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In an ancient church in Germany, a 639-year organ performance of a John Cage composition is about to have its next note change

  • Written by Rob Haskins, Professor of Music, University of New Hampshire
imageA crowd gathers around the organ at St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, to witness an October 2013 note change.Peter Förster/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

Composers count themselves lucky when musicians continue to perform their music after their death.

But the American avant-garde composer John Cage, who died in 1992, never...

Read more: In an ancient church in Germany, a 639-year organ performance of a John Cage composition is about...

Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive – in the Korean Peninsula

  • Written by Ñusta Carranza Ko, Assistant Professor of Global Affairs and Human Security, University of Baltimore
imageNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a screen at the Seoul Railway Station on Aug. 24, 2023.Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

Kim Jong Un has had a busy and bellicose start to 2024.

On Jan. 14, the North Korean leader presided over the test of a “new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range.” Two days later, during a speech at the...

Read more: Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive – in the Korean Peninsula

Combining two types of molecular boron nitride could create a hybrid material used in faster, more powerful electronics

  • Written by Pulickel Ajayan, Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University
imageHexagonal boron nitride, also known as 'white graphene.'Robert Brook/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

In chemistry, structure is everything. Compounds with the same chemical formula can have different properties depending on the arrangement of the molecules they’re made of. And compounds with a different chemical formula but a similar...

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Pictures have been teaching doctors medicine for centuries − a medical illustrator explains how

  • Written by James A. Perkins, Distinguished Professor of Medical Illustration, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageArtists reveal what cannot be seen.Henry Gray, Anthony Edwward Spitzka/Internet Archive via Flickr

“Medical illustrators draw what can’t be seen, watch what’s never been done, and tell thousands about it without saying a word.”

For decades, this slogan appeared on the website and printed materials of the Association of...

Read more: Pictures have been teaching doctors medicine for centuries − a medical illustrator explains how

Healing from child sexual abuse is often difficult but not impossible

  • Written by Maria Khan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry, West Virginia University
imageMost child sexual abuse involves people the children know.ajijchan via Getty Images

A mayor, a karate instructor, a former cop, an award-winning journalist and a pastor. All five of these individuals in positions of authority or trust made headlines within the past year in connection with childhood sexual abuse.

Beyond the headlines and whatever...

Read more: Healing from child sexual abuse is often difficult but not impossible

Biden’s use of military in Yemen upsets congressional progressives, but fits with long tradition of presidents exercising commander in chief’s power

  • Written by Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageA U.K. military aircraft takes off to participate in a joint U.S.-U.K. mission against Houthis.UK Ministry of Defence/Anadolu via Getty Images

Amid ongoing U.S. missile attacks against Houthi militants in Yemen in January 2024, progressive Democrats in Congress have objected to President Joe Biden’s failure to seek congressional approval befor...

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1 in 10 US workers belong to unions − a share that’s stabilized after a steep decline

  • Written by Jake Rosenfeld, Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St Louis
imageMembers of the faculty union of the California State University system walk a picket line in December 2023.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

The share of U.S. workers who belong to a union fell slightly to 10% in 2023, from 10.1% a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

As a scholar of organized labor, I’m not...

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Fake Biden robocall to New Hampshire voters highlights how easy it is to make deepfakes − and how hard it is to defend against AI-generated disinformation

  • Written by Joan Donovan, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
imageThe fake robocall urged Democratic voters in New Hampshire not to vote in the Jan. 23, 2024, primary election.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

An unknown number of New Hampshire voters received a phone call on Jan. 21, 2024, from what sounded like President Joe Biden. A recording contains Biden’s voice urging voters inclined to support Biden and...

Read more: Fake Biden robocall to New Hampshire voters highlights how easy it is to make deepfakes − and how...

Michigan selects its legislative redistricting commissioners the way the ancient Athenians did

  • Written by John Rothchild, Professor of Law, Wayne State University
imageMichigan’s redistricting commission consists of ordinary citizens with no special qualifications. A court has disapproved their initial effort.AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

How well can ordinary citizens exercise a political function traditionally assigned to elected legislators?

Michigan is finding out. The state has assigned the job of drawing...

Read more: Michigan selects its legislative redistricting commissioners the way the ancient Athenians did

¿Cuándo podemos dejar de preocuparnos por la subida de precios? El último informe sobre la inflación no ofrece respuestas fáciles

  • Written by D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
imageLa inflación se muestra obstinada a medida que la economía avanza hacia 2024.miniseries via Getty Images

¿Cansado de pensar en el impacto de la inflación en su cartera? No es el único. Pero le guste o no, la subida de precios sigue siendo una cuestión económica y -con la carrera presidencial-...

Read more: ¿Cuándo podemos dejar de preocuparnos por la subida de precios? El último informe sobre la...

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