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5 ways anti-diversity laws affect LGBTQ+ people and research in higher ed

  • Written by Abbie E. Goldberg, Professor of Psychology, Clark University

Over the past year, nine states have banned diversity, equity and inclusion policies and programs in higher education. More than 20 others have similar legislation in the works.

News accounts often focus on job cuts that follow the enactment of these measures in places such as Texas and Florida. But that doesn’t scratch the surface of the...

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The science behind splashdown − an aerospace engineer explains how NASA and SpaceX get spacecraft safely back on Earth

  • Written by Marcos Fernandez Tous, Assistant Professor of Space Studies, University of North Dakota
imageThe Orion capsule from NASA's Artemis I mission splashes down. NASA via AP

For about 15 minutes on July 21, 1961, American astronaut Gus Grissom felt at the top of the world – and indeed he was.

Grissom crewed the Liberty Bell 7 mission, a ballistic test flight that launched him through the atmosphere from a rocket. During the test, he sat...

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Lucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, stood just 3.5 feet tall − but she still towers over our understanding of human origins

  • Written by Denise Su, Associate Professor of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
imageThe reconstructed skeleton of Lucy, found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974, and Grace Latimer, then age 4, daughter of a research team member.James St. John/Flickr, CC BY

In 1974, on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray found a piece of an elbow joint jutting from...

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AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk

  • Written by Ryan McGrady, Senior Researcher, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, UMass Amherst
imageYour kid's silly video could be fodder for ChatGPT.Halfpoint/iStock via Getty Images

The promised artificial intelligence revolution requires data. Lots and lots of data. OpenAI and Google have begun using YouTube videos to train their text-based AI models. But what does the YouTube archive actually include?

Our team of digital mediaresearchers at...

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How the surrealists used randomness as a catalyst for creative expression

  • Written by Mark Robert Rank, Professor of Social Welfare, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageInstead of drawing a bath, surrealist Salvador Dalí decides to draw in a bath.Bettmann/Getty Images

A century ago, French writer and poet André Breton penned his “Manifesto of Surrealism,” which launched an art movement known for creating bizarre hybrids of words and images.

These juxtapositions, often generated through...

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Pope Francis may have surprised many by inviting comedians to the Vatican, but the value of humor has deep roots in Catholic tradition

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imagePope Francis meets with comedians at the Apostolic Palace on June 14, 2024, in Vatican City.Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Image

When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international comedians on June 14, 2024, he called them “artists” and stressed the value of their talents.

To many Catholics, this meeting came as a surprise....

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What people say today about the first televised presidential debate, between Nixon and JFK, doesn’t match first reactions in 1960

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor Emeritus of Communication, American University School of Communication
imageSen. John Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon prepare for the first televised presidential debate on Sept. 26, 1960.AP

The run-up to the Joe Biden-Donald Trump debate at the end of June 2024 has brought reminders about the first-ever televised presidential debate – and how Vice President Richard Nixon’s sweaty, haggard...

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How does hail grow to the size of golf balls and even grapefruit? The science behind this destructive weather phenomenon

  • Written by Brian Tang, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageGetting hit by solid ice the size of a baseball would hurt.Gregory Dubus/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Hail the size of grapefruit shattered car windows in Johnson City, Texas. In June, 2024, a storm chaser found a hailstone almost as big as a pineapple. Even larger hailstones have been documented in South Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska. Hail has damaged...

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For many Olympic medalists, silver stings more than bronze

  • Written by Andrea Luangrath, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Iowa
imageU.S. swimmer Michael Phelps receives his silver medal for the men's 200 butterfly at the 2012 London Olympics.Al Bello/Getty Images

At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, a distraught Alexandra Trusova won silver and promptly declared, “I will never skate again.” Swimmer Michael Phelps displayed a mix of frustration and disappointment at the...

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Diplomacy, sanctions and soft power have failed to deter Iran’s anti-West agenda − could a new Iranian president change that?

