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Veterans, refugees and victims of war crimes are all vulnerable to PTSD

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), with Rep. Marc Pocan (D.-Wis.) behind her, speaks Jan. 8, 2020 at the Capitol.Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

Mental health is often used in political discourse and arguments. Post-traumatic stress disorder was the subject Jan. 8, when Rep. Ilhan Omar (D.-Minn.), herself a Somalian refugee who had spent years in a refugee camp...

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Even planets have their (size) limits

  • Written by Natalie Hinkel, Planetary Astrophysicist, Senior Research Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute and Co-Investigator for the Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS), Arizona State University
A planet-forming disk made from rock and gas surrounds a young star. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran

Scientists have discovered over 4,000 exoplanets outside of our Solar System, according to NASA’s Exoplanet Archive.

Some of these planets orbit multiple stars at the same time. Certain planets are so close...

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What to think when you're thinking about impeachment: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US
Where the action is: The capitol building in Washington, D.C. Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images

If you have a big appetite for politics news, you’re not going to go hungry this week.

The substantive part of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump now begins, after Democrats from the House of Representatives delivered the...

Read more: What to think when you're thinking about impeachment: 5 essential reads

Native people did not use fire to shape New England's landscape

  • Written by Wyatt Oswald, Professor of Environmental Science, Emerson College
Old-growth forests prevailed in New England for thousands of years.David Foster, CC BY-ND

An interpretive sign stands at the edge of the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area, a 1,500-acre state conservation property in central Massachusetts. It explains the site’s open land vegetation has been shaped by “millennia of fire”...

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Impeachment trial senators swear an oath aimed at guarding 'against malice, falsehood, and evasion'

  • Written by Susan P. Fino, Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., signs the oath book after being sworn in for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Senate Television via AP

The 100 United States senators who are jurors in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump have taken a special oath in order to take part in that proceeding. As they enter...

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Bill de Blasio's bagel gaffe and the fraught politics of food

  • Written by Stacy A. Cordery, Professor of History, Iowa State University
Oh no he didn't.secret agent mike/Getty Images

If New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hadn’t already dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, #bagelgate might have been the nail in the coffin.

His Jan. 15 tweet praising a toasted bagel on National Bagel Day instantly set off hardline bagel devotees-cum-voters. De Blasio quickly amended his...

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'Lennon Walls' herald a sticky-note revolution in Hong Kong

  • Written by Jeff Hou, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington
Hong Kong's first Lennon Wall appeared in 2014.Wpcpey/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Months of anti-government protests in Hong Kong have physically reshaped the city. As a scholar of urban landscapes, I have been interested in how the citizens and activists made use of the urban environment during the movement, including walls of Post-it sticky notes...

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How a heritage of black preaching shaped MLK's voice in calling for justice

  • Written by Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Professor of Homiletics, Howard University
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the Freedom March on Washington in 1963.Bettmann/Contributor via Getty images

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination...

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Why bosses should let employees surf the web at work

  • Written by Stephanie Andel, Assistant Professor of Psychology, IUPUI
Cyberloafing may not be a waste of time after all. GaudiLab/Shutterstock.com

If you’re like most workers, you don’t spend 100% of your time at the office doing what you’re supposed to be doing.

In fact, on average, U.S. workers spend about 10% of their work day surfing the internet, emailing friends or shopping online. This...

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Identifying aquatic plants with drones could be the key to reducing a parasitic infection in people

  • Written by Chelsea L. Wood, Assistant Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
Researchers operate inexpensive drones to 'see' the areas with the highest likelihood of parasites.Chelsea L. Wood/University of Washington, CC BY-ND

For the majority of people on Earth, parasites are a fact of life. These organisms live inside the human body, causing debilitating or fatal diseases. Among the parasitic diseases, one of the very...

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