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What is it about yawning?

  • Written by Christine Calder, Assistant Clinical Professor of Behavior, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
You can't resist the yawn.Chayanin Wongpracha/Shutterstock.com

You know the feeling. It’s impossible to resist. You just need to yawn.

A yawn consists of an extended gaping of the mouth followed by a more rapid closure. In mammals and birds, a long intake of breath and shorter exhale follows the gaping of the mouth, but in other species such...

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Is gang activity on the rise? A movement to abolish gang databases makes it hard to tell

  • Written by David Pyrooz, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado

President Donald Trump has frequently spoken about dangerous gang members from MS-13 “infesting” the United States.

It’s important to be able to confirm or debunk those statements. But a movement among criminal justice reformers may make that more difficult. Some are calling to abolish databases containing the identities of...

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Anti-slavery heroes Charles Langston and Simeon Bushnell deserve pardons too, President Trump

  • Written by Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor of Law, Northwestern University
The Oberlin rescuers, with Simeon Bushnell and Charles Langston 9th and 12th from the leftLibrary of Congress

President Donald Trump has exercised the pardon power more aggressively and creatively than most of his predecessors, granting pardons to political supporters such as Joe Arpaio and Dinesh D’Souza, and a posthumous pardon to Jack...

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How Roe v. Wade changed the lives of American women

  • Written by Constance Shehan, Professor of Sociology, University of Florida

The recent announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has ignited widespread speculation about the future of Roe v. Wade. Some analysts believe that a new appointment to the Supreme Court would mean a conservative justice, particularly one who is against abortion rights, will threaten the status of the law.

The U.S. Supreme Court...

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When caring hurts: Attrition among social workers, medicine's unsung heroes

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Medical social workers perform many tasks for patients, but the work is taking a high toll on them, leading to burnout and attrition.YAKOBCHUK VIACHESLAV/Shutterstock

You can tell a lot about a job and the people doing it by asking them to describe their best day at work. For Ali, a 28-year-old pediatric cancer social worker, that day occurred one...

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Local, county and state governments are suing oil companies over climate change

  • Written by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
Superstorm Sandy wrecked these Rhode Island cottages in 2012.AP Photo/Steven Senne

Thanks to climate change, sea levels are rising and storm surges are becoming more costly and frequent. Since most American state and local governments are cash-strapped, cities and counties fear that they won’t be able to afford all the construction it will...

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How ride-hailing could improve public transportation instead of undercutting it

  • Written by Daniel Sperling, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
Friend or foe?AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Over the last half-decade, public transit ridership declined nationwide. The number of vehicle miles traveled in cars is rising, and traffic congestion is getting worse in many U.S. cities. At the same time, the century-old taxi industry is struggling, with many taxi companies going bankrupt.

Are ride-hailing...

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Por qué los emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Una opción alternativa para desbloquear un teléfono inteligente.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

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¿Preferirías desbloquear tu teléfono con un PIN de cuatro dígitos o con un emoji? ¿Sería más fácil y más...

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Por qué los emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Una opción alternativa para desbloquear un teléfono inteligente.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

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¿Preferirías desbloquear tu teléfono con un PIN de cuatro dígitos o con un emoji? ¿Sería más fácil y más...

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Por qué los emojis –

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Una opción alternativa para desbloquear un teléfono inteligente.Lydia Kraus et al., 'On the Use of Emojis in Mobile Authentication,' 2017., CC BY-ND

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  7. State takeovers of schools are about political power, not school improvement
  8. How to build a better, safer, more welcoming hospital
  9. What is the WTO?
  10. Justice Kennedy's LGBTQ legacy may be short-lived
  11. Feasting rituals – and the cooperation they require – are a crucial step toward human civilization
  12. Will Trump's Supreme Court justices show independence from him?
  13. Why Americans have long been fascinated by gunfighting preachers
  14. Americans are not as divided or conservative on immigration as you might think
  15. Fewer Americans are giving money to charity but total donations are at record levels anyway
  16. Mexico elects a leftist president who welcomes migrants
  17. 3 reasons why the US is vulnerable to big disasters
  18. Painter Jon McNaughton's novel portrayal of modern conservatism
  19. When some police feel misunderstood, it can impact their performance
  20. The US natural gas industry is leaking way more methane than previously thought. Here’s why that matters
  21. Rural Americans' struggles against factory farm pollution find traction in court
  22. Flu lasts for more than an hour in air and on surfaces – why cleaning can really help
  23. Observing the universe with a camera traveling near the speed of light
  24. Mexico's next president likely to defy Trump on immigration
  25. Reggae's sacred roots and call to protest injustice
  26. Is Juul making it easy for kids to vape in school? New study suggests yes
  27. What's involved in designing World Cup jerseys?
  28. Math explains why your bus route seems so unreliable
  29. Could new legislation lead to a Route 66 economic revival?
  30. Why are Democratic voters more approving of compromise than Republicans?
  31. Mick Mulvaney turned the CFPB from a forceful consumer watchdog into a do-nothing government cog
  32. Thriving after depression: Why are scientists ignoring good outcomes?
  33. Trump's choice to replace Justice Kennedy will likely be a white man, like his other court nominees
  34. Why your brain never runs out of problems to find
  35. Men suffer about 70 percent of fireworks injuries – and other 4th of July facts
  36. Crece la pobreza en los suburbios de EEUU, más que en las ciudades
  37. Are we alone? The question is worthy of serious scientific study
  38. New telescope will scan the skies for asteroids on collision course with Earth
  39. Amazonian psychedelic may ease severe depression, new study shows
  40. Nevada's unions show how organized labor can flourish even after an adverse Supreme Court ruling
  41. What Pope Francis' choice of a Pakistani cardinal means for Christians of the country
  42. US turned away thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers and detained hundreds more in the 90s
  43. Extreme stress in childhood is toxic to your DNA
  44. A brief history of the s'more, America's favorite campfire snack
  45. Mandatory labels with simple disclosures reduced fears of GE foods in Vermont
  46. Crop insurance is good for farmers, but not always for the environment
  47. Inventing the future in Chinese labs: How does China do science today?
  48. Why is suicide on the rise in the US – but falling in most of Europe?
  49. Blockchain-based property registries may help lift poor people out of poverty
  50. Teachers' activism will survive the Janus Supreme Court ruling