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There's a new generation of water pollutants in your medicine cabinet

  • Written by Lee Blaney, Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Every day we each use a variety of personal care products. We wash our hands with antibacterial soaps and clean our faces with specialty cleansers. We wash and maintain our hair with shampoo, conditioner and other hair care products. We use deodorant and perfume or cologne to smell nice. Depending on the day, we may apply sunscreen or...

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What Gorsuch's conservative Supreme Court means for workers

  • Written by Michele Gilman, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore

As Neil Gorsuch takes his seat on the Supreme Court, the 4-4 ideological stalemate that plagued the institution after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has been broken, reestablishing its conservative tilt.

In an article I wrote last year on the implications of Donald Trump getting the chance to fill Scalia’s seat, I described how the...

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Why Native Americans do not separate religion from science

  • Written by Rosalyn R. LaPier, Research Associate of Women's Studies, Environmental Studies and Native American Religion, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University
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Last year five Native American tribes in Washington state managed to repatriate the remains of the “Ancient One,” as they called him, or “Kennewick Man,” as scientists called him.

For the tribes, the Ancient One is to be...

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Why are we dragging our feet when more automation in health care will save lives?

  • Written by Thomas Hooven, Neonatologist, Columbia University Medical Center
imageFrom closed-loop ventilators to smarter vital sign monitors, automation has untapped potential to improve medical outcomes.From www.shutterstock.com

As a neonatologist, I worry about patients with pulmonary hypertension. This unforgiving disease, sometimes seen after premature birth, can end with sudden death from constricting blood vessels in the...

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US business schools failing on climate change

  • Written by Nancy E. Landrum, Professor of Sustainable Business Management, Loyola University Chicago
imageWhen the environment and businesses meet, who will make sure one doesn't suffer at the hands of the other?Lukas / Pexels, FAL

Coca-Cola and Nestlé have recently closed facilities, and Starbucks is bracing for a global shortage of coffee – all due to effects from climate change. Climate change impacts every resource used by businesses:...

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Trump and the history of the 'first 100 days'

  • Written by Robert Speel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Erie campus, Pennsylvania State University
imageWill history give Trump a thumbs-up for his first 100 days?AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez

The federal government is currently being funded by a continuing resolution that expires on April 28, 2017 – which also happens to be the 99th day of Donald Trump’s presidency.

If Congress fails to approve a new spending deal before then, Trump’s...

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How companies like United and Wells Fargo can win back consumer trust

  • Written by John Hauser, Professor of Marketing, MIT Sloan School of Management
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It’s every CEO’s worst nightmare: For whatever reason, the CEO’s company is engulfed in negative publicity that threatens to damage its brand name, harm sales and alienate customers for months or even years to come.

The negative publicity can hit suddenly,...

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Ella Fitzgerald's flirtation with reefer songs

  • Written by Adam Gustafson, Instructor in Music, Pennsylvania State University
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“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April 25: institutions from the Library of Congress to the Grammy Museum will be honoring her amazing contributions to the jazz canon.

It will be interesting to see if any tributes mention Fitzgerald’s “Wacky...

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Will a conservative Supreme Court give new life to the death penalty?

  • Written by Daniel LaChance, Assistant Professor of History, Emory University
imageSupreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy administers the judicial oath to Justice Neil Gorsuch.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

For years now, the death penalty’s days have seemed numbered.

Death sentences and executions are in decline. And some current Supreme Court justices have been pushing the court to revisit the constitutionality of capital punishment.

B...

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The extraordinary return of sea otters to Glacier Bay

  • Written by Perry Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics and Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
imageA sea otter floats in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.AP Photo/Laura Rauch

Human beings have a long history of persecuting apex predators such as wolves, tigers and leopards. The loss of these predators – animals at the top of the food chain – has resulted in ecological, economic and social impacts around the globe. Rarely do the predators fully...

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  21. Is the US immigration court system broken?
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