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Reeling from the news? Train your brain to feel better with these 4 techniques

  • Written by Laurel Mellin, Associate Clinical Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, President Donald Trump and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before the NATO summit in Brussels July 11, 2018. AP Photo/Ludovic Marin

Americans have been barraged in the past couple of weeks by a series of major news events – some of them unsettling. President Trump’s trip to Europe left many...

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What is heaven?

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Illustration of Dante's Paradiso.Giovanni di Paolo

When a family member or a friend passes away, we often find ourselves reflecting on the question “where are they now?” As mortal beings, it is a question of ultimate significance to each of us.

Different cultural groups, and different individuals within them, respond with numerous,...

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How the PROSPER Act could negatively impact LGBTQ students

  • Written by Timothy R. Bussey, Assistant Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Kenyon College
Congress is currently considering the PROSPER Act, which could have a dramatic impact on LGTBQ students.Peshkova/www.shutterstock.com

The PROSPER Act, a bill to reauthorize and overhaul key elements of higher education law, could be brought for a vote in the House of Representatives any day now. Even so, the actual level of support for the PROSPER...

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Has Trump violated his oath of office? A primer on presidential duty and accountability

  • Written by Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
Donald Trump, taking the presidential oath of office in 2017AP/Matt Rourke

After his joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, U.S. President Donald Trump was barraged with criticism from both friends and foes.

Standing next to Putin, Trump repudiated U.S. intelligence that the Russians interfered with the 2016...

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¿Qué hace ICE, la agencia federal que aplica las leyes de inmigración d EEUU?

  • Written by Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor, University of California, Merced
Los manifestantes sostienen carteles delante de la oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE).AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

¿Será que usted haya oído el eslogan “Abolish ICE”?

Esta frase en inglés -que quiere decir “Eliminen el ICE”, el Immigration and Customs Enforcement, o...

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¿Qué hace ICE, la agencia federal que aplica las leyes de inmigración en EEUU?

  • Written by Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor, University of California, Merced
Los manifestantes sostienen carteles delante de la oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE).AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

¿Será que usted haya oído el eslogan “Abolish ICE”?

Esta frase en inglés -que quiere decir “Eliminen el ICE”, el Immigration and Customs Enforcement, o...

Read more: ¿Qué hace ICE, la agencia federal que aplica las leyes de inmigración en EEUU?

The US is a whole lot richer because of trade with Europe, regardless of whether EU is friend or 'foe'

  • Written by Greg Wright, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
Trump and Merkel: Friends, foes or frenemies?AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

President Donald Trump recently questioned the value of the long-standing United States-Europe alliance. When asked to identify his “biggest foe globally,” he declared: “I think the European Union is a foe, what they do to us in trade.”

This view...

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Ozone pollution in US national parks is nearly the same as in large cities

  • Written by David Keiser, Assistant Professor of Economics, Iowa State University
A clear day at Acadia National Park in Maine.John Marino, CC BY

“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue” – John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra (1911)

Most Americans associate U.S. national parks with pristine environments that represent the very best of nature. In the 1916 law that...

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New treatment in the works for disfiguring skin disease, vitiligo

  • Written by John Harris, Associate Professor of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
This African woman suffers from an autoimmune disease called vitiligo which causes the loss of skin pigment.By andreonegin/shutterstock.com

In many parts of the world there is great shame and stigma tied to vitiligo, an autoimmune disease of the skin that causes disfiguring white spots, which can appear anywhere on the body. In some societies,...

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Health clubs using tanning beds to attract members despite cancer risks, new study shows

  • Written by Sherry Pagoto, Professor of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
Individuals using indoor tanning are exposed to two types of UV rays -- UVA and UVB -- that damage skin and DNA and can lead to cancer, including the deadliest one: melanoma. Young users are most at risk.By Rido/shutterstock.com

I drove past Planet Fitness on the way to my 10-year-old’s gymnastics class and had to chuckle at their sign...

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  3. The brainwashing myth
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  5. Why attorneys represent immigrants for free
  6. Why Trump hasn't been impeached – and likely won't be
  7. Americans distrusted US democracy long before Trump's Russia problem
  8. Electric scooters on collision course with pedestrians and lawmakers
  9. Cómo vino la Iglesia Católica a oponerse al control de natalidad
  10. Microprocessor designers realize security must be a primary concern
  11. The rescued Thai boys are considering becoming monks — here's why
  12. Harvesting rain could help Caribbean countries keep the water on after hurricanes
  13. Multilingual learners doing better in US schools than previously thought
  14. When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story
  15. How a positive outlook on the future may protect teens from violence
  16. How man and machine can work together to diagnose diseases in medical scans
  17. Pigments from microbes provide clue to evolution in ancient oceans – but weren't pink a billion years ago
  18. Thing-makers, tool freaks and prototypers: How the Whole Earth Catalog's optimistic message reinvented the environmental movement in 1968
  19. If the 12 indicted Russians never face trial in the US, can anything be gained?
  20. ¿Cómo 'quema' la grasa nuestro cuerpo?
  21. Understanding the emoji of solidarity
  22. How summer and diet damage your DNA, and what you can do
  23. Born in the USA: Having a baby is costly and confusing, even for a health policy expert
  24. Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected to 'transform' Mexico. Can he do it?
  25. Why I teach math through knitting
  26. Do I want an always-on digital assistant listening in all the time?
  27. Trade war could chill China’s growing investment in US economy
  28. When race triggers a call to campus police
  29. How your social network could save you from a disaster
  30. 3 charts explain how Russians see Trump and US
  31. As Putin-Trump summit nears, 3 charts explain how Russians see the US
  32. Securing America's voting systems against spying and meddling
  33. Revisiting Jimmy Carter's truth-telling sermon to Americans
  34. Emmett Till's life matters
  35. Central American kids come to the US fleeing record-high youth murder rates at home
  36. Spain's majority-female cabinet embodies women's global rise to power
  37. What is Novichok? A neurotoxicologist explains
  38. Scientist at work: Identifying individual gray wolves by their howls
  39. When Trump calls Russia a 'competitor' for the US, he might be talking about natural gas exports
  40. Trade wars will boost digital manufacturing – at consumers' own homes with personal 3D printers
  41. Why trade wars can be perilous: 5 essential reads
  42. As the World Cup winds down and the summit nears, Trump is playing Putin's game
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  44. Why meeting with Putin may just give Trump a popularity boost
  45. Are you suddenly interested in the Supreme Court? You're not alone
  46. Even self-driving cars need driver education
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  48. Why vaccine opponents think they know more than medical experts
  49. Here's how to encourage more girls to pursue science and math careers
  50. Why the case of Jahi McMath is important for understanding the role of race for black patients