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Joe Kennedy III challenges Ed Markey in 2020's weirdest primary race

  • Written by Robert Boatright, Professor of Political Science, Clark University
imageIn Massachusetts, you usually wait your turn. But Joe Kennedy III decided to jump the queue.Boston Globe via Getty Images

When Senate incumbents are challenged in a primary and lose, it is usually because they are enmeshed in a scandal.

Incumbency has numerous advantages: sitting senators have six years to build up a war chest, they have high name...

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1 in 10 US students are English learners

  • Written by Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Associate Professor of Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageDual-language instruction can help children grow up to be bilingual.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Imagesimage

More than 1 in 10 of the nation’s approximately 50 million public school students speak a native language other than English, according to the latest federal data. Roughly 3 in 4 of these English learners speak Spanish.

The percentage of U.S....

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When plants and their microbes are not in sync, the results can be disastrous

  • Written by Sheng-Yang He, University Distinguished Professor, HHMI Investigator, Michigan State University
imageA healthy wild-type _Arabidopsis_ plant (left) and a mutant plant suffering from a microbe imbalance (right).Sheng-Yang He, CC BY-SA

Many of us have heard about inflammatory bowel disease, a debilitating condition that is associated with an abnormal collection of microbes in the human gut – known as the gut microbiome. My lab recently found...

Read more: When plants and their microbes are not in sync, the results can be disastrous

Cool touch shirts can make you feel cool on hot days, but which materials work best?

  • Written by Susan L. Sokolowski, Director & Associate Professor of Sports Product Design, University of Oregon
imageThe material that your shirt is made of plays a big role in how hot you feel. RUNSTUDIO/Photodisc via Getty Images

It’s another hot and sweaty summer day, and you see an ad for a sports T-shirt claiming it is made out of a material that will instantly make your skin feel cool. Intriguing, but does it work, and if so, how?

Companies have...

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Trump accepts the nomination from the White House lawn, portraying a nation in crisis and himself as its hero

  • Written by Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
imageTrump accepts the nomination from the South Lawn of the White House.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Donald Trump delivered his second Republican Party acceptance speech from the White House on Aug. 27, shattering the norm that presidents do not campaign at the public’s expense, and describing a nation in crisis.

Trump spoke of internal enemies intent on...

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Why Americans are buying more guns than ever

  • Written by Aimee Huff, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Oregon State University
imageGun stores in the U.S. are reporting a surge in sales of firearms.George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Americans have been on a record gun-buying spree in recent months.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice, the gun industry’s trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, estimates that gun sales from March...

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Así es como la moda ha servido históricamente para el distanciamiento social

  • Written by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Visiting Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University
imageLa crinolina de la era victoriana se utilizó para crear una barrera entre los géneros.Hulton Archive/Stringer via Getty Images

Mientras el mundo lidia con la pandemia de COVID-19, las palabras distanciamiento social se han puesto de moda en estos tiempos extraños.

En lugar de almacenar alimentos o ir al hospital, las autoridades...

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Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic as sites close and pilgrimages are put on hold

  • Written by Faizan Ali, Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Tourism, University of South Florida
imageOnly a handful of tourists at the usually busy St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images

Religious tourism is among the oldest forms of planned travel and to this day remains a huge industry.

About 300 to 330 million tourists visit the world’s key religious sites every year, according to a 2017 estimate. Some 600...

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FDA is departing from long-standing procedures to deal with public health crises, and this may foreshadow problems for COVID-19 vaccines

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
imageFDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, right, and President Trump at a Coronavirus Task Force meeting March 19, 2020.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

On the eve of the Republican National Convention, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn announced that the FDA had issued emergency use authorization for investigational convalescent plasma...

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The white supremacist origins of modern marriage advice

  • Written by Jane Ward, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of California, Riverside
imageAt the turn of the 20th century, marriage was assumed to be an exercise in mutual misery.Getty Images

When I was conducting research for my new book on the destructive aspects of modern heterosexual relationships, I started looking into the archives of early 20th-century books about courtship and marriage written by physicians and sexologists.

In...

