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How 5G puts airplanes at risk – an electrical engineer explains

  • Written by Prasenjit Mitra, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State
imageThe FAA raised concerns that new, full-speed 5G cellphone services near airports could interfere with aircraft operations.Bernal Saborio/Flickr, CC BY-SA

New high-speed cellphone services have raised concerns of interference with aircraft operations, particularly as aircraft are landing at airports. The Federal Aviation Administration has assured...

Read more: How 5G puts airplanes at risk – an electrical engineer explains

The US military presence in Europe has been declining for 30 years – the current crisis in Ukraine may reverse that trend

  • Written by Michael A. Allen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
imageOver there, over there (again).Omar Marques/Getty Images

Up to 8,500 U.S. troops could soon be heading to Eastern Europe – bolstering an American military presence in the continent that has been in decline since the end of the Cold War.

News of the possible deployment, announced on Jan. 24, 2022, by the Pentagon, comes as Russia and the United...

Read more: The US military presence in Europe has been declining for 30 years – the current crisis in Ukraine...

From odor to action – how smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior

  • Written by John Crimaldi, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
imageThe compact olfactory system provides a more accessible way to study the brain as a whole.Esther Kok/EyeEm via Getty Images

A dog raises its nose in the air before chasing after a scent. A mosquito zigzags back and forth before it lands on your arm for its next meal. What these behaviors have in common is that they help these animals...

Read more: From odor to action – how smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior

Life's stages are changing -- we need new terms and new ideas to describe how adults develop and grow

  • Written by Jeffrey Arnett, Senior Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Clark University
imageThese days, people in their 20s are figuring out who they are as adults, rather than experiencing "extended adolescence." Hinterhaus Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

What image comes to mind when you think of a person in their 20s?

Do you imagine an adult stressed out by the weight of many new responsibilities in family and work roles?

Or...

Read more: Life's stages are changing -- we need new terms and new ideas to describe how adults develop and...

Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that would otherwise go to waste

  • Written by David Goldberg, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University
imageThe U.S. had seven operating offshore wind turbines with 42 megawatts of capacity in 2021. The Biden administration's goal is 30,000 megawatts by 2030.AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approvedutility-scale offshore wind farms – 74...

Read more: Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term – using energy that...

The 13th Amendment's fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery

  • Written by Kwasi Konadu, Professor in Africana & Latin American Studies, Colgate University
imageIn this rare photograph taken in 2000, prisoners at the Ferguson Unit in Texas are seen working in the prison's cotton fields. Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

The 13th Amendment is having a moment of reckoning. Considered one of the crowning achievements of American democracy, the Civil War-era constitutional amendment set...

Read more: The 13th Amendment's fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery

Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term, saving money – a geophysicist explains how

  • Written by David Goldberg, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University
imageThe U.S. had seven operating offshore wind turbines with 42 megawatts of capacity in 2021. The Biden administration's goal is 30,000 megawatts by 2030.AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approvedutility-scale offshore wind farms – 74...

Read more: Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term, saving money – a...

Opioid overdose: A bioethicist explains why restricting supply may not be the right solution

  • Written by Travis N. Rieder, Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
imageWhat's the best way to solve America's opioid overdose crisis?BackyardProduction/ iStock via Getty images

Year after year, America’s drug overdose crisis is worsening.

In the 12-month period ending in June 2021, the most recent period for which there is reliable data, more than 101,000 people died from drug overdose in the U.S., – an...

Read more: Opioid overdose: A bioethicist explains why restricting supply may not be the right solution

Yizker bikher books commemorate Holocaust deaths – but also celebrate Jewish communities' life

  • Written by Jennifer Rich, Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
imageA group of schoolgirls in Czyzew, Poland, before the Holocaust.Czyżew Yizkor Book by Shimon Kanc/New York Public Library

Each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex in Poland, an International Day of Commemoration memorializes the victims of the Holocaust. This somber day focuses on the...

Read more: Yizker bikher books commemorate Holocaust deaths – but also celebrate Jewish communities' life

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

  • Written by Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
imageNucleic acid vaccines use mRNA to give cells instructions on how to produce a desired protein.Libre de Droit/iStock via Getty Images

The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – are both mRNA vaccines. The idea of using genetic material to produce an immune response has opened up...

Read more: How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

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  5. Schools join the fight against human trafficking
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  7. Thich Nhat Hanh, who worked for decades to teach mindfulness, approached death in that same spirit
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  10. Pope Benedict accused of mishandling sex abuse cases: 4 essential reads
  11. Ukraine got a signed commitment in 1994 to ensure its security – but can the US and allies stop Putin's aggression now?
  12. The sunsetting of the child tax credit expansion could leave many families without enough food on the table
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  14. Conflicts between nursing home residents are often chalked up to dementia – the real problem is inadequate care and neglect
  15. About 1 in 3 child care workers are going hungry
  16. 5 things to know about why Russia might invade Ukraine – and why the US is involved
  17. What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains
  18. How the Biden administration is making gains in an uphill battle against Russian hackers
  19. A year after Navalny's return, Putin remains atop a changed Russia
  20. Supreme Court rejects Trump's blocking of Jan. 6 docs: 3 key takeaways from ruling
  21. How antisemitic conspiracy theories contributed to the recent hostage-taking at the Texas synagogue
  22. The better you are at math, the more money seems to influence your satisfaction
  23. Stressed out at college? Here are five essential reads on how to take better care of your mental health
  24. Overruling Roe may not be conservatives' best strategy – Brown v. Board of Education shows how Supreme Court can uphold precedent while gutting its meaning
  25. ShakeAlert earthquake warnings can give people time to protect themselves – but so far, few have actually done so
  26. Pain and anxiety are linked to breathing in mouse brains – suggesting a potential target to prevent opioid overdose deaths
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  28. Beavers offer lessons about managing water in a changing climate, whether the challenge is drought or floods
  29. Why getting Congress to fund help for US children in poverty is so hard to do
  30. How the pandemic's unequal toll on people of color underlines US health inequities – and why solving them is so critical
  31. CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally
  32. What 13th-century Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas can teach us about hope in times of despair
  33. What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the physics of these destructive waves
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