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Turkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its 'middleman strategy' and pick a side on the war in Ukraine

  • Written by Ozgur Ozkan, Visiting Professor of International Studies at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageRussian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Photo by Contributor/Getty Images

From the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Turkey has performed a delicate balancing act, portraying itself as an ally to the warring sides while reaping economic and political benefits from its relationship with both.

Turkey...

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FDA advisory panel's conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds

  • Written by Lucas A. Berenbrok, Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
imageReading ingredient labels closely will help consumers make more informed decisions. ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty Images

The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don’t actually work.

An advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded unanimously in...

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How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth

  • Written by Christian B. Miller, A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
imageHunter Biden has been charged with making a false claim on a federal firearms application.AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Prominent cases of purported lying continue to dominate the news cycle. Hunter Biden was charged with lying on a government form while purchasing a handgun. Republican Representative George Santos allegedly lied in many ways, including to...

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New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority

  • Written by Matthew Green, Professor of Politics, Catholic University of America
imageHouse Republicans applaud as U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, center, is elected the new speaker of the House on Oct. 25, 2023.Alex Wong/Getty Images

After the House of Representatives took the unprecedented step on Oct. 3, 2023, of removing its own speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, with eight Republicans joining all 208 voting Democrats to “vaca...

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When communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a 'temporary' solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality

  • Written by Daniel Jaffee, Associate Professor of Sociology, Portland State University
imageAn emergency bottled-water distribution site in Flint, Mich., in early 2016.Sarah Rice/Getty Images

A massive intrusion of salt water into the Mississippi River has left the tap water in several Louisiana communities unsafe to drink and could threaten the New Orleans metropolitan area. The most visible emergency response is the provision of bottled...

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Polls have value, even when they are wrong

  • Written by Kirby Goidel, Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
imageLeadership and likability questions help pollsters predict who might win.Osaka Wayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images

An ABC News/Washington Post poll in September 2023 generated outrage among Democrats. The headline on the story, “Trump edges out Biden 51-42 in head-to-head matchup: POLL,” appeared designed to attract clicks rather than...

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Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageAn Oct. 19, 2023, rally in New York City's Times Square demanding the freeing of hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The U.S. is currently experiencing one of the mostsignificant waves of antisemitismthat it has ever seen. Jewish communities are shaken and traumatized.

Jewish and civil rights organizations...

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What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections

  • Written by Deogratias Eustace, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Engineering Mechanics, University of Dayton
imageA large roundabout in China.Jiojio/Moment via Getty Images

If you live on the East Coast, you may have driven through roundabouts in your neighborhood countless times. Or maybe, if you’re in some parts farther west, you’ve never encountered one of these intersections. But roundabouts, while a relatively new traffic control measure, are c...

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Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker

  • Written by Eranda Jayawickreme, Professor of Psychology & Senior Research Fellow, Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University
imageGood thinking is built from many ingredients.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Recent research suggests that acknowledging you can be wrong plays a vital role.

I had these studies in mind a few months ago when I was chatting with a history professor about a class she was teaching to first-year students here at...

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From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent

  • Written by Eli Shupe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Texas at Arlington
imageMedical students look at cadaver parts being used for demonstration.Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Every year, first-year medical students approach their human cadavers with a mixture of awe and trepidation. They will come to know their assigned cadaver intimately. During the course of their studies, they will carefully pull back layers...

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  2. TCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land
  3. Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
  4. Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy
  5. The Rio Grande isn't just a border – it's a river in crisis
  6. Backlash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South
  7. Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren't the most expensive materials used in science
  8. How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead
  9. Hot-button topics may get public attention at the Vatican synod, but a more fundamental issue for the Catholic Church is at the heart of debate
  10. GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises
  11. The Israel-Hamas war deepens the struggle between US and Iran for influence in the Middle East
  12. Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom
  13. A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago
  14. Key Trump co-defendants accept plea deals – a legal expert explains what that means
  15. For the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' still lingers
  16. How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?
  17. Hezbollah alone will decide whether Lebanon − already on the brink of collapse − gets dragged into Israel-Hamas war
  18. Delivering aid during war is tricky − here’s what to know about what Gaza relief operations may face
  19. New research helps explain why Indian girls appear to be less engaged in politics than Indian boys
  20. A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women's fight to remake labor laws
  21. Quantum dots − a new Nobel laureate describes the development of these nanoparticles from basic research to industry application
  22. Does chicken soup really help when you're sick? A nutrition specialist explains what's behind the beloved comfort food
  23. New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste
  24. Health care workers gain 21% wage increase in pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente after historic strike
  25. House speaker paralysis is confusing – a political scientist explains what's happening
  26. COVID-19 vaccine mandates have come and mostly gone in the US – an ethicist explains why their messy rollout matters for trust in public health
  27. Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting poverty than armed resistance
  28. What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture
  29. Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin − new research
  30. Biden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences
  31. New technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world − two physicists explain how they are measuring wobbling tau particles
  32. Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight
  33. What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains
  34. Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks
  35. Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave
  36. #UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
  37. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West
  38. What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West
  39. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence tells us about the future of fires in the West
  40. Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis
  41. A reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel
  42. Gangsters are the villains in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government
  43. Gun deaths among children and teens have soared – but there are ways to reverse the trend
  44. Why is space so dark even though the universe is filled with stars?
  45. How the 'laws of war' apply to the conflict between Israel and Hamas
  46. Deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust spurs a crisis of confidence in the idea of Israel – and its possible renewal
  47. Reflections on hope during unprecedented violence in the Israel-Hamas war
  48. An itching paradox – a molecule that triggers the urge to scratch also turns down inflammation in the skin
  49. Wildfire smoke leaves harmful gases in floors and walls − air purifiers aren’t enough, new study shows, but you can clean it up
  50. Empire building has always come at an economic cost for Russia – from the days of the czars to Putin's Ukraine invasion