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What is Chabad-Lubavitch? A Jewish studies scholar explains

  • Written by Schneur Zalman Newfield, Associate Professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies, Hunter College
imageLubavitchers have put up leaflets, posters and even murals of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson around the world, with many proclaiming him the messiah. Nizzan Cohen via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

If you live anywhere near New York – or anywhere in the world, really – you may have seen a picture of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson....

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Overseas US voters get ignored by political campaigns − but could be crucial supporters

  • Written by Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Honorary Reader in MIgration and Politics, University of Kent
imageElection workers prepare to mail absentee ballots to Americans, including those living overseas.Allison Joyce/Getty Images

One group of American voters is being largely ignored in the closely watched polling leading up to the Nov. 5 elections: U.S. citizens living abroad, whether as civilians or as members of the military. We know from governmental...

Read more: Overseas US voters get ignored by political campaigns − but could be crucial supporters

Philly hospitals test new strategy for ‘tranq dope’ withdrawal – and it keeps patients from walking out before their treatment is done

  • Written by Kory London, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
imagePatients suffering withdrawal from fentanyl and xylazine can require intensive care.SDI Productions/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Unimaginable pain and restlessness. Vomiting so frequent and forceful that it can perforate the esophagus. Blood pressure and heart rate so high that they damage the heart. Sweating that drenches clothing and sheets....

Read more: Philly hospitals test new strategy for ‘tranq dope’ withdrawal – and it keeps patients from...

How to be a boss at giving performance reviews

  • Written by Kip Holderness, Associate Professor of Forensic and Fraud Examination and Accounting, West Virginia University

When you’re a manager, delivering feedback can feel like walking a tightrope. Whether you’re praising an employee’s accomplishments or addressing a shortfall, how you communicate can have a big impact on how your words are received and acted upon.

As businessschoolprofessors, we’ve done research into how to make the...

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Coastal cities have a hidden vulnerability to storm-surge and tidal flooding − entirely caused by humans

  • Written by Philip M. Orton, Research Associate Professor in Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
imageA consequence of dredging deep channels is that water also enters more easily with tides and storm surge.Google Earth

Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon.

Fast-forward to today, and in estuaries such as...

Read more: Coastal cities have a hidden vulnerability to storm-surge and tidal flooding − entirely caused by...

What is Temporary Protected Status? A global migration expert explains why the US offers some foreign nationals temporary protection

  • Written by Karen Jacobsen, Henry J. Leir Chair in Global Migration, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageHaitian students use mobile phones to record an exercise during an English class in Springfield, Ohio, on Sept. 13, 2024. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, U.S. Sen. JD Vance, have criticized the Biden administration’s decision to allow Haitian nationals who are in the U.S. to apply for...

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4 ways AI can be used and abused in the 2024 election, from deepfakes to foreign interference

  • Written by Barbara A. Trish, Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College

The American public is on alert about artificial intelligence and the 2024 election.

A September 2024 poll by the Pew Research Center found that well over half of Americans worry that artificial intelligence – or AI, computer technology mimicking the processes and products of human intelligence – will be used to generate and spread...

Read more: 4 ways AI can be used and abused in the 2024 election, from deepfakes to foreign interference

Presidential elections provide opportunities to teach about power, proportions and percentages

  • Written by Liza Bondurant, Associate Professor of Secondary Math Education, Mississippi State University
imageThe complex voting system in the U.S. requires a sophisticated understanding of math.bamlou/DigitalVision Vectors

To American voters, the process of electing a president and other officials may be difficult to explain and understand. For America’s math teachers, the system represents a gold mine for real-life lessons on ratios, statistics and...

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Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases

  • Written by R. Alexander Bentley, Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
imageExcavations at Çatalhöyük show how closely people lived before the settlement collapsed.Mark Nesbitt/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived in large dense villages, then dispersed for centuries, then later formed cities...

Read more: Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases

Color complexity in social media posts leads to more engagement, new research shows

  • Written by Vamsi Kanuri, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Notre Dame

If you work in digital marketing, you don’t need to be told a picture’s worth a thousand words. More than half of content marketers say images are crucial for achieving their social media goals, and a staggering 70% of users prefer image-based posts over text, surveys have found.

But which types of visuals work best? While anecdotal...

Read more: Color complexity in social media posts leads to more engagement, new research shows

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  1. On crime and justice, Trump and Harris records differ widely
  2. ‘Childless cat ladies’ is a political catchphrase that doesn’t match reality − Democrats and Republicans have similar demographics and experiences when it comes to parenthood
  3. People displaced by hurricanes face anxiety and a long road to recovery, US census surveys show − smarter, targeted policies could help
  4. How dogs were implicated during the Salem witch trials
  5. This course explores the history of contested presidential elections
  6. Candidate experience matters in elections, but not the way you think
  7. Farms to fame: How China’s rural influencers are redefining country life
  8. Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know it
  9. Why FEMA’s disaster relief gets political − especially when hurricane season and election season collide
  10. A devastating hurricane doesn’t dramatically change how people vote – but in a close election, it can matter
  11. What is a communist, and what do communists believe?
  12. No country still uses an electoral college − except the US
  13. Godzilla at 70: The monster’s warning to humanity is still urgent
  14. What does Springfield, Illinois, in 1908 tell us about Springfield, Ohio, in 2024?
  15. From Swift to Springsteen to Al Jolson, candidates keep trying to use celebrities to change voters’ songs
  16. Trump’s musical interlude is a twist on the long tradition of candidates enlisting musicians’ support, from Al Jolson to Springsteen to Swift
  17. As OpenAI attracts billions in new investment, its goal of balancing profit with purpose is getting more challenging to pull off
  18. Scientists around the world report millions of new discoveries every year − but this explosive research growth wasn’t what experts predicted
  19. Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns
  20. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects
  21. Vatican synod is opening the door a bit wider for Catholic women − but they’ve been knocking for more than 100 years
  22. Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle
  23. Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may do so again
  24. San Francisco is suing the EPA over how specific water pollution permits should be
  25. Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe
  26. If you think grocery prices take a big bite out of your paycheck in the US, check out the rest of the world
  27. Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way, and it’s not just stubbornness
  28. Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way
  29. US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets
  30. Is childproofing the internet constitutional? A tech law expert draws out the issues
  31. Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: sales pitches are often from biased sources, the choices can be overwhelming and impartial help is not equally available to all
  32. Charging, not range, is becoming a top concern for electric car drivers
  33. LGBTQ rights: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
  34. Why Trump accuses people of wrongdoing he himself committed − an explanation of projection
  35. Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage
  36. A realistic statue of Mary giving birth was criticized, then vandalized − but saints and artists have often reimagined Christ’s birth
  37. ‘Cajun Navy’ volunteers who participate in search-and-rescue operations after hurricanes are forming long-lasting organizations
  38. Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry
  39. Buyer beware: Off-brand Ozempic, Zepbound and other weight loss products carry undisclosed risks for consumers
  40. Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
  41. Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good
  42. How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
  43. Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word
  44. DEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons
  45. So you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them
  46. Though home to about 50 white extremist groups, Ohio’s social and political landscape is undergoing rapid racial change
  47. The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
  48. 5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns
  49. Harris proposes that Medicare cover more in-home health care, filling a large gap for older Americans and their caregivers
  50. Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn