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Arsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps

  • Written by Gumersindo Feijoo Costa, Catedrático de Ingeniería Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
imageA person takes a sample of water for testing.Irina Kozorog / Shutterstock

Arsenic has long been considered “the king of poisons.” Films such as “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Frank Capra and “The Name of the Rose” by Jean-Jacques Annaud illustrate the deadly effect that a high dose has on people.

But when someone...

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Trump is no Navalny, and prosecution in a democracy is a lot different than persecution in Putin’s Russia

  • Written by James D. Long, Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
imageA memorial to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny laid in Saint Petersburg on February 16, 2024. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images

The death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, announced on Feb. 16, 2024, lays bare to the world the costs of political persecutions. Although his cause of death remains unknown, the 47-year-old died while...

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How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia

  • Written by Michael J. Socolow, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
imageTucker Carlson at a Moscow grocery store, praising the bread.Screenshot, Tucker Carlson Network

Tucker Carlson, the conservative former cable TV news pundit, recently traveled to Moscow to interview Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for his Tucker Carlson Network, known as TCN.

The two-hour interview itself proved dull. Even Putin found...

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With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it

  • Written by William Nash, Professor of American Studies and English and American Literatures, Middlebury
imageBeyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, at the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

On Super Bowl Sunday, Beyoncé released two country songs – “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ‘Em” – that elicited a mix of admiration and indignation.

This is not her first foray into...

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Donors gave $58 billion to higher ed in the 2023 academic year, with mega gifts up despite overall decline

  • Written by Genevieve Shaker, Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
imageJim Simons and his wife, Marilyn Hawrys Simons, made a historic gift to Stony Brook University in 2023.Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Charitable giving to colleges and universities fell 5% in inflation-adjusted terms to US$58 billion in the 2023 academic year, according to the latest Voluntary Support of Education survey from the Council for Advancement...

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Colleges are using AI to prepare hospitality workers of the future

  • Written by Rachel J.C. Fu, Chair & Professor of Department of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management | Director of the Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute, University of Florida

If you’re planning to go into the hospitality industry, the pathway is increasingly going to involve some sort of familiarity with AI. That’s one of the key messages in “Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robot Applications in Hospitality Businesses,” a new book by hospitality professor Rachel J.C. Fu. In the...

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EPA has tightened its target for deadly particle pollution − states need more tools to reach it

  • Written by Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University

Tens of millions of Americans, including many Texans like me, live in counties that will soon be violating air pollution particle standards for the first time. It’s not that our air is getting dirtier – it’s because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just tightened its cap on the deadliest air pollutant: fine particulate...

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Philly mayor might consider these lessons from NYC before expanding stop-and-frisk

  • Written by Megan Kurlychek, Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Public Policy, Penn State
imageNew York City's use of stop-and-frisk was found to be unconstitutional in 2013.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The police killing of 28-year-old Alexander Spencer in a North Philadelphia corner store in January 2024 reignited debate about whether expanding stop-and-frisk in Philly can reduce violence in the city.

As part of her promise to reduce crime,...

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Mothers’ dieting habits and self-talk have profound impact on daughters − 2 psychologists explain how to cultivate healthy behaviors and body image

  • Written by Janet J. Boseovski, Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
imageMothers play an outsized role in the formation of their daughters' dietary habits.andresr/E+ via Getty Images

Weight loss is one of the most common health and appearance-related goals.

Women and teen girls are especially likely to pursue dieting to achieve weight loss goals even though a great deal of research shows that dieting doesn’t work...

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Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment

  • Written by Qi Zheng, Professor of Biostatistics, Texas A&M University
imageBacteria are evolutionarily primed to outpace drug developers.National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Do bacteria mutate randomly, or do they mutate for a purpose? Researchers have been puzzling over this conundrum for over a century.

In 1943, microbiologist Salvador Luria and physicist...

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  2. Young people are lukewarm about Biden – and giving them more information doesn’t move the needle much
  3. Are our fears of saying ‘no’ overblown?
  4. Your heart changes in size and shape with exercise – this can lead to heart problems for some athletes and gym rats
  5. Marriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been led to believe
  6. Making it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life could help reduce political polarization
  7. Potato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants
  8. I’ve been studying astronaut psychology since Apollo − a long voyage to Mars in a confined space could raise stress levels and make the journey more challenging
  9. What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality
  10. 3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants
  11. Carbon offsets bring new investment to Appalachia’s coal fields, but most Appalachians aren’t benefiting
  12. Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
  13. Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation
  14. How politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake
  15. Nikki Haley insists she can lose South Carolina and still get the nomination – but that would defy history
  16. How Lula’s big-tent pragmatism won over Brazil again – with a little help from a backlash to Bolsonaro
  17. Nearly 2 million Americans are using kratom yearly, but it is banned in multiple states: A pharmacologist explains the controversy
  18. FAFSA website meltdown: How to avoid additional frustration with financial aid applications
  19. Why does a leap year have 366 days?
  20. Is Russia looking to put nukes in space? Doing so would undermine global stability and ignite an anti-satellite arms race
  21. Navalny dies in prison − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on
  22. How tax breaks strangle American schools − billions of dollars that could help students vanish from budgets, especially hurting districts that serve poor students
  23. Cult of the drone: At the two-year mark, UAVs have changed the face of war in Ukraine – but not outcomes
  24. What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?
  25. Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of a risky wildfire season – what that means for safety
  26. Mexico is suing US gun-makers for arming its gangs − and a US court could award billions in damages
  27. As a rabbi, philosopher and physician, Maimonides wrestled with religion and reason – the book he wrote to reconcile them, ‘Guide to the Perplexed,’ has sparked debate ever since
  28. Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential reads
  29. A Bronx school district offers lessons in boosting student mental health
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  32. Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place
  33. Stock indexes are breaking records and crossing milestones – making many investors feel wealthier
  34. Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students
  35. Bacteria in your gut can improve your mood − new research in mice tries to zero in on the crucial strains
  36. Why the United States needs NATO – 3 things to know
  37. Turkey will stop sending imams to German mosques – here’s why this matters
  38. For graffiti artists, abandoned skyscrapers in Miami and Los Angeles become a canvas for regular people to be seen and heard
  39. ‘It is hijacking my brain’ – a team of experts found ways to help young people addicted to social media to cut the craving
  40. Nitazenes are a powerful class of street drugs emerging across the US
  41. Gold, silver and lithium mining on federal land doesn’t bring in any royalties to the US Treasury – because of an 1872 law
  42. Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention swirling around Neuralink? Two professors unpack the ethical issues
  43. Don’t let ‘FDA-approved’ or ‘patented’ in ads give you a false sense of security
  44. We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they could be used for search and rescue one day
  45. Bringing AI up to speed – autonomous auto racing promises safer driverless cars on the road
  46. Real-world experiments in messaging show that getting low-income people the help they need is more effective when stigma is reduced
  47. Revving up tourism: Formula One and other big events look set to drive growth in the hospitality industry
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