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Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

  • Written by Steven L. Tuck, Professor of Classics, Miami University
imageIn popular culture, the eruption is usually depicted as an apocalyptic event.Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Ac...

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New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research

  • Written by Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Assistant Research Professor at the Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University
imageLiterature reviews and identifying themes in large datasets become easier with these AI tools.kali9/E+ via Getty Images

AI – or artificial intelligence – is often used as a way to summarize data and improve writing. But AI tools also represent a powerful and efficient way to analyze large amounts of text to search for patterns. In...

Read more: New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research

Beyond Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ – lessons from Michigan’s serial cereal entrepreneurs

  • Written by Laurel Ofstein, Faculty Director, Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Michigan State University
imageJerry Seinfeld promotes his Netflix film 'Unfrosted,' which tells the story behind the launch of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. Frederic J. Brown/via Getty Images

The recent release of “Unfrosted,” which was directed by Jerry Seinfeld, had an underwhelming debut on Netflix and has even been declared “one of the decade’s worst movies.&r...

Read more: Beyond Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ – lessons from Michigan’s serial cereal entrepreneurs

Menopause treatments can help with hot flashes and other symptoms – but many people aren’t aware of the latest advances

  • Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageActor Halle Berry, standing in front of U.S. senators, proclaims that she's in menopause.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Menopause used to be a taboo topic in many quarters. Now, it’s frequently in the news.

In March 2024, the White House announced an initiative to “Galvanize New Research on Women’s Midlife...

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5 reasons Supreme Court ethics questions are more common now than in the past

  • Written by Charles Gardner Geyh, Distinguished Professor and John F. Kimberling Professor of Law, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University

In recent years, allninesittingjusticesontheU.S.SupremeCourt have been the subject of reports calling their ethics into question.

Is this an old problem? Something new? Political gamesmanship? Something more serious?

As a legal scholar who has studied judicial history, politics and ethics, my answer to each of these questions is “yes.”

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Laws meant to keep different races apart still influence dating patterns, decades after being invalidated

  • Written by Solangel Maldonado, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University
imagePeople dating online are most likely to like and reach out to people who are white, regardless of their own race. miakievy/Getty Images

If you are single and looking for a romantic partner, chances are that you have used a dating app. But the likelihood that others will like, or even see, your profile may depend on your race.

Studies have found...

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Only 1.8% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased

  • Written by Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor, Community Health, Tufts University
imageBlack students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915.Heritage Art/Getty Images

Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for...

Read more: Only 1.8% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has...

Only 1.6% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased

  • Written by Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor, Community Health, Tufts University
imageBlack students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915.Heritage Art/Getty Images

Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for...

Read more: Only 1.6% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has...

AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear

  • Written by Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
imageAI knowledge combined with gene-editing precision opens the way to dial-a-protein.KTSFotos/Moment via Getty Images

During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.” That isn’t true anymore.

Since then,...

Read more: AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear

All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics

  • Written by Nusrat S. Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College
imageRight-wing British politician Nigel Farage is hit in the face with a milkshake during his general election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on June 4, 2024. Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

Nigel Farage, a U.K. politician known for his populist anti-European Union rhetoric, endless media appearances and close friendship...

Read more: All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics

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  5. Young adults who fare relatively well after spending time in the child welfare system say steady support from caring grown-ups made a big difference
  6. Cities contain pockets of nature – our study shows which species are most tolerant of urbanization
  7. Summer reading: 5 young-adult fiction novels that explore LGBTQ+ teen lives
  8. Inside the rise and fall of one of the world’s most powerful writing groups
  9. What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its history − an art historian explains
  10. Biden’s immigration order won’t fix problems quickly – 4 things to know about what’s changing
  11. Colorado to tighten regulations on funeral homes after multiple scandals − here’s what this means for families
  12. Female giraffes drove the evolution of long giraffe necks in order to feed on the most nutritious leaves, new research suggests
  13. With a record-breaking 2024 Atlantic hurricane forecast, here’s how scientists are helping Caribbean communities adapt to a warming world
  14. Heat index warnings can save lives on dangerously hot days − if people understand what they mean
  15. Removing Cuba from list of countries ‘not fully cooperating’ over terrorism may presage wider rapprochement – if politics allows
  16. Why India and Pakistan’s T20 cricket showdown in New York is such a big deal
  17. Could Elvis’ Graceland hold a key to bridging America’s cultural divide?
  18. Your favorite drink can cause breast cancer – but most women in the US aren’t aware of alcohol’s health risks
  19. 500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
  20. Narendra Modi sworn in as India’s prime minister for a third term after a narrow win – suggesting Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric
  21. Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power
  22. Life on the US-Mexico border is chaotic. An immigration scholar explains why − and it’s not for the reasons that some GOP lawmakers claim
  23. Wisconsin is a key swing state this year – and has a history of being unpredictable
  24. Trump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
  25. Sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis
  26. Pregnancy is an engineering challenge − diagnosing and treating preterm birth requires understanding its mechanics
  27. Messages can trigger the opposite of their desired effect − but you can avoid communication that backfires
  28. Trump’s lawyers in lawsuits claiming he won in 2020 are getting punished for abusing courts and making unsupported claims and false statements
  29. Forgetting appointments, deadlines and that call to Mom − the phenomenon of prospective memory and how to improve yours
  30. An American flag, a pencil sharpener − and the 10 Commandments: Louisiana’s new bill to mandate biblical displays in classrooms is the latest to push limits of religion in public schools
  31. Scrappy, campy and unabashedly queer, public access TV series of the 1980s and 1990s offered a rare glimpse into LGBTQ+ life
  32. ‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day
  33. Mexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?
  34. Online shoppers behave differently after chatting with staff of the opposite gender, new research shows – here’s why businesses should be paying attention
  35. School boards, long locally focused and nonpartisan, get dragged into the national political culture wars
  36. Anti-abortion rights activists navigate a new, post-Roe landscape, as state bans mean they can ‘save babies’
  37. Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms
  38. Perception of campus police is more negative among students from minority groups
  39. Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?
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  42. Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?
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  45. China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary
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