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  1. Trump's foreign policy is still 'America First' – what does that mean, exactly?
  2. Abolishing child labor took the specter of 'white slavery' and the job market's near collapse during the Great Depression
  3. Jerry Falwell Jr. will leave behind a very different legacy from his influential father
  4. Hurricanes and wildfires are colliding with the COVID-19 pandemic – and compounding the risks
  5. Mail-in voting's potential problems only begin at the post office – an underfunded, underprepared decentralized system could be trouble
  6. Afghanistan's peace process is stalled. Can the Taliban be trusted to hold up their end of the deal?
  7. Emily Dickinson is the unlikely hero of our time
  8. The right to vote is not in the Constitution
  9. Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards Black Americans
  10. The tech field failed a 25-year challenge to achieve gender equality by 2020 – culture change is key to getting on track
  11. Declining antibodies and immunity to COVID-19 – why the worry?
  12. TikTok is a unique blend of social media platforms – here's why kids love it
  13. What makes Donald Trump and John Wayne heroes of the Christian Right?
  14. What the Falwell saga tells us about evangelicals and gender roles
  15. 5 ways families can enjoy astronomy during the pandemic
  16. Forced sterilization policies in the US targeted minorities and those with disabilities – and lasted into the 21st century
  17. Why police unions are not part of the American labor movement
  18. La invención de la brujería satánica: al principio nadie creía pero después vino la 'caza de brujas'
  19. School nurses should be leading the COVID-19 response, but many schools don't have one
  20. Video: Current rates of vaccine hesitancy in the US could mean a long road to normalcy
  21. A man was reinfected with coronavirus after recovery – what does this mean for immunity?
  22. Biloxi's 15-year recovery from Hurricane Katrina offers lessons for other coastal cities
  23. Western wildfires are spinning off tornadoes – here’s how fires create their own freakish weather
  24. Extreme wildfires can create their own dangerous weather, including fire tornadoes – here's how
  25. Constant dieters might be choosing the wrong way to lose weight
  26. Reopening elementary schools carries less COVID-19 risk than high schools – but that doesn't guarantee safety
  27. While the US is reeling from COVID-19, the Trump administration is trying to take away health care
  28. Voters aren’t the only ones who dread slow mail – struggling small businesses are also at risk from Postal Service delays
  29. Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge production challenges could cause long delays
  30. ¿Tienes hijos o sobrinos pequeños? Estas son tres maneras de ayudarlos a interactuar pese al COVID-19
  31. Economic hardship from COVID-19 will hit minority seniors the most
  32. Voting by mail is convenient, but not always secret
  33. Latin American women are disappearing and dying under lockdown
  34. In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, what should you say to someone who refuses to wear a mask? A philosopher weighs in
  35. The labor-busting law firms and consultants that keep Google, Amazon and other workplaces union-free
  36. Brewing Mesopotamian beer brings a sip of this vibrant ancient drinking culture back to life
  37. Challenge trials for a coronavirus vaccine are unethical – except for in one unlikely scenario
  38. How Alexei Navalny revolutionized opposition politics in Russia, before his apparent poisoning
  39. IBD: How a class of killer T cells goes rogue in inflammatory bowel disease
  40. El coronavirus puede transmitirse a través del aire. ¿Cómo se pueden detectar las partículas donde viaja el COVID-19?
  41. Los ladrillos (sí, como los de tu casa) pueden almacenar energía eléctrica
  42. Joe Biden appealed to 2 different audiences in his acceptance speech – 2 experts discuss which punches landed
  43. Why Steve Bannon faces fraud charges: 4 questions answered
  44. Mail-in voting does not cause fraud, but judges are buying the GOP's argument that it does
  45. Here's what it'll take to clean up esports' toxic culture
  46. Why companies were so quick to endorse Black Lives Matter
  47. Outdoor classes hold promise for in-person learning amid COVID-19
  48. I'm a lung doctor testing the blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors as a treatment for the sick – a century-old idea that could be a fast track to treatment
  49. Parents of bereaved children are also heroes of the pandemic – they can help build resilience in kids
  50. Is NCAA football too big to fail?