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Is Congress on a witch hunt? 5 ways to judge whether oversight hearings are legitimate or politicized

  • Written by Claire Leavitt, Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
imageCongressional staffers stand beneath a monitor showing House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., in a hearing, July 19, 2023. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Since Republicans regained the majority in the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections, they have initiated a flurry of investigations. Among their...

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Sinead O'Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking

  • Written by Brenna Moore, Professor of Theology, Fordham University
imageIrish singer Sinead O'Connor performs at Paradiso in Amsterdam in March 1988.Paul Bergen/Redferns via Getty Images

When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died, stories of her most famous performance circulated amid the grief and shock.

Thirty-one years ago, after a haunting rendition of Bob...

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Millions across the world live with low back pain, but addressing major risk factors like smoking, obesity and workplace ergonomics could curb the trend, research shows

  • Written by Jaimie Steinmetz, Lead Research Scientist in Population Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
imageWorldwide, close to twice as many women as men report low back pain.RealPeopleGroup/E+ via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability in the world, with over 600 million people living with the condition. This is one of the key takeaways of our June...

Read more: Millions across the world live with low back pain, but addressing major risk factors like smoking,...

Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded – but X missed the mark

  • Written by Matthew Pittman, Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Tennessee
imageSo far, Twitter's rebrand = X + why?Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Twitter has swapped the fluffy bird that used to symbolize the social media platform for a spindly black X. Ditching the company’s well-known logo and changing its name to a letter often associated with danger, death and the unknown is only the latest...

Read more: Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded – but X missed the mark

Giuliani claims the First Amendment lets him lie – 3 essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Freelance Editor, The Conversation US
imageRudy Giuliani admits to lying but says the Constitution protects him.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

In his response to a lawsuit filed by two Georgia election workers who said Rudy Giuliani harmed them by falsely alleging they mishandled ballots in the 2020 presidential election, Giuliani has admitted lying. But he says the women suffered no harm...

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To get rid of hazing, clarify what people really think is acceptable behavior and redefine what it means to be loyal

  • Written by Catherine A. Sanderson, Poler Family Professor and Chair of Psychology, Amherst College
imageStudents often have the wrong idea about what their peers think is acceptable.Anastasiia Korotkova/iStock via Getty Images

My husband and I spent a late August day several years ago settling in our oldest child, Andrew, for the start of his first year at college. We went to Walmart to buy a mini fridge and rug. We hung posters above his bed. We...

Read more: To get rid of hazing, clarify what people really think is acceptable behavior and redefine what it...

Just about anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to the internet – and one determined preacher

  • Written by Dusty Hoesly, Postdoctoral Researcher in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageWho did the honors: clergy, a justice of the peace or just a friend? More and more weddings are performed by someone ordained online. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Wedding season is here again, and my calendar is filling up – not just as a guest.

Over the past 15 years, I have officiated over 20 weddings for friends and family,...

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Alabama is not the first state to defy a Supreme Court ruling: 3 essential reads on why that matters

  • Written by Howard Manly, Race + Equity Editor, The Conversation US
imagePolice officers patrolling the front of the Supreme Court building.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

In its 5-4 Allen v. Milligan decision on June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state of Alabama to redraw its congressional voting districts and consider race as it made up the new districts. The court had found that the state’s...

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Federal government is challenging Texas's buoys in the Rio Grande – here’s why these kinds of border blockades wind up complicating immigration enforcement

  • Written by Jean Lantz Reisz, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, University of Southern California
imageBuoy barriers are shown in the middle of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on July 18, 2023. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The Rio Grande is only about 328 feet, or about 99 meters, wide. But the waterway dividing Texas from northern Mexico is deceptively dangerous and routinely claims the lives of migrants who try to cross it, but get caught in...

Read more: Federal government is challenging Texas's buoys in the Rio Grande – here’s why these kinds of...

Your genetic code has lots of 'words' for the same thing – information theory may help explain the redundancies

  • Written by Subhash Kak, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University
imageThe same amino acid can be encoded by anywhere from one to six different strings of letters in the genetic code.Andrzej Wojcicki/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Nearly all life, from bacteria to humans, uses the same genetic code. This code acts as a dictionary, translating genes into the amino acids used to build proteins. The universality...

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  1. I've taught in prisons for 15 years – here's what schools need to know as government funding expands
  2. Hypocrisy penalty: Investors especially hate companies that say they're good then behave badly – unless the money is good
  3. Progressives' embrace of Disney in battle with DeSantis over LGBTQ rights comes with risks
  4. Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard
  5. 4 factors driving 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters
  6. Hunter Biden's plea agreement renegotiation is rare – a law professor explains what usually happens
  7. Sen. Tuberville's blockade of US military promotions takes a historic tradition to a radical new level – and could go beyond Congress' August break
  8. As witchcraft becomes a multibillion-dollar business, practitioners' connection to the natural world is changing
  9. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts uses conflicting views of race to resolve America's history of racial discrimination
  10. Where the government draws the line for Medicaid coverage leaves out many older Americans who may need help paying for medical and long-term care bills – new research
  11. Do smartphones belong in classrooms? Four scholars weigh in
  12. In search of the world's largest freshwater fish – the wonderfully weird giants lurking in Earth's rivers
  13. How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world
  14. Women can now undertake Islamic pilgrimages without a male guardian in Saudi Arabia, but that doesn't mean they're traveling alone -- communities are an important part of the religious experience
  15. Horse health research will help humans stay healthy, too, with insights on reining in diabetes and obesity
  16. Laughter can communicate a lot more than good humor – people use it to smooth social interactions
  17. As contentious judicial 'reform' becomes law in Israel, Netanyahu cements his political legacy
  18. Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste
  19. Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is everywhere – from soap bubbles to Pixar movies
  20. Massachusetts is updating its sex education guidelines for the first time in 24 years
  21. Blame capitalism? Why hundreds of decades-old yet vital drugs are nearly impossible to find
  22. How book-banning campaigns have changed the lives and education of librarians – they now need to learn how to plan for safety and legally protect themselves
  23. This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military
  24. A sculptor of wind explains how to make fiber dance far above city streets
  25. Women's World Cup will highlight how far other countries have closed the gap with US – but that isn't the only yardstick to measure growth of global game
  26. Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds
  27. First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
  28. What is a target letter? 3 things to know about how the Justice Department notifies suspects, like Donald Trump, ahead of possible charges
  29. Targeting Trump for prosecution – 4 essential reads on how the Jan. 6 investigation laid the groundwork for the special counsel
  30. Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here's the evidence for both sides of the debate
  31. Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data
  32. 175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality
  33. Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time
  34. 'Zombie fires' in the Arctic: Canada's extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future
  35. China needs immigrants
  36. FTC probe of OpenAI: Consumer protection is the opening salvo of US AI regulation
  37. Returning to the Moon can benefit commercial, military and political sectors – a space policy expert explains
  38. Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike
  39. A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns – new research
  40. Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election – a cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes
  41. Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
  42. What do astronomers say about Moon landing deniers? Batting down the conspiracy theory with an assist from the 1969 Miracle Mets
  43. What the US can learn from affirmative action at universities in Brazil
  44. International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans who landed on its docks
  45. Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible
  46. Impunity over Wagner mutiny signals further degradation of rule of law in Russia
  47. Democrats revive the Equal Rights Amendment from a long legal limbo -- facing an unlikely uphill battle to get it enshrined into law
  48. How I learned to stop worrying and love the doll – a feminist philosopher's journey back to Barbie
  49. As a summer heat wave pummels the US, an expert warns about the dangers of humidity – particularly for toddlers, young athletes and older adults
  50. Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen