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The opioid epidemic is finally a national emergency – eight years too late

  • Written by Erin Winstanley, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, West Virginia University
imagePeople without ID, like Steven Kemp, are sometimes turned away from the country's already threadbare system of drug treatment centers.Matt Rourke/AP Photo

“It has been many long, hard, agonizing battles for the last few years and you fought like a warrior every step of the way. Addiction, however, won the war. To the person who doesn’t...

Read more: The opioid epidemic is finally a national emergency – eight years too late

Americans are confused about food and unsure where to turn for answers, survey shows

  • Written by Sheril Kirshenbaum, Food@MSU, Michigan State University
imageTrying to sort truth about food from fiction can be overwhelming.TheeErin, CC BY-SA

More than one-third of Americans do not know that foods with no genetically modified ingredients contain genes, according to the new nationally representative Food Literacy and Engagement Poll we recently conducted at Michigan State University. For the record, all...

Read more: Americans are confused about food and unsure where to turn for answers, survey shows

Do coal and nuclear need a helping hand? 5 essential reads

  • Written by Martin LaMonica, Deputy Editor, Environment & Energy Editor, The Conversation
imageCoal power has long been a mainstay of the electricity system but has lost share as natural gas prices have gone down. John Fowler, CC BY-SA

The following is a roundup of previously published articles.

The U.S. electricity grid, the sprawling network that delivers power to our homes and businesses, is changing rapidly – a point few experts...

Read more: Do coal and nuclear need a helping hand? 5 essential reads

Postpartum depression can affect dads – and their hormones may be to blame

  • Written by Darby Saxbe, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageNew fathers can feel low, too.loriZ, CC BY-NC

Postpartum depression has become more visible as celebrity moms including Brooke Shields, Drew Barrymore and Chrissy Teigen have publicly shared their struggles with feeling sad and hopeless after birth. But when a father – Adam Busby, from reality TV show “OutDaughtered” –...

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Why students need better protection from loan fraud

  • Written by Richard Fossey, Professor of Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
imageHow can we help the tens of thousands of college students who have been defrauded?SpeedKingz/Shutterstock.com

A college education can set you up for a lifetime – though it can come with a hefty price tag: Some unfortunate students have gotten both a mountain of debt and an education that falls far short of their expectations.

Across the...

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For a primer on how to make fun of Nazis, look to Charlie Chaplin

  • Written by Kevin Hagopian, Senior Lecturer of Media Studies (Cinema Studies), Pennsylvania State University
imageCharlie Chaplin's character Adenoid Hynkel was a not-so-subtle nod to Adolf Hitler.Wikimedia Commons

White nationalists and neo-Nazis are having their moment. Former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke is back, yet again, in the media spotlight, while newer figures such as white supremacist Richard Spencer and Christopher Cantwell are...

Read more: For a primer on how to make fun of Nazis, look to Charlie Chaplin

Can you pass this smell test?

  • Written by Steven D. Munger, Director, Center for Smell and Taste; Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida
imageThe smell of daffodils is a treat for most people, but some cannot experience the joy because they have lost their sense of smell. Mila Supinskaya Glashchenko/Shutterstock.com

Each of our senses gives us a unique view of our world. Our visual system detects parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, revealing movement, brightness and color, but also a...

Read more: Can you pass this smell test?

I was an Exxon-funded climate scientist

  • Written by Katharine Hayhoe, Professor and Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
imageExxon funded climate scientists while the bulk of its public-facing advertorials argued the science and cause of climate change was uncertain.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups to disseminate false information about climate...

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Dissecting Conor McGregor's steep odds in boxing showdown

  • Written by Bill Zimmerman, Lecturer, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Pennsylvania State University

It seems to happen every few years: a boxing superfight briefly jolts the fringe sport back into the public consciousness.

But the latest mega match-up – between an undefeated boxer coming out of retirement and a celebrated mixed martial arts fighter who has never entered a professional boxing ring – is without precedent.

It’s...

Read more: Dissecting Conor McGregor's steep odds in boxing showdown

Anti-vaccination beliefs don't follow the usual political polarization

  • Written by Charles McCoy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY Plattsburgh
imageSigns from a protest in 2015 against a California bill that prohibits parents from using a religious exemption as a reason to not vaccinate their children. The bill became law. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

When health officials learned that the 2015 measles outbreak was caused by clusters of unvaccinated children, Americans once more wanted to...

Read more: Anti-vaccination beliefs don't follow the usual political polarization

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  1. We should serve kids food in school, not shame
  2. The penny may be worthless, but let's keep it anyway
  3. As climate change warms the Northeast, some snowshoe hares stay brown all year
  4. How noncompete clauses clash with US labor laws
  5. Arpaio pardon could encourage more civil rights violations
  6. How quantum mechanics can change computing
  7. When 'man's best friend' feels more hate than love for an owner
  8. Why is climate change's 2 degrees Celsius of warming limit so important?
  9. The best shot at overcoming vaccination standoffs? Having doctors listen to – not shun – reluctant parents
  10. UAW's loss at Nissan auto plant masks genuine progress for organized labor
  11. Here's a better vision for the US-Mexico border: Make the Rio Grande grand again
  12. Afghanistan is now officially James Mattis’ war
  13. For many in Puerto Rico, 'energy dominance' is just a new name for US colonialism
  14. Can corporate America afford to walk away from President Trump?
  15. Will CRISPR fears fade with familiarity?
  16. African-Americans fighting fascism and racism, from WWII to Charlottesville
  17. Some nerves: How loud noise may change hearing
  18. How should we protest neo-Nazis? Lessons from German history
  19. How the smartphone affected an entire generation of kids
  20. Can low doses of chemicals affect your health? A new report weighs the evidence
  21. Colleges need affirmative action – but it can be expanded
  22. Devil versus angel: When do they shift into action in the face of temptation?
  23. Google memo completely misses how implicit biases harm women
  24. Why lowering nicotine in cigarettes could change the course of health
  25. Warning signs of mass violence – in the US?
  26. Over the years, Americans have become increasingly exposed to extremism
  27. Are Islamic State recruits more street gang members than zealots?
  28. How religion motivates people to give and serve
  29. The Confederate statue debate: 3 essential reads
  30. Harvard study strengthens link between breast cancer risk and light exposure at night
  31. More states are allowing guns on college campuses
  32. Making driverless cars safe for people on foot
  33. Explaining polygamy and its history in the Mormon Church
  34. Curbing climate change: Why it's so hard to act in time
  35. Is Ryan Kelly's iconic photograph an American 'Guernica'?
  36. Charlottesville and the politics of fear
  37. How ancient cultures explained eclipses
  38. Why tourists go to sites associated with death and suffering
  39. Why state-level single-payer health care efforts are doomed
  40. Trump's rejection of national climate report would do more damage than exiting the Paris Agreement
  41. FirstNet for emergency communications: 6 questions answered
  42. How union stakes in ailing papers like the Chicago Sun-Times may keep them alive
  43. How much longer will Maduro's grip on power last? Look to the military
  44. How subversive artists made thrift shopping cool
  45. Disarming North Korea means making concessions
  46. How a British royal's monumental errors made India's partition more painful
  47. Are you lonesome tonight? Why we, like Elvis, turn to food for comfort
  48. Tracing the sources of today's Russian cyberthreat
  49. How parents can help their freshman teens cope with stress
  50. Trump's threat to withdraw from NAFTA may hit a hurdle: The US Constitution