  • Written by Nakissa Jahanbani, Adjunct Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State

Iran’s presidential election on June 28 may provide Tehran an opportunity to press reset on foreign policy issues after years of increasing hawkishness. Indeed, a key campaign issue has been the extent to which the candidates may – or may not – pivot to more engagement with the West.

While the supreme leader – the...

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  1. College may not be the ‘great equalizer’ − luck and hiring practices also play a role, a sociologist explains
  2. The world’s fourth mass coral bleaching is underway, but well-connected reefs may have a better chance to recover
  3. More women in venture capital doesn’t mean more funding for female-led businesses, new research suggests − here’s why
  4. Service dogs can reduce the severity of PTSD for veterans – new research
  5. As debate approaches, presidents are blamed for events over which they have little control
  6. Extreme heat waves aren’t ‘just summer’: How climate change is heating up the weather, and what we can do about it
  7. Journalism’s trust problem is about money, not politics
  8. Populism can degrade democracy but is on the rise − here’s what causes this political movement and how it can be weakened
  9. FDA authorized the sale of menthol-flavored e-cigarettes – a health policy expert explains how the benefits may outweigh the risks
  10. Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis
  11. Lead water pipes created a health disaster in Flint, but replacing them with cheaper plastic − as some cities are doing − carries hidden costs
  12. When people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts
  13. Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why
  14. Genetic testing cannot reveal the gender of your baby − two genetic counselors explain the complexities of sex and gender
  15. US charitable giving dipped to $557B in 2023, but outlook is getting brighter
  16. Escalating Israel-Hezbollah clashes threaten to spark regional war and force US into conflict with Iran
  17. ‘I love this work, but it’s killing me’: The unique toll of being a spiritual leader today
  18. Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated island
  19. Making art is a uniquely human act, and one that provides a wellspring of health benefits
  20. Boost your immune system with this centuries-old health hack: Vaccines
  21. Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups
  22. Philly has highest STI rates in the country – improving sex ed in schools and access to at-home testing could lower rates
  23. Southern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church
  24. Elder fraud has reached epidemic proportions – a geriatrician explains what older Americans need to know
  25. Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change
  26. What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
  27. Central banks face threats to their independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)
  28. Calls to US poison centers spiked after ‘magic mushrooms’ were decriminalized
  29. From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for millions of years – here’s what scientists still don’t know about it
  30. Supreme Court unanimously concludes that anti-abortion groups have no standing to challenge access to mifepristone – but the drug likely faces more court challenges
  31. Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in labor case that could hinder government’s ability to intervene in some unionization disputes
  32. An homage to the dad joke, one of the great traditions of fatherhood
  33. The US is losing wetlands at an accelerating rate − here’s how the private sector can help protect these valuable resources
  34. Supreme Court justices secretly recorded – the legal issues and what they mean for the rest of us
  35. Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts
  36. Ukraine’s draft woes leave the West facing pressure to make up for the troop shortfall
  37. People ambivalent about political issues support violence more than those with clear opinions
  38. Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power of love’ to challenge injustice
  39. Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward rationing care and punishing poor people
  40. Cities with empty commercial space and housing shortages are converting office buildings into apartments – here’s what they’re learning
  41. Spikes, seat dividers, even ‘Baby Shark’ − camping bans like the one under review at SCOTUS are part of broader strategies that push out homeless people
  42. Inflation is cooling, but not fast enough for the Fed: Policymakers now expect only one rate cut in 2024
  43. Microrobots made of algae carry chemo directly to lung tumors, improving cancer treatment
  44. Columbia Law Review article critical of Israel sparks battle between student editors and their board − highlighting fragility of academic freedom
  45. American womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson
  46. There’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by ‘becoming’ Black
  47. ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse
  48. Politics is still both local and personal – but only for independents, not for Democrats or Republicans
  49. Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017
  50. Paris 2024 Olympics to debut high-level breakdancing – and physics in action