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Why are people still dying from Legionnaires' disease?

  • Written by Brian Labus, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Inhaling mist contaminated with _Legionella pneumophila_ can lead to Legionnaires' disease.Denis Klimov 3000/Shutterstock.com

In the nearly 50 years since epidemiologists first discovered Legionnaires’ disease, we have learned how to test for it, treat it and prevent it. So why are people still dying from it and why are more and more people...

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'Christian left' is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants

  • Written by Laura E. Alexander, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights, University of Nebraska Omaha
Citing scripture and church teachings, ever more Christians are pushing progressive policy positions based in their faith.Shutterstock

Holding pictures of migrant children who have died in U.S. custody and forming a cross with their bodies on the floor of the Russell Senate Office Building, 70 Catholics were arrested in July for obstructing a...

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Organic food health benefits have been hard to assess, but that could change

  • Written by Cynthia Curl, Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Freshly harvested organic foods such as these radishes may seem to be healthier, but it is difficult to say for sureFedorovacz/Shutterstock.com

“Organic” is more than just a passing fad. Organic food sales totaled a record US$45.2 billion in 2017, making it one of the fastest-growing segments of American agriculture. While a small...

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What's behind the protests in Kashmir?

  • Written by Sumit Ganguly, Distinguished Professor of Political and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
Kashmiri Muslims shout slogans during a protest after Eid prayers in Srinagar.AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

India recently enacted a law which will end a special autonomous status given to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, known in the West as simply “Kashmir.”

Amit Shah, India’s minister for home affairs, announced in Parliament that the...

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Why building community – even through discomfort – could help stressed college students

  • Written by Shawna Shapiro, Associate Professor of Writing and Linguistics; Director of Writing & Rhetoric Program, Middlebury
A sense of belonging can enhance the college experience. Shutterstock

It is a growing problem on campuses across America. Students entering college are reporting levels of anxiety, depression and social isolation higher than previous generations. The phrase “mental health crisis” has become commonplace within higher education circles.

Tod...

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Shouldn’t there be a law against reckless opioid sales? Turns out, there is

  • Written by Nicolas Paul Terry, Professor of Law, IUPUI
Protests and lawsuits against opioid manufacturers are growing more common, but drug distributors are also facing scrutiny.AP Photo/Charles Krupa

The massive scale of prescription opioid shipments as the ongoing overdose epidemic unfolded has started to come into focus.

Drug companies shipped 76 billion opioid pain pills to U.S. health care...

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What's the right way for scientists to edit human genes? 5 essential reads

  • Written by Maggie Villiger, Senior Science + Technology Editor
Ethical frameworks, rules, laws: all try to have their say.Tati9/Shutterstock.com

Since scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they’ve been grappling with when and how to do it ethically. Is it reasonable to edit human genes with CRISPR? What about human genes in reproductive cells that...

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Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others?

  • Written by Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho, Ph.D. Student in Ecology, Universidade Federal de Goias
What factors contribute to some places having many, while other places have few?VLADGRIN/Shutterstock.com

People across the world describe their thoughts and emotions, share experiences and spread ideas through the use of thousands of distinct languages. These languages form a fundamental part of our humanity. They determine whom we communicate...

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A brief astronomical history of Saturn's amazing rings

  • Written by Vahe Peroomian, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With giant Saturn hanging in the blackness and sheltering Cassini from the Sun's blinding glare, the spacecraft viewed the rings as never before.

Many dream of what they would do had they a time machine. Some would travel 100 million years back in time, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Not many, though, would think of taking a telescope with them,...

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Fifty years ago, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation

  • Written by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan
Hendrix's version of the National Anthem combined reverence and revolution.nelag0/pixabay, CC BY

One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened.

In his memoir, Hendrix’s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, admitted that the band “hadn’t...

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  1. 50 years ago, Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation
  2. One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the US military
  3. Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warning
  4. Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?
  5. Surprising volunteers with awards is one way to keep them on board
  6. We use satellites to measure water scarcity
  7. Want better sleep? Try a warm bath or shower 1-2 hours before bedtime, study suggests
  8. New laws give victims more time to report rape or sexual assault – even Jeffrey Epstein's
  9. Saving endangered species: 5 essential reads
  10. Restoring soil can help address climate change
  11. Guatemala's next president has few plans for fixing rampant corruption, crime and injustice
  12. I'm one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who's mourning what the war is costing us
  13. A neuroscience-based action plan to deal with stress after El Paso and Dayton shootings
  14. Making money off of politics isn't new – it was business as usual in the Gilded Age
  15. The journalist who exposed the Jeffrey Epsteins of Victorian London
  16. New climate change report underscores the need to manage land for the short and long term
  17. Why the 2020 census matters for rural Americans
  18. Talking about Charlottesville with alt-right students
  19. Remote control for brain cells: scientists use ultrasound waves to activate neurons
  20. The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells
  21. Companies promoting causes can be accused of 'wokewashing' – allying themselves only for good PR
  22. Curious Kids: Is homework worthwhile?
  23. Saudi women are fighting for their freedom – and their hard-won victories are growing
  24. Americans’ support for immigration is at record highs – but the government is out of sync with their views
  25. Can experts determine who might be a mass killer? 3 questions answered
  26. I traveled to American Samoa 5 times to study the secret to its football success
  27. 5 tips for parents to build communication skills with children with autism spectrum disorder
  28. NASCAR may be the fastest way to learn about physics
  29. Trump's fight to count US citizens and non-citizens: 5 questions answered
  30. Gender equality at home takes a hit when children arrive
  31. Climate change will mean more multiyear snow droughts in the West
  32. 5 reasons why Trump's Venezuela embargo won't end the Maduro regime
  33. A tick detective wants to understand what drives tick abundance
  34. What 1860 and 1968 can teach America about the 2020 presidential election
  35. French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims
  36. Mass shootings aren't growing more common – and evidence contradicts common stereotypes about the killers
  37. Blood tests for Alzheimer’s: Two experts on why new studies are encouraging
  38. The US-China trade war: 5 essential reads
  39. How to grow human mini-livers in the lab to help solve liver disease
  40. Drilling deeper wells is a band-aid solution to US groundwater woes
  41. Everything in Mecca gets 5 stars — and online reviews of other holy sites are wildly inflated, too
  42. The facts on the US children and teens killed by firearms
  43. The 'warspeak' permeating everyday language puts us all in the trenches
  44. Guns and mental illness: A psychiatrist explains the complexities
  45. From across the globe to El Paso, changes in the language of the far-right explain its current violence
  46. Space travel might fry your brain, causing permanent learning and memory problems
  47. Astronauts' brains are subject to long-lasting damage due to low dose space radiation
  48. Police are more likely to kill men and women of color
  49. Stop blaming video games for mass killings
  50. How the University of Alaska – and other public U.S. universities – now struggle for funding