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Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here's the evidence for both sides of the debate

  • Written by Donald M. Lamkin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
imageThere isn't a debate, however, on the health benefits of regular exercise.Maryna Terletska/Moment via Getty Images

The global fitness industry will generate over US$80 billion in revenue in 2023, estimates suggest. And why not, given the many excellent reasons to exercise? Better cardiovascular health, lower risk of Type 2 diabetes, stronger immune...

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Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data

  • Written by Joseph K. Nwankpa, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Analytics, Miami University
imageA refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo registers his fingerprints on a biometric machine in Uganda in 2022. Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images

The number of refugees worldwide reached record high levels in 2022. More than 108.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of violence or persecution. Meanwhile, governments...

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175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality

  • Written by Julie L. Holcomb, Professor of Museum Studies, Baylor University
imageThe Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where on July 19 and 20, 1848, the first women's rights conventions in the U.S. were held.Epics/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

On July 19, 1848, nearly 300 men and women gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, to begin the United States’ first public political meeting regarding women’s rights. The...

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Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time

  • Written by Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Research Fellow, Climate Policy Lab, Tufts University
imageRetrofitting apartment buildings for energy efficiency and solar power can boost affordable housing and climate protection.AP Photo/Steven Senne

Green banks are starting to draw attention in the U.S., particularly since the federal government announced its first grant competitions under a national green bank program to bring clean technology and...

Read more: Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time

'Zombie fires' in the Arctic: Canada's extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future

  • Written by Patrick Louchouarn, Professor of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
imageThick smoke rises from a peat bog fire in June 2023.Bernd Wüstneck/picture alliance via Getty Images

The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across large parts of the U.S. and Canada in 2023 was a wake-up call, showing what climate change could feel like in the near future for millions of people.

Apocalyptic orange skies and air pollution...

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FTC probe of OpenAI: Consumer protection is the opening salvo of US AI regulation

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageThe FTC probe of ChatGPT maker OpenAI aligns with concerns that members of Congress have expressed.AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation of ChatGPT maker OpenAI for potential violations of consumer protection laws. The FTC sent the company a 20-page demand for information in the week of July 10, 2023. The...

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Returning to the Moon can benefit commercial, military and political sectors – a space policy expert explains

  • Written by Mariel Borowitz, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe Moon marks new territory for commercial, military and geopolitical interests. NASA/JPL/Cassini Imaging Team/University of Arizona

NASA’s Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with the first human landing currently scheduled for 2025. This goal is not just technically ambitious, but...

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Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike

  • Written by David Arditi, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
imageAs this picket sign says: lights, cameras, no action.Katie McTiernan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

For the first time since 1960, actors and screenwriters are on strike at the same time.

As with many of the other strikes that have rippled across the United States over the past three years, this walkout is over demands for better pay and...

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A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns – new research

  • Written by Brad Bushman, Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
imageA little training helped kids make safer choices when they stumbled across a gun.M-Production/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Children who watched a 1-minute-long gun safety video were more cautious when they found a real handgun hidden in a drawer in our lab compared to...

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  2. Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
  3. What do astronomers say about Moon landing deniers? Batting down the conspiracy theory with an assist from the 1969 Miracle Mets
  4. What the US can learn from affirmative action at universities in Brazil
  5. International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans who landed on its docks
  6. Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible
  7. Impunity over Wagner mutiny signals further degradation of rule of law in Russia
  8. Democrats revive the Equal Rights Amendment from a long legal limbo -- facing an unlikely uphill battle to get it enshrined into law
  9. How I learned to stop worrying and love the doll – a feminist philosopher's journey back to Barbie
  10. As a summer heat wave pummels the US, an expert warns about the dangers of humidity – particularly for toddlers, young athletes and older adults
  11. Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen
  12. A US-Russia prisoner swap for reporter Evan Gershkovich could be tricky: 3 essential reads on the recent history
  13. Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
  14. Curing America's loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs
  15. Drugs and religion have been a potent combination for millennia, from cannabis at ancient funerary sites to psychedelic retreats today
  16. Is the US being hypocritical in taking years to destroy its chemical weapons, while condemning other nations for their own chemical weapons programs? A political philosopher weighs in
  17. Female physicists aren't represented in the media – and this lack of representation hurts the physics field
  18. A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses
  19. A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses
  20. Children, like adults, tend to underestimate how welcome their random acts of kindness will be
  21. Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep blue sea
  22. Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by viruses – here are a few ways to know the difference
  23. Sawfish, guitarfish and more: Meet the rhino rays, some of the world's most oddly shaped and highly endangered fishes
  24. Liberal CEOs were more likely to exit Russia following its invasion of Ukraine than more conservative corporate leaders
  25. The 21st Century Cures Act requires that patients receive medical results immediately – and new research shows patients prefer it that way
  26. What's on the agenda as Biden heads to NATO summit: 5 essential reads as Western alliance talks expansion, Ukraine
  27. Tuberculosis on the rise for first time in decades after COVID-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality
  28. Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years
  29. Why putting off college math can be a good idea
  30. China's ties to Cuba and growing presence in Latin America raise security concerns in Washington, even as leaders try to ease tensions
  31. Science activism is surging – which marks a culture shift among scientists
  32. Aging is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way, and what this means for anti-aging interventions
  33. Police treatment in black and white – report on Minneapolis policing is the latest reminder of systemic racial disparities
  34. _E. coli_ is one of the most widely studied organisms – and that may be a problem for both science and medicine
  35. Christians in Pakistan risk greater persecution from blasphemy laws, while living in poverty
  36. Astro-tourism – chasing eclipses, meteor showers and elusive dark skies from Earth
  37. Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – who is at risk might surprise you
  38. The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South?
  39. Why are some Beanie Babies worth more than others? Prices for collectibles are about supply and demand
  40. A business can decline service based on its beliefs, Supreme Court rules – but what will this look like in practice?
  41. Now that President Biden's student loan cancellation program has been canceled, here's what's next
  42. Cambodia PM Hun Sen will shut down opposition on election day – even if he can no longer threaten voters on Facebook
  43. A subtle symphony of ripples in spacetime – astronomers use dead stars to measure gravitational waves produced by ancient black holes
  44. 'We the People' includes all Americans – but July 4 is a reminder that democracy remains a work in progress
  45. Military academies can still consider race in admissions, but the rest of the nation's colleges and universities cannot, court rules
  46. What Beijing's muted response to Wagner mutiny tells us about China-Russia relations – and what it doesn't
  47. Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered
  48. From Stonewall to Pride, the fight for equal rights has been rooted in resistance led by Black transwomen
  49. Inside the grogue wars of Cabo Verde
  50. By 'helping' wild animals, you could end their freedom or even their lives – here's why you should keep your distance