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How a pregnant mouse's microbes influence offspring's brain development – new study offers clues

  • Written by Helen Vuong, Postdoctoral Scholar of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles
imageThe microbes in the mother's gut can alter the number of neurons in the baby's brain and the connections they make.bestdesigns/Getty Images

When a fetus is developing in the mother’s womb, it is essential that the fetus receives the correct nutrients and protection during this critical developmental window. One element of this environment...

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¿Por qué les encanta TikTok a los niños?

  • Written by Kevin Munger, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Social Data Analytics, Pennsylvania State University
imageJóvenes crean un video TikTok en Lituania.Photo by Alfredas Pliadis/Xinhua via Getty Images

TikTok, una plataforma de redes sociales dirigida a usuarios de teléfonos móviles jóvenes, fue la segunda aplicación más descargada del mundo en 2019 y la número uno en julio de 2020.

También se ha...

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How the coronavirus spreads through the air: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Stacy Morford, General Assignments Editor
imageWhen a person sneezes, tiny droplets, or aerosols, can linger in the air.Jorg Greuel via Getty Images

Scientists have been warning for months that the coronavirus could be spread by aerosols – tiny respiratory droplets that people emit when they talk or sneeze and that can linger in the air.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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Pregnancy during a pandemic: The stress of COVID-19 on pregnant women and new mothers is showing

  • Written by Jennifer C. Ablow, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
imageCOVID-19 has drastically changed the hospital experience.Daniel Berehulak via Getty Images

Pregnancy is stressful, to say the least, but COVID-19 brings new challenges to parents of newborns. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified pregnant women as a vulnerable population. If infected, they are more likely to be hospitalized...

Read more: Pregnancy during a pandemic: The stress of COVID-19 on pregnant women and new mothers is showing

Want the youth vote? Some college students are still up for grabs in November

  • Written by Matthew J. Mayhew, The William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio State University
imageEncouraging students at the University of Colorado, Boulder, to vote in the midterm elections, Nov. 6, 2018.Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images

College students are a rapidly growing and increasingly coveted voting bloc.

Twice as many college students voted in the 2018 midterms as did in 2014, challenging the stereotype that young people are...

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It's time for states that grew rich from oil, gas and coal to figure out what's next

  • Written by Bradley Handler, Non-resident Fellow, Payne Institute of Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines
imageA surface coal mine in Gillette, Wyoming, photographed in 2008.Greg Goebel/Flickr, CC BY-SA

These are very challenging times for U.S. fossil fuel-producing states, such as Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota. The COVID-19 economic downturn has reduced energy demand, with uncertain prospects for the extent of its recovery. Meanwhile, rising concern...

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Revenue goals lurk behind decision to hold Big Ten college football games amid pandemic

  • Written by Mark S. Rosentraub, Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
imageGames are set to resume this October.Lawrence Iles/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Editor’s note: Despite concerns about COVID-19, Big Ten college football is set to begin Oct. 24. Here, Mark Rosentraub, a professor of sport management, addresses some of benefits and potential drawbacks of playing football too soon.

How much of this decision...

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Unlike US, Europe picks top judges with bipartisan approval to create ideologically balanced high courts

  • Written by David Orentlicher, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Health Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
imageDemonstrators outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 21 called on the Republican-controlled Senate not to confirm a new justice until the next president is in office.Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

Filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court immediately sparked a bitter partisan fight.

But choosing judges for the...

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When noted journalists bashed political polls as nothing more than 'a fragmentary snapshot' of a moment in time

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
imageLegendary New York City columnist Jimmy Breslin, right, ready to do shoe-leather journalistic research in a bar, said preelection polls were "monstrous frauds."Michael Brennan/Getty Images

Poll-bashing – the aggressive, even extreme lambasting of pollsters and their work – used to be blood sport among prominent American journalists.

Mike...

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A language generation program's ability to write articles, produce code and compose poetry has wowed scientists

  • Written by Prasenjit Mitra, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
imageGPT-3 is 10 times more complex than its predecessor.antoniokhr/iStock via Getty Images

Seven years ago, my student and I at Penn State built a bot to write a Wikipedia article on Bengali Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s play “Chitra.” First it culled information about “Chitra” from the internet. Then it looked at...

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  6. Pandemic crushes Guyana’s dreams of big oil profits as ‘resource curse’ looms over oil-producing nations
  7. How can smoke from West Coast fires cause red sunsets in New York?
  8. Retiring early can be bad for the brain
  9. Voting while God is watching – does having churches as polling stations sway the ballot?
  10. SARS-CoV-2 infection can block pain, opening up unexpected new possibilities for research into pain relief medication
  11. Que la pandemia no te impida observar el cielo estrellado y la Luna: aquí 5 opciones para hacerlo en casa
  12. Ginsburg's legal victories for women led to landmark anti-discrimination rulings for the LGBTQ community, too
  13. Scientists don't share their findings for fun – they want their research to make a difference
  14. Why you're getting so many political text messages right now
  15. US-China fight over fishing is really about world domination
  16. For many immigrant students, remote learning during COVID-19 comes with more hurdles
  17. What the Greek classics tell us about grief and the importance of mourning the dead
  18. Many colleges have gone test-optional – here's how that could change the way students are admitted
  19. Can Trump and McConnell get through the 4 steps to seat a Supreme Court justice in just 6 weeks?
  20. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so intense, it just ran out of storm names – and then two more storms formed
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  22. Humans ignite almost every wildfire that threatens homes
  23. Video: Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?
  24. Keeping coronavirus vaccines at subzero temperatures during distribution will be hard, but likely key to ending pandemic
  25. Monarch butterflies' spectacular migration is at risk – an ambitious new plan aims to help save it
  26. COVID-19 vaccines: Open source licensing could keep Big Pharma from making huge profits off taxpayer-funded research
  27. The detection of phosphine in Venus' clouds is a big deal – here's how we can find out if it's a sign of life
  28. Timing, signatures and huge demand make mail-in voting difficult
  29. Trump's appeals to white anxiety are not 'dog whistles' – they're racism
  30. Why Teddy Roosevelt's warning to lay off a candidate's religious beliefs is still relevant today
  31. Good nutrition can contribute to keeping COVID-19 and other diseases away
  32. Federal Reserve hopes years of zero rates will spur inflation – but there are risks
  33. Wildfires can leave toxic drinking water behind – here's how to protect the public
  34. Pessimists have been saying America is going to hell for more than 200 years
  35. 6 ways mail-in ballots are protected from fraud
  36. Inclusion starts with better management – here's what employees say about making diversity work
  37. Poll workers on Election Day will be younger – and probably more diverse – due to COVID-19
  38. Presidential campaigns take flight in the age of the coronavirus
  39. American society teaches everyone to be racist – but you can rewrite subconscious stereotypes
  40. From Washington to Trump, all presidents have told lies (but only some have told them for the right reasons)
  41. How to keep teen boys happily singing – instead of giving up when their voices start to change
  42. Future teachers often think memorization is the best way to teach math and science – until they learn a different way
  43. Faked videos shore up false beliefs about Biden's mental health
  44. Teens want COVID-19 advice that gives them safe ways to socialize – not just rules for what they can’t do
  45. Climate change and forest management have both fueled today's epic Western wildfires
  46. How a new way of parsing COVID-19 data began to show the breadth of health gaps between Blacks and whites
  47. Lessons from how the polio vaccine went from the lab to the public that Americans can learn from today
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  49. 5 ways the COVID-19 pandemic could affect your college application
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