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When parents get Medicaid, it can benefit the health of their kids too

  • Written by Maithreyi Gopalan, Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy, Penn State
imageMillions of low-income Americans have gained health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Low-income parents who live in states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act are 4.7% more likely to...

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Russia invades Ukraine – 5 essential reads from experts

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US
imageDamaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at a Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022.AP Photo/Sergei Grits

This is a frightening moment. Russia has invaded Ukraine, and certainly those most frightened right now are the people of Ukraine. But violent aggression – a war mounted by a country with vast...

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90% of drugs fail clinical trials – here's one way researchers can select better drug candidates

  • Written by Duxin Sun, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan
imageThe majority of drug failures are attributed to lack of clinical efficacy and high toxicity.Andrew Brookes/Image Source via Getty Images

It takes 10 to 15 years and around US$1 billion to develop one successful drug. Despite these significant investments in time and money, 90% of drug candidates in clinical trials fail. Whether because they...

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Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story

  • Written by Elizabeth Sawchuk, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Alberta
imageTogether with artifacts from the past, ancient DNA can fill in details about our ancient ancestors.Nina R/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Every person alive on the planet today is descended from people who lived as hunter-gatherers in Africa.

The continent is the cradle of human origins and ingenuity, and with each new fossil and archaeological discovery,...

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Why Muslim women choose to wear headscarves while participating in sports

  • Written by Umer Hussain, Postdoctoral research associate, ADVANCE, Texas A&M University
imageMuslim women's sports participation is growing.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The French Senate recently voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, patriarchy and lack of women’s empowerment.

Muslim women...

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US counties with more civic engagement tend to have more women on local company boards of directors

  • Written by Siri Terjesen, Associate Dean, Research and External Relations; Executive Director, Madden Center for Value Creation; Phil Smith Professor of Entrepreneurship, Florida Atlantic University
imageWomen still have a long way to go to reach parity in the boardroom. Wanlee Prachyapanaprai/iStock via Getty Images

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

The big idea

U.S. counties where people are more likely to vote and engage in professional and social associations tend to have more women on the boards of local...

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Putin's antagonism toward Ukraine was never just about NATO – it's about creating a new Russian empire

  • Written by Emily Channell-Justice, Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program, Harvard University
imageA protest outside the Russian Embassy on Feb. 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Chris McGrath/Getty Images

As some Western observers have feared, Russian President Vladimir Putin has just proved that his aggression toward Ukraine was never really about NATO.

In a speech on Feb. 21, 2022, Putin recognized the occupied territories in Ukraine of Donetsk and...

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COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges for students who are homeless

  • Written by Alexandra E. Pavlakis, Associate Professor of Education Policy & Leadership, Southern Methodist University
imageBefore the pandemic about 1.28 million children were experiencing homelessness.Johnce/E+ via Getty Images

Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, Faith – a single mother with two children, one in third grade and one in fifth grade – worked at a sports stadium in Houston. Her focus at the time was “paying for a room and trying to...

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COVID-19 cases on campus could surge after spring break unless students take certain precautions

  • Written by Naveen K. Vaidya, Associate Professor of Mathematics, San Diego State University
imageWhat college students do during and after spring break can affect the number of COVID-19 cases on campus. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In a new study published in Scientific Reports, researchers found that breaking up spring break into small breaks instead of the traditional nine-day vacation can help reduce COVID-19 cases...

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How AI is shaping the cybersecurity arms race

  • Written by Sagar Samtani, Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies, Indiana University
imageDefending against cyberattacks increasingly means looking for patterns in large amounts of data – a task AI was made for.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images

The average business receives 10,000 alerts every day from the various software tools it uses to monitor for intruders, malware and other threats. Cybersecurity staff often find...

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