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Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Here's what investors need to know

  • Written by D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
imageSam Bankman-Fried is no longer crypto's Robin Hood.Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press

In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, vast sums of money can be made or lost in the blink of an eye. In early November 2022, the crypto exchange FTX was valued at more than US$30 billion. By the middle of that month, FTX was in bankruptcy proceedings. And less...

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Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Here's what investors need to know

  • Written by D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
imageSam Bankman-Fried is no longer crypto's Robin Hood.Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press

In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, vast sums of money can be made or lost in the blink of an eye. In early November 2022, the crypto exchange FTX was valued at more than US$30 billion. By the middle of that month, FTX was in bankruptcy proceedings. And less...

Read more: Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange...

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

  • Written by Michel Bruneau, Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo
imageAcapulco's beachfront condo towers were devastated by Hurricane Otis.Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort...

Read more: Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how...

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

  • Written by Michel Bruneau, Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo
imageAcapulco's beachfront condo towers were devastated by Hurricane Otis.Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort...

Read more: Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how...

Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle

  • Written by Alex Knorre, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston College

Mass shootings tend to dominate the debate over gun violence – but they accounted for just 3% of all firearm homicides in the United States in 2021.

The vast majority of gun homicides are murders that happen in an extremely concentrated number of neighborhoods – places where the rate of gun deaths rivals war zones.

As a scholar of gun...

Read more: Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops...

Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle

  • Written by Alex Knorre, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston College

Mass shootings tend to dominate the debate over gun violence – but they accounted for just 3% of all firearm homicides in the United States in 2021.

The vast majority of gun homicides are murders that happen in an extremely concentrated number of neighborhoods – places where the rate of gun deaths rivals war zones.

As a scholar of gun...

Read more: Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops...

Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
imageWill the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

Read more: Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
imageWill the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

Read more: Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams

  • Written by Cindi May, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
imageOwl chronotypes function better at night, while lark chronotypes are more energized in the morning.The Photo Matrix/Moment, nomis_g/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Timing is everything. For early risers and late-nighters alike, listening to your internal clock may be the key to success. From the classroom to the courtroom and beyond, people perform...

Read more: What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do...

What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams

  • Written by Cindi May, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
imageOwl chronotypes function better at night, while lark chronotypes are more energized in the morning.The Photo Matrix/Moment, nomis_g/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Timing is everything. For early risers and late-nighters alike, listening to your internal clock may be the key to success. From the classroom to the courtroom and beyond, people perform...

Read more: What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do...

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  2. Climate change hits indebted businesses hardest, new research suggests
  3. As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious
  4. As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious
  5. Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?
  6. Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?
  7. Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants
  8. Why do our noses get snotty when we are sick? A school nurse explains the powers of mucus
  9. How global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms
  10. How global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms
  11. Searching for the right angle – students in this course shoot pool to learn about journalism
  12. It's not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media
  13. 4 razones por las que los adolescentes participan en retos en las redes sociales
  14. El ejercicio aeróbico y el entrenamiento de fuerza combinados pueden ser un elixir para mejorar la salud cerebral a los 80 y 90 años, según un nuevo estudio
  15. Israel-Hamas war puts China's strategy of 'balanced diplomacy' in the Middle East at risk
  16. When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco's PR playbook
  17. Defending space for free discussion, empathy and tolerance on campus is a challenge during Israel-Hamas war
  18. Biden's executive order puts civil rights in the middle of the AI regulation discussion
  19. Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies
  20. We analyzed over 3.5 million written teacher comments about students and found racial bias
  21. The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
  22. Understanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds
  23. What is intersectionality? A scholar of organizational behavior explains
  24. NASA's robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday
  25. Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
  26. Biden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach
  27. Kristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a systematic antisemitism of laws and government violence
  28. Texas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements − the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries
  29. Secure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development
  30. How Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen's own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia
  31. Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes
  32. Friendship research is getting an update – and that's key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic
  33. Endometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it
  34. Despite his government's failure to anticipate Hamas' deadly attack, don't count Netanyahu out politically
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  36. Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work
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  39. American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to put their remains to rest
  40. Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
  41. 3 reasons the House GOP is not any more dysfunctional than the Democrats − even after the prolonged speaker chaos
  42. Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline
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  44. Trump’s violent rhetoric echoes the fascist commitment to a destructive and bloody rebirth of society
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  50. 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