy, Adler University
imageEndometriosis pain can be so severe that it impairs a person's ability to keep up with school, succeed at work or have a satisfying sex life.Kinga Krzeminska/Moment via Getty Images

Endometriosis causes physical, sexual and emotional pain. About 190 million people around the globe have endometriosis, including one in 10 American women, but there...

Read more: Endometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it

Despite his government's failure to anticipate Hamas' deadly attack, don't count Netanyahu out politically

  • Written by Brent E Sasley, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington

Since the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, news analysts and the public have focused on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his role in the intelligence failure that preceded the attack, in which 1,400 people were killed.

In other parliamentary democracies, a failure of this magnitude would normally cost leaders their jobs,...

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  1. What exactly caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza? Without an independent, credible investigation, it will be hard for everyone to agree
  2. Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work
  3. Cancer has many faces − 5 counterintuitive ways scientists are approaching cancer research to improve treatment and prevention
  4. A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain
  5. American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to put their remains to rest
  6. Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
  7. 3 reasons the House GOP is not any more dysfunctional than the Democrats − even after the prolonged speaker chaos
  8. Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline
  9. Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level
  10. Trump’s violent rhetoric echoes the fascist commitment to a destructive and bloody rebirth of society
  11. From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage
  12. Workplace discrimination saps everyone's motivation − even if it works in your favor
  13. How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween's theme song
  14. Jewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief and fear
  15. Collaborative water management can be a building block for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
  16. Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
  17. Day of the Dead is taking on Halloween traditions, but the sacred holiday is far more than a 'Mexican Halloween'
  18. In the Israel-Hamas war, children are the ultimate pawns – and ultimate victims
  19. This course uses big data to examine how American newspapers covered lynchings
  20. United Auto Workers union hails strike-ending deals with automakers that would raise top assembly-plant hourly pay to more than $40 as 'record contracts'
  21. Violent and disturbing war images from the Mideast can stir deep emotions − a PTSD expert explains how to protect yourself and your kids from overexposure
  22. Louisiana's 'In God We Trust' law tests limits of religion in public schools
  23. White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments
  24. How to deal with visual misinformation circulating in the Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts
  25. Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
  26. Why Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most 'authentic' social media platform
  27. A Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers
  28. AIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these 'artificial persons' follow the law
  29. 'I see no happy ending' − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation
  30. Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents
  31. UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza
  32. I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors
  33. To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature
  34. Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment
  35. Turkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its 'middleman strategy' and pick a side on the war in Ukraine
  36. FDA advisory panel's conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds
  37. How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth
  38. New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority
  39. When communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a 'temporary' solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality
  40. Polls have value, even when they are wrong
  41. Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes
  42. What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
  43. Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
  44. From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent
  45. Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria
  46. TCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land
  47. Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
  48. Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy
  49. The Rio Grande isn't just a border – it's a river in crisis
  50. Backlash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South