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2024’s quick win for Trump will go down in the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 Election Day landslides

  • Written by Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
imageVoters line up to cast their ballots at a voting location in Bethlehem, Pa., on Nov. 5, 2024. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images

Election nights are always simultaneous moments of triumph and tragedy. One group of voters’ dreams are dashed, while another set of voters see their hopes realized.

Every election is also unique. The United States...

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Will the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer

  • Written by Joseph J. Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Global Studies, Appalachian State University
imageCubans have endured days of blackouts since a grid failure in Havana on Oct. 18, 2024.Adalberto Roque/AFP via Getty Images

Cuba’s communist leaders are in the midst of crisis – and not for the first time.

On Oct. 18, 2024, the nation’s electrical grid failed, leaving Cubans without lights or refrigeration. Blackouts have persisted...

Read more: Will the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their...

Kristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom

  • Written by Yaniv Feller, Assistant Professor of Religion and Jewish Studies, University of Florida
imageCommemorating the anniversary of the 1938 pogrom in Hamburg, on the former site of the Bornplatz Synagogue, in November 2018. Axel Heimken/DPA/picture alliance via Getty Images

Johanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local citizens and Nazis vandalizing the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg. They were “shouting and throwing stones at...

Read more: Kristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned...

Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’

  • Written by Jean-Luc Margot, Professor of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
imageCarl Sagan at his Cornell University laboratory in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1974.Santi Visalli, Inc./Archive Photos via Getty Images

On Nov. 9, 2024, the world will mark Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday – but sadly without Sagan, who died in 1996 at the age of 62.

Most people remember him as the co-creator and host of the 1980 “Cosmos”...

Read more: Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’

Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals

  • Written by Allan Albig, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Boise State University
imageSpecialized compartments within cells carry out specific functions.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions. For example,...

Read more: Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue...

Only 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one − here’s what I learned

  • Written by Jo Mackiewicz, Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Iowa State University
imageThe author welds a headboard.Jo Mackiewicz

Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I’ve daydreamed about learning a trade – something that required both my mind and my hands.

So in 2018, I started night courses in welding at Des Moines Area Community College. For three years, I studied different types of...

Read more: Only 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one −...

Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity

  • Written by Ragini Shah, Clinical Professor of Law, Suffolk University

With U.S. voters across the political spectrum strongly concerned about border security, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been trying to one-up each other on who can reduce migration at the nation’s southern border fastest and most effectively.

Trump’s rhetoric is more extreme: He’s called the U.S. a...

Read more: Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence...

Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice

  • Written by Carlos Alberto Sánchez, Professor of Philosophy, San José State University
imageIs it a lovely autumn day, or is America burning to the ground?Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Ever had the feeling that you can’t make sense of what’s happening? One moment everything seems normal, then suddenly the frame shifts to reveal a world on fire, struggling with war, climate change and political violence and u...

Read more: Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers...

How Native Americans guarded their societies against tyranny

  • Written by Kathleen DuVal, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageA purple and white flag representing the world's oldest democracy, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, flies above a Mohawk flag at a Native American gathering.Giordanno Brumas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail...

Read more: How Native Americans guarded their societies against tyranny

Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes

  • Written by Jose Valentino Ruiz, Associate Professsor of Music Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
imageQuincy Jones left his indelible touch on some of the 20th century's most iconic albums.Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix

On the sleeve notes of some of the most memorable and best-selling albums of all time, you’ll find the words “Produced and arranged by Quincy Jones.”

It was a hallmark of quality.

Jones, who died on Nov. 3,...

Read more: Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes

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  2. What poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day
  3. Political bickering and policy uncertainty take a toll on business investment, research shows
  4. I’m a Muslim immigrant and a psychiatrist living in Michigan – I haven’t decided how to vote yet
  5. How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
  6. As the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music
  7. Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds
  8. Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy
  9. The racist ‘one-drop rule’ lives on in how Trump talks about Black politicians and whiteness in America
  10. Undoing the ‘deep state’ means Trump would undo over a century of progress in building a federal government for the people and not just for rich white men
  11. Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress
  12. Massachusetts could be the next state to get rid of the ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers
  13. Massachusetts votes to keep its ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers
  14. Jobs report gives a final lackluster snapshot prior to election − but overall, the economy under Biden has been a tale of 2 eras
  15. US government tries to rein in an out-of-control subscription economy
  16. ‘Safe route’ or ‘sushi route’ − 2 strategies to turn yuck to yum and convince people to eat unusual foods
  17. How to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox
  18. St. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s
  19. The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean
  20. Monkeys know who will win the election – primal instincts humans share with them shape voters’ choices
  21. No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with over 23,000 jobs planned
  22. No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with thousands of jobs planned
  23. For one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’
  24. Elon Musk misses Philly court date, stalling ‘illegal lottery’ case against him − an expert on Philadelphia politics weighs in
  25. Trump’s Detroit insults are based on old narratives local media are rewriting every day
  26. Denver slaughterhouse ban could affect food systems in Colorado and beyond
  27. Denver voters reject slaughterhouse ban, allowing Superior Farms to continue selling lamb in Colorado and nationwide
  28. International election monitors can help boost people’s trust in the electoral process − but not all work the same way
  29. Who formally declares the winner of the US presidential election?
  30. Sudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our estimate − but the true figure could be far higher
  31. With Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans’ ‘strict father’ has become the creepy uncle
  32. Independent voters think for themselves and stay out of politics – 3 essential reads
  33. Tariffs are back in the spotlight, but skepticism of free trade has deep roots in American history
  34. New Orleans schools still separate and unequal 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
  35. In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies – an entomologist explains the implication for global pest control
  36. Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there
  37. The next president will play a key role in shaping US trade policy – here’s what voters need to know
  38. Americans own guns to protect themselves from psychological as well as physical threats
  39. Fear, hope and the economy: what is motivating Americans as they decide who to vote for – podcast
  40. Slow vote-counting, flip-flopping leads, careful certification and the weirdness of the Electoral College – people who research elections look at what to expect on election night
  41. ‘Each bears his own ghosts’: How the classics speak to these days of fear, anger and presidential candidates stalking the land
  42. A new president will be elected − but it may take some time to determine who wins
  43. The ‘Courage Tour’ is attempting to get Christians to vote for Trump − and focused on defeating ‘demons’
  44. Religion in the workplace is tricky – but employers and employees both lose when it becomes a total taboo
  45. Simple science summaries written by AI help people understand research and trust scientists
  46. Fighting antibiotic resistance at the source – using machine learning to identify bacterial resistance genes and the drugs to block them
  47. Scholar’s new rap album seeks to turn the tables on the ‘masters’ from the Old South
  48. Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial
  49. People with blindness and low vision are squeezed by high costs of living − new research
  50. What the presidential candidates have done − and where they stand − on education