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Can changing the microbiome reverse lactose intolerance?

  • Written by Patricia L. Foster, Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
Reversing lactose intolerance might make it possible for adults to enjoy a milkshake again.YAKOBCHUK VIACHESLAV / Shutterstock.com

After childhood, about two-thirds of the world’s human population loses the ability to digest milk. As far as we know, 100% of nonhuman mammals also lose this ability after weaning. The ongoing ability to digest...

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Don't shoot! That drone overhead probably isn't invading your privacy

  • Written by Stephen Rice, Associate Professor of Human Factors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Is this drone a threat?ungvar/Shutterstock.com

The first commercial medical drones are taking flight in the U.S., delivering blood samples and other medical specimens from a clinic to a lab in North Carolina. Right now, they’re just on one hospital campus and not flying over private homes or businesses. But that’s coming soon.

In our...

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A happy ending for 'Game of Thrones'? No thanks

  • Written by Anthony Gierzynski, Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Vermont
'Game of Thrones' has taught audiences to never get too attached to any one character.HBO

With the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” commencing, I imagine most fans are harboring hopes that things will turn out well for the remaining heroes in Westeros.

A large part of me hopes for the same. But a different part of me –...

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Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

  • Written by Saeed Ahmed Khan, Senior Lecturer, Wayne State University
An attorney for the Muslim enclave of Islamberg prays in a mosque in Tompkins, New York. American Muslims have a history going back 400 years. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

Most Americans say they don’t know a Muslim and that much of what they understand about Islam is from the media.

It’s not surprising then to see the many misunderstandings...

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From ‘40 acres and a mule’ to LBJ to the 2020 election, a brief history of slavery reparation promises

  • Written by John Torpey, Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Several 2020 presidential candidates have called for reparations for slavery in the U.S.AP Photo/Douglas Healey

Does the United States owe descendants of slaves reparations?

It’s a question being asked more frequently of Democrats running for the 2020 presidential nomination. Many have expressedvarying degrees of support for reparations,...

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Measles outbreaks show legal challenges of balancing personal rights and public good

  • Written by Katherine Drabiak, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Signs in Rockland County, New York telling people about free vaccines in an effort to curb the measles outbreak there. Seth Wenig/AP Photo

The measles outbreaks continue to spread, with New York City declaring a public health emergency and requiring people in four ZIP codes to have their children vaccinated or face penalties, including a fine of...

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Brexit is a rejection of the Good Friday Agreement for peace in Northern Ireland

  • Written by Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
Signs of protest along the Irish border. AP Photo/Peter Morrison

The European Union has offered U.K. lawmakers more time to agree on a Brexit plan. Why is the extension needed?

Theresa May’s plan to exit the European Union has failed to pass the British Parliament three times. Some have blamed party disunity or May’s mishandling of...

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A thousand years ago, the Catholic Church paid little attention to homosexuality

  • Written by Lisa McClain, Professor of History and Gender Studies, Boise State University

Pope Francis has spoken openly about homosexuality. In a recent interview, the pope said that homosexual tendencies “are not a sin.” And a few years ago, in comments made during an in-flight interview, he said,

“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”

However, the pope has also...

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When people downsize to tiny houses, they adopt more environmentally friendly lifestyles

  • Written by Maria Saxton, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Planning and Design, Virginia Tech
Tiny houses on display in Portland, Oregon in 2017.Dan David Cook/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Interest is surging in tiny homes – livable dwelling units that typically measure under 400 square feet. Much of this interest is driven by media coverage that claims that living in tiny homes is good for the planet.

It may seem intuitively obvious that...

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How a 'missing' movement made gun control a winning issue

  • Written by Aimee Huff, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Oregon State University
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler shakes hands with Aalayah Eastmond, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, during a hearing on guns violence at Capitol Hill on Feb. 6, 2019. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Thirty-three Republicans and all but one Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives agreed to...

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