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Why the Christian idea of hell no longer persuades people to care for the poor

  • Written by Meghan Henning, Assistant Professor of Christian Origins, University of Dayton
What was behind early depictions of hell?Erica Zabowski/Flickr.com, CC BY-ND

It’s that time of the year when hell is used as a common theme for entertainment and hell-themed haunted houses and horror moviespop up all over the country.

Although many of us now associate hell with Christianity, the idea of an afterlife existed much earlier....

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Why did the flu kill 80,000 Americans last year?

  • Written by Patricia L. Foster, Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
An Atlanta hospital set up a mobile ER to deal with the large number of flu cases.AP Photo/David Goldman

The 2017-2018 flu season was historically severe. Public health officials estimate that 900,000 Americans were hospitalized and 80,000 died from the flu and its complications. For comparison, the previous worst season from the past decade,...

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Harvard case could represent the end of race in college admissions

  • Written by Lara Perez-Felkner, Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Sociology, Florida State University
The Harvard admissions trial may have implications for the use of race in college admissions.f11photo/www.shutterstock.com

Four decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court cited the admissions program at Harvard College as an “illuminating example” of how race could be used as one of several factors in college admissions.

“This kind of...

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A day to celebrate chemistry’s favorite unit — the mole. But what’s a mole?

  • Written by Tara S. Carpenter, Senior Lecturer and General Chemistry Coordinator, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists on Oct. 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number.Ekaterina_Minaeva/Shutterstock.com

On Oct. 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m., chemists celebrate Mole Day. Mole Day is not a day to celebrate those furry little creatures that live in the...

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Saudi Arabia is a repressive regime – and so are a lot of US allies

  • Written by Jeffrey Fields, Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Trump, like Obama before him, has enjoyed a close relationship with Saudi Arabia's royal family.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul has put the United States’ relationship with the wealthy Gulf power under intense scrutiny.

After weeks of denying any knowledge about...

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¿Eres ciudadano? El gobierno de Trump quiere saber

  • Written by Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
Los críticos temen que incluir preguntas sobre la ciudadanía impida que las personas respondan a los censistas en el 2020U.S. Census Bureau, CC BY-NC-ND

Por primera vez en varias décadas, el censo 2020 de Estados Unidos preguntará si las personas son ciudadanas o no.

Cuando Wilbur Ross, Secretario de Comercio,...

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Two Native American geneticists interpret Elizabeth Warren's DNA test

  • Written by Krystal Tsosie, Ph.D. Student in Genomics and Health Disparities, Vanderbilt University

Dr. Carlos Bustamante, a prominent population geneticist, recently concluded that Senator Elizabeth Warren had “a Native American ancestor.” While geneticists agree on the validity of the test, which is based on established statistical models of DNA inheritance, we as two Native American geneticists find the interpretation to be problem...

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Does climate change affect real estate prices? Only if you believe in it

  • Written by Constantine Yannelis, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Chicago
Flooding due to climate change may make coastal homes less valuable.AP Photo/Julio Cortez

In the wake of two powerful hurricanes in the U.S. this fall, the scientific evidence that climate change will raise the risk of severe weather events continues to grow.

In some coastal areas such as Hawaii and Florida, roughly one-tenth of all homes are...

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It's the economics: Red states embracing wind energy don't do it for the climate

  • Written by Sarah Mills, Senior Project Manager, Ford School's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP); Project Manager, National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE), University of Michigan
Energy Secretary and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry checks out a wind turbine.AP Photo/LM Otero

The federal government has never played a leading role in restricting the carbon footprint of the nation’s power plants. But now that the Trump administration is trying to dismantle many energy regulations, that national role is even smaller.

Many...

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Many Midwesterners will likely never believe in climate change. Here’s how to encourage them to act anyway

  • Written by Matthew Houser, Assistant Research Scientist, Indiana University
A farm in LaSalle County, Illinois.Eddie J. Rodriquez/shutterstock.com

The number of politically conservative Americans who are climate skeptics is growing, and the evidence suggests that they’re unlikely to change their opinions.

This is particularly evident in the Midwest. Although 61 percent of U.S. adults are concerned about global...

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  2. How have textbooks portrayed climate change?
  3. What is climate-ready infrastructure? Some cities are starting to adapt
  4. The risk of 'cascading' natural disasters is on the rise
  5. World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause
  6. How a game can move people from climate apathy to action
  7. Rising insurance costs may convince Americans that climate change risks are real
  8. 3 dangers of rising temperatures that could affect your health now
  9. In Alaska, everyone's grappling with climate change
  10. How winning $1 billion in Mega Millions could lead to bankruptcy
  11. How winning $1.6 billion in Mega Millions could still lead to bankruptcy
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  13. The Mega Millions jackpot is now more than US$1 billion – where does all that lottery profit really go?
  14. The Mega Millions jackpot is now more than $1 billion – where does all that lottery profit really go?
  15. El partidismo está profundamente arraigado en EEUU, incluso entre los votantes 'independientes'
  16. Why radiation protection experts are concerned over EPA proposal
  17. Congress takes first steps toward regulating artificial intelligence
  18. Sewage surveillance is the next frontier in the fight against polio
  19. Jamal Khashoggi: Casualty of the Trump administration’s disregard for democracy and civil rights in the Middle East?
  20. Banksy and the tradition of destroying art
  21. New data tool can help scientists use limited funds to protect the greatest number of endangered species
  22. Taxes and caps on carbon work differently but calibrating them poses the same challenge
  23. Arms sales to Saudi Arabia give Trump all the leverage he needs in Khashoggi affair
  24. Generation Z voters could make waves in 2018 midterm elections
  25. Government-funded buyouts after disasters are slow and inequitable – here's how that could change
  26. Trump sees opportunity in Venezuela's humanitarian crisis as midterms approach
  27. Blockchains won't fix internet voting security – and could make it worse
  28. What Thomas Jefferson, Donald Trump and the American people think about freedom of the press
  29. Would a Space Force mean the end of NASA?
  30. Why health apps are like the Wild West, with Apple just riding into town
  31. How Turkey and Saudi Arabia became frenemies – and why the Khashoggi case could change that
  32. Partisanship runs deep in America - even among 'independents'
  33. The Violence Against Women Act is unlikely to reduce intimate partner violence – here's why
  34. America's archaeology data keeps disappearing -- even though the law says the government is supposed to preserve it
  35. How monitoring local water supplies can build community
  36. Meet AICAN, a machine that operates as an autonomous artist
  37. Open-source hardware could defend against the next generation of hacking
  38. Free trade isn't dead yet – despite Trump's threats to the system that upholds it
  39. A Great Lakes pipeline dispute points to a broader energy dilemma
  40. We tested women and men for breast cancer genes – only 18 percent knew they had it
  41. ¿Reactivará la economía argentina un rescate internacional de 50.000 millones de dólares?
  42. The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that means
  43. Is exercise still important to weight loss? Absolutely, a doctor says
  44. When the line between machine and artist becomes blurred
  45. How scientists are fighting infection-causing biofilms
  46. Evolution is at work in computers as well as life sciences
  47. Arms and influence in the Khashoggi affair
  48. How the polls could have caught 'surprise' victories like Trump's
  49. Masacres, desapariciones y 1968: los mexicanos recuerdan a las víctimas de la ‘dictadura perfecta’
  50. Fixing a broken process for nominating US Supreme Court justices