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Letting low-income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research

Written by Grace Melo, Assistant professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University

Few people with SNAP benefits could use them for online purchases before the COVID-19 pandemic.Urupong/ iStock via Getty Images Plus

The share of low-income U.S. families experiencing food insufficiency – sometimes or often not having enough food to eat – fell from 24.5% to 22.5% at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we found...

Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Here's what investors need to know

Written by D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University

Sam Bankman-Fried is no longer crypto's Robin Hood.Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press

In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, vast sums of money can be made or lost in the blink of an eye. In early November 2022, the crypto exchange FTX was valued at more than US$30 billion. By the middle of that month, FTX was in bankruptcy proceedings. And less...

Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Here's what investors need to know

Written by D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University

Sam Bankman-Fried is no longer crypto's Robin Hood.Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

Written by Michel Bruneau, Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo

Acapulco's beachfront condo towers were devastated by Hurricane Otis.Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort...

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

Written by Michel Bruneau, Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo

Acapulco's beachfront condo towers were devastated by Hurricane Otis.Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images

Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle

Written by Alex Knorre, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston College

Mass shootings tend to dominate the debate over gun violence – but they accounted for just 3% of all firearm homicides in the United States in 2021.

The vast majority of gun homicides are murders that happen in an extremely concentrated number of neighborhoods – places where the rate of gun deaths rivals war zones.

As a scholar of gun...

Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle

Written by Alex Knorre, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston College

Mass shootings tend to dominate the debate over gun violence – but they accounted for just 3% of all firearm homicides in the United States in 2021.

The vast majority of gun homicides are murders that happen in an extremely concentrated number of neighborhoods – places where the rate of gun deaths rivals war zones.

As a scholar of gun...

Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington

Will the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington

Will the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams

Written by Cindi May, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston

Owl chronotypes function better at night, while lark chronotypes are more energized in the morning.The Photo Matrix/Moment, nomis_g/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Timing is everything. For early risers and late-nighters alike, listening to your internal clock may be the key to success. From the classroom to the courtroom and beyond, people perform...