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Americans, especially millennials, are embracing plant-based meat products

  • Written by Sheril Kirshenbaum, Associate Research Scientist, Michigan State University
Soy-based Impossible Whoppers went on sale at Burger King stores across the US in August 2019.AP Photo/Ben Margot

By 2050, many scientists estimate that the world food supply will have to increase sharply from today’s level to meet anticipated demand from a global population of 9 to 10 billion people. Meanwhile, the coming decades are...

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Trump is flouting global trade rules with China yet embracing them with the EU – here's why it matters

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University

Just as America’s trade war with China may be winding down, its troubles with Europe seem to be growing.

On Oct. 11, President Donald Trump said that the United States and China had agreed, in principle, to “phase one” of a trade deal. Although the details are murky, the deal appears to suggest small wins for both sides and a...

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Where is my Xanax Rx? Why your doctor may be concerned about prescribing benzodiazepines

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Xanax, sold generically as alprazolam, is a popular drug to treat anxiety -- and to sell on the street.PureRadiancePhoto/Shutterstock.com

As an academic psychiatrist who treats people with anxiety and trauma, I often hear questions about a specific class of medications called benzodiazepines. I also often receive referrals for patients who are on...

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Blockchain voting is vulnerable to hackers, software glitches and bad ID photos – among other problems

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
How secure is online voting with blockchain technology?WhiteDragon/Shutterstock.com

A developing technology called “blockchain” has gotten attention from election officials, startups and even Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang as a potential way to boost voter turnout and public trust in election results.

I study blockchain...

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Pope affirms Catholic Church's duty to indigenous Amazonians hurt by climate change

  • Written by Vincent J. Miller, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton
Pope Francis at the start of the Amazon synod, at the Vatican, Oct. 7, 2019.AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

The Catholic Church “hears the cry” of the Amazon and its peoples. That’s the message Pope Francis hopes to send at the Synod of the Amazon, a three-week meeting at the Vatican that ends Oct. 27.

Images from Rome show tribal...

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How Mister Rogers' faith shaped his idea of children's television

  • Written by L. Benjamin Rolsky, Adjunct Professor of History, Religion, and Anthropology, Monmouth University
Fred Rogers rehearses with some of his puppet friends in Pittsburgh,.Gene J. Puskarg/AP

The beloved children’s television icon Fred Rogers – who is played by actor Tom Hanks in the upcoming film “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” – entered the world of children’s programming during an era of massive political...

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The Chicago teachers' strike isn't just about kids – it's about union power too

  • Written by Bradley D. Marianno, Assistant Professor of Educational Policy & Leadership, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Chicago's teachers are on strike for the first time since 2012.AP Photo/Martha Irvine

Classes in Chicago’s public schools were canceled starting Oct. 17 as more than 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike in what they’re calling a fight for “justice and equity” for their students.

Th...

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This overdose-reversal medicine could reduce opioid deaths – so why don't more people carry it?

  • Written by Tarlise Townsend, Joint PhD Student, Health Policy and Sociology, University of Michigan
Naloxone, available as a nasal spray called Narcan or in injectable form, resuscitates 100% of people who overdose if administered quickly. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Forty-seven thousand Americans died of opioid-related overdoses in 2017 – similar to the number of deaths from car accidents and gun violence.

That number could have been much...

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Here's what's missing in efforts to curb heavy drinking and hazing on campus

  • Written by Adam M. McCready, Visiting Assistant Professor, Higher Education & Student Affairs, University of Connecticut
Colleges throughout the nation are beset with problems of alcohol and hazing on campus. AP Photo/Dake Kang

Maxwell Gruver had been a student at Louisiana State University for only a few weeks in 2017 before he died of alcohol poisoning in a fraternity house hazing ritual known as “Bible study.” He and other pledges were made to chug...

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Our world is getting smaller

  • Written by Kristina Lerman, Project Leader at the Information Sciences Institute and Research Associate Professor, University of Southern California
Many of us are connected some way, somehow.Arthimedes/Shutterstock.com

Has this happened to you? You strike up a conversation with a complete stranger, only to discover that you share surprising connections. My own brush with this phenomenon took place recently at a conference in Canada.

I was sharing a table with two strangers – one from...

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  2. Bosses face more discrimination if they are women – from employees of any gender
  3. A UN treaty guarantees youth rights everywhere on earth – except the United States
  4. Pell Grants are getting their due in the 2020 campaign
  5. China's worldwide investment project is a push for more economic and political power
  6. Lower refugee limits are weakening resettlement in the US
  7. Study: Racism shortens lives and hurts health of blacks by promoting genes that lead to inflammation and illness
  8. Keeping students safe is a growth industry struggling to fulfill its mission
  9. I study teen suicide and believe clinical science can predict who is at risk
  10. How gambling built baseball – and then almost destroyed it
  11. Los Angeles is far from ending homelessness – but other American cities can still learn a lot from it
  12. Why a computer will never be truly conscious
  13. Iowa's farmers – and American eaters – need a national discussion on transforming US agriculture
  14. Why the guillotine may be less cruel than execution by slow poisoning
  15. Stimulants: Using them to cram for exams ruins sleep and doesn't help test scores
  16. Andrew Yang's 'freedom dividend' echoes a 1930s basic income proposal that reshaped Social Security
  17. Cash or credit monitoring? Choice leads to more just — and cheaper — legal settlements
  18. Equifax breach victims can pick their compensation – why choice may mean cheaper and better settlements
  19. Why 'woke' NBA is struggling to balance its values with Chinese expansion
  20. Quantum dots that light up TVs could be used for brain research
  21. How the US census kickstarted America's computing industry
  22. Sanctuaries protecting gun rights and the unborn challenge the legitimacy and role of federal law
  23. If impeachment comes to the Senate – 5 questions answered
  24. Why we need to treat wildfire as a public health issue in California
  25. Presidential 'debates' aren't debates at all – they're joint press conferences
  26. Blind people have increased opportunities, but employers’ perceptions are still a barrier
  27. How to know which impeachment polls to believe – and which to skip
  28. Curious Kids: How does a curveball curve?
  29. Kurds targeted in Turkish attack include thousands of female fighters who battled Islamic State
  30. Income-based repayment becoming a costly solution to student loan debt
  31. Blue light isn't the main source of eye fatigue and sleep loss – it's your computer
  32. Voters often parrot the party line, even when polls suggest otherwise
  33. Why Barack Obama was particularly unsuited to live up to the ideals of the Nobel Peace Prize
  34. Lithium ion Nobel Prize shows how individual brainstorms add up to world-transforming innovations
  35. Why don't more women win science Nobels?
  36. Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds
  37. US will send migrants to El Salvador, a country that can't protect its own people
  38. Why more places are abandoning Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day
  39. Could helmetless tackling training reduce football head injuries?
  40. Why ending the secrecy of 'confession' is so controversial for the Catholic Church
  41. Panama celebrates its black Christ, part of protest against colonialism and slavery
  42. Conservation policies threaten indigenous reindeer herders in Mongolia
  43. Computer science now counts as math credit in most states – is this a good idea?
  44. The Latin American left isn't dead yet
  45. For Russia, talk of Trump impeachment is the gift that keeps on giving
  46. Hurricane Michael recovery efforts point to the power of local generosity after overlooked disasters
  47. 6 ways to establish a productive homework routine
  48. Games blamed for moral decline and addiction throughout history
  49. Fast evolution explains the tiny stature of extinct 'Hobbit' from Flores Island
  50. Nobel Prize in Physics for two breakthroughs: Evidence for the Big Bang and a way to find exoplanets