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How understanding pain could curb opioid addiction

  • Written by Susan Sered, Professor of Sociology, Suffolk University
Helping people with pain, whether it be physical or emotional, could limit the need for opioids. eldar nurkovic/Shutterstock.com

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee unanimously approved a bill in April 2018 designed to address the opioid crisis. The bill called the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 covers much of the same...

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Is bigger really better?

  • Written by Alexandra Staub, Associate Professor of Architecture; Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University
A luxury home near Philadelphia.Alexandra Staub, CC BY

The United States is facing a housing crisis: Affordable housing is inadequate, while luxury homes abound. Homelessness remains a persistent problem in many areas of the country.

Despite this, popular culture has often focused on housing as an opportunity for upward mobility: the American Dream...

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Gender is personal – not computational

  • Written by Foad Hamidi, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Should an algorithm try to guess what gender people are by how they look?all_is_magic/Shutterstock.com

Imagine walking down the street and seeing advertising screens change their content based on how you walk, how you talk, or even the shape of your chest. These screens rely on hidden cameras, microphones and computers to guess if you’re male...

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Maria Agnesi, the greatest female mathematician you've never heard of

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Agnesi was the first woman to write a mathematics textbook.AlexeyMaltsev/shutterstock.com

The outmoded gender stereotype that women lack mathematical ability suffered a major blow in 2014, when Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to receive the Fields Medal, math’s most prestigious award.

An equally important blow was struck by an Italian...

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Bangladeshi rappers wield rhymes as a weapon, with Tupac as their guide

  • Written by Mubashar Hasan, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
Rapper Skibkhan in the video for 'Shob Chup,' which condemns the culture of silence around poverty and inequality in Bangladesh. YouTube

Bangladesh, which became independent from Pakistan in 1971, is a young country. Only 7 percent of the 160 million people in this South Asian country – which is home to more Muslims than Iran, Afghanistan and...

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Trump proposal to weaken project reviews threatens the 'Magna Carta of environmental law'

  • Written by Janet McCabe, Professor of Practice of Law, Indiana University
A streamlined NEPA review of replacing New York's Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River, which would normally take 3-5 years, was completed in 1.5 years. Jim Henderson, CC BY

Building the U.S. Interstate highway system in the 1950s and 60s is often cited as one of government’s great achievements. But it had harmful impacts too. Many city...

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Why the offshore wind industry is about to take off

  • Written by Matthew Lackner, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker signed a comprehensive energy law in 2016 that authorized the development of new offshore wind and hydroelectric projectsMassachusetts governor’s office

There are only five wind turbines operating in U.S. waters today. But that will likely soon change, partly because of states with ambitious offshore wind targets.

Mass...

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What can we learn from the way graduates are decorating their caps?

  • Written by Sheila Bock, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
For many graduates, the future looms.AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri

For college students across the country, commencement formally marks the transition from student to graduate. Per tradition, most schools feature speakers, give out awards, organize departmental dinners – and, of course, designate caps and gowns for students to wear when they...

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How weakened US fossil fuel regulations threaten environmental justice in Colorado

  • Written by Stephanie Malin, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University
A drilling site next to farms and homes in Weld County, Colo. Stephanie Malin/Flight provided by LightHawk, CC BY-ND

From the start, President Donald Trump’s administration has made dismantling regulations, especially for the oil, gas and coal industries, a top priority.

And though his claims of rolling backmore regulations than any other...

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Rethinking reporting on polls in time for midterm elections

  • Written by Stephen Utych, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University

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