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Free school meals for all children can improve kids' health

  • Written by Matthew J. Landry, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
imageMany children, especially from low-income communities or communities of color, eat up to half their daily calories in school. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

Recognizing that millions of U.S. children are at risk of hunger, Maine and California have approved funding to offer free school meals to all students within their state. Meanwhile, a bill...

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The US Army tried portable nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago – it didn't go well

  • Written by Paul Bierman, Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment, Professor of Natural Resources, University of Vermont
imagePart of a portable nuclear power plant arrives at Camp Century in 1960.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

In a tunnel 40 feet beneath the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, a Geiger counter screamed. It was 1964, the height of the Cold War. U.S. soldiers in the tunnel, 800 miles from the North Pole, were dismantling the Army’s first portable...

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Why the US won't be able to shirk moral responsibility in leaving Afghanistan

  • Written by Michael Blake, Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
imageA handover ceremony as U.S. troops prepare to leave Afghanistan.Afghan Ministry of Defense Press Office via AP

The majority of the remaining American troops in Afghanistan were withdrawn recently, with the rest due to leave by the end of August 2021. This withdrawal marks the end of nearly 20 years of American military presence in Afghanistan.

Suppor...

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Energy pipelines are controversial now, but one of the first big ones helped win World War II

  • Written by W. Bernard Carlson, Professor of Humanities and Chair of the Department of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
imageThe "Big Inch" oil pipeline at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, around 1943. Betttman via Getty Images

Oil and gas pipelines have become flashpoints in discussions of climate change. From the Atlantic coast to the Dakotas, pipelines that would deliver fossil fuels to customers have sparked protests and legal challenges. The Keystone XL pipeline, which...

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Low- and middle-income countries lack access to big data analysis – here's how to fill the gap

  • Written by David Gunderman, Research Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder
imageStatistical infrastructure can help improve everything from health care to politics. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

The ability to collect and learn from large amounts of data has been a major driver of innovation over recent decades. Everything from health care – think patient analytics, wearable devices and the COVID-19...

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Election polls in 2020 produced 'error of unusual magnitude,' expert panel finds, without pinpointing cause

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
imageA voter exits a polling location on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

More than eight months after the acute polling embarrassment in the 2020 U.S. elections – that produced the sharpest discrepancy between the polls and popular vote outcome since 1980 – survey experts examining what went...

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For some craft beer drinkers, less can mean more

  • Written by Colleen C. Myles, Associate Professor of Geography, Texas State University
imageFor years, the market was inundated with heavy IPAs. Now drinkers are starting to push back.Bruce Milton Miller/Fairfax Media via Getty Images

My prepandemic summers were always packed with travel – trips to Europe for work and play, and, most recently, a road trip across the American West. At the end of a sweltering day of activities,...

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World's coral scientists warn action is needed now to save even a few reefs from climate change

  • Written by Sam Purkis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Miami
imageCorals are made of hundreds to thousands of tiny living polyps.Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves,...

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Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and humans

  • Written by Sam Purkis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Miami
imageCorals are made of hundreds to thousands of tiny living polyps.Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves,...

Read more: Coral reef scientists raise alarm as climate change decimates ocean ecosystems vital to fish and...

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  4. Who owns the beach? It depends on state law and tide lines
  5. Evangelical support for Israel is neither permanent nor inevitable
  6. New COVID-19 vaccine warnings don't mean it's unsafe – they mean the system to report side effects is working
  7. Bioweapons research is banned by an international treaty – but nobody is checking for violations
  8. The next big financial crisis could be triggered by climate change – but central banks can prevent it
  9. Are there any planets outside of our solar system?
  10. Kids aren't just littler adults – here's why they need their own clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine
  11. Designing less addictive opioids, through chemistry
  12. As coastal flooding worsens, some cities are retreating from the water
  13. School posts on Facebook could threaten student privacy
  14. How 'In God We Trust' bills are helping advance a Christian nationalist agenda
  15. What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks
  16. What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks and which masks can help
  17. Emmy Noether faced sexism and Nazism – 100 years later her contributions to ring theory still influence modern math
  18. Why some younger evangelicals are leaving the faith
  19. The US withdraws from Afghanistan after 20 years of war: 4 questions about this historic moment
  20. How Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women
  21. Teens with secure family relationships 'pay it forward' with empathy for friends
  22. US families with kids are getting monthly payments from the government: 4 essential reads
  23. High-tide flood risk is accelerating, putting coastal economies at risk
  24. We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here's why you can feel safe about our research
  25. Don't hike so close to me: How the presence of humans can disturb wildlife up to half a mile away
  26. From the labor struggles of the 1930s to the racial reckoning of the 2020s, the Highlander school has sought to make America more equitable
  27. Mixed-ancestry genetic research shows a bit of Native American DNA could reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
  28. California is planning floating wind farms offshore to boost its power supply – here's how they work
  29. What is child care insecurity? 2 social scientists explain
  30. World hunger surged in 2020, with 1 in 10 people on Earth undernourished
  31. Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating
  32. Cuba protests: 4 essential reads on dissent in the post-Castro era
  33. Biden targets noncompete agreements, which restrict the job opportunities of millions of low-wage workers
  34. US immigration judges considering asylum for unaccompanied minors are 'significantly influenced' by politics
  35. Bans on critical race theory could have a chilling effect on how educators teach about racism
  36. What is biblical inerrancy? A New Testament scholar explains
  37. Christian attitudes surrounding abortion have a more nuanced history than current events suggest
  38. 25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair relaxers to a higher risk of breast cancer
  39. Delta variant makes it even more important to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if you've already had the coronavirus
  40. John Glenn’s fan mail shows many girls dreamed of the stars – but sexism in the early space program thwarted their ambitions
  41. 63% of workers who file an EEOC discrimination complaint lose their jobs
  42. Who's running Haiti after president's assassination? 5 questions answered
  43. Ancient shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history
  44. Sharks that hunted near Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history in their teeth
  45. Poverty in 2021 looks different than in 1964 – but the US hasn't changed how it measures who's poor since LBJ began his war
  46. How Latin America's protest superheroes fight injustice and climate change – and sometimes crime, too
  47. New wave of anti-protest laws may infringe on religious freedoms for Indigenous people
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  50. Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands where Black children were once kept out