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Designing less addictive opioids, through chemistry

  • Written by Aaron W. Harrison, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Austin College
imageOne potential way to make opioids less addictive is to make them target injured tissue rather than the healthy brain.PM Images/Photodisk via Getty Images

What if there was a way for pain patients to get all the pain-relieving power of opioids with none of the addicting side effects?

Opioids are one of the most powerful pain medications available,...

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As coastal flooding worsens, some cities are retreating from the water

  • Written by A.R. Siders, Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
imageStorms hitting at high tide can quickly flood streets.Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Image

When the tide gets exceptionally high in Charleston, South Carolina, coastal streets start to run with seawater. Some yards become ponds, and residents pull on rain boots.

The city also gets a lot of rain. After homes in one low-lying neighborhood flooded three...

Read more: As coastal flooding worsens, some cities are retreating from the water

School posts on Facebook could threaten student privacy

  • Written by Joshua Rosenberg, Assistant Professor of STEM Education, University of Tennessee
imageImages of students on school Facebook pages could fall into the wrong hands. Sol de Zuasnabar Brebbia/Getty Images

Like many of us, schools in the United States are active on social media. They use their accounts to share timely information, build community and highlight staff and students. However, our research has shown that schools’ social...

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How 'In God We Trust' bills are helping advance a Christian nationalist agenda

  • Written by Kristina M. Lee, Ph.D. Candidate in Rhetoric, Colorado State University
imageChristian nationalists are pushing for 'In God We Trust' to be omnipresent.Joe Longobardi Photography via Getty Images

City vehicles in Chesapeake, Virginia, will soon be getting religion.

At a meeting on July 13, 2021, city councilors unanimously voted in favor of a proposal that would see the official motto of the U.S., “In God We...

Read more: How 'In God We Trust' bills are helping advance a Christian nationalist agenda

What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks

  • Written by Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University
imageWildfires filled Seattle with smoke in September 2020.Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images

Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, signs already pointed to a long, dangerous fire season ahead.

Smoke is now turning the sky hazy acrossa large...

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What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks and which masks can help

  • Written by Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University
imageWildfires filled Seattle with smoke in September 2020.Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images

Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal this year. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, signs already pointed to a long, dangerous fire season ahead.

Smoke is now turning the sky hazy acrossa large...

Read more: What's in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains the health risks and which masks can help

Emmy Noether faced sexism and Nazism – 100 years later her contributions to ring theory still influence modern math

  • Written by Tamar Lichter Blanks, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, Rutgers University
imageEmmy Noether made significant contributions to theoretical mathematics. Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

When Albert Einstein wrote an obituary for Emmy Noether in 1935, he described her as a “creative mathematical genius” who – despite “unselfish, significant work over a period of many years”...

Read more: Emmy Noether faced sexism and Nazism – 100 years later her contributions to ring theory still...

Why some younger evangelicals are leaving the faith

  • Written by Terry Shoemaker, Lecturer Religious Studies, Arizona State University
imageYoung evangelical Christians are facing a dilemma whether to follow in the footsteps of their parents or pursue other choices.Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

The extent to which the number of white evangelicals have declined in the United States has been laid bare in a new report by the Public Religion Research Institute’s2020 Census on...

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The US withdraws from Afghanistan after 20 years of war: 4 questions about this historic moment

  • Written by Mark R. Jacobson, Assistant Dean of the Maxwell School of Citzenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University
imageSecretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center, greets Gen. Scott Miller, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, upon Miller's July 14, 2021, return to the U.S. at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Alex Brandon - Pool/Getty Images

Mark R. Jacobson, a foreign policy expert at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, served in Afghanistan as a...

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How Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women

  • Written by Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Assistant Professor of Communication, Florida International University
imageSarah Baartman was an international sensation of objectification.British Library

In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE,” Beyoncé describes a quintessential Black female form:

Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman hips
Gotta hop into my...

Read more: How Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black...

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  5. Don't hike so close to me: How the presence of humans can disturb wildlife up to half a mile away
  6. From the labor struggles of the 1930s to the racial reckoning of the 2020s, the Highlander school has sought to make America more equitable
  7. Mixed-ancestry genetic research shows a bit of Native American DNA could reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease
  8. California is planning floating wind farms offshore to boost its power supply – here's how they work
  9. What is child care insecurity? 2 social scientists explain
  10. World hunger surged in 2020, with 1 in 10 people on Earth undernourished
  11. Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating
  12. Cuba protests: 4 essential reads on dissent in the post-Castro era
  13. Biden targets noncompete agreements, which restrict the job opportunities of millions of low-wage workers
  14. US immigration judges considering asylum for unaccompanied minors are 'significantly influenced' by politics
  15. Bans on critical race theory could have a chilling effect on how educators teach about racism
  16. What is biblical inerrancy? A New Testament scholar explains
  17. Christian attitudes surrounding abortion have a more nuanced history than current events suggest
  18. 25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair relaxers to a higher risk of breast cancer
  19. Delta variant makes it even more important to get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if you've already had the coronavirus
  20. John Glenn’s fan mail shows many girls dreamed of the stars – but sexism in the early space program thwarted their ambitions
  21. 63% of workers who file an EEOC discrimination complaint lose their jobs
  22. Who's running Haiti after president's assassination? 5 questions answered
  23. Ancient shark teeth lost in Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history
  24. Sharks that hunted near Antarctica millions of years ago recorded Earth's climate history in their teeth
  25. 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
  26. How Latin America's protest superheroes fight injustice and climate change – and sometimes crime, too
  27. New wave of anti-protest laws may infringe on religious freedoms for Indigenous people
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  29. Mindfulness meditation can make some Americans more selfish and less generous
  30. Zaila Avant-garde – 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champ – stands where Black children were once kept out
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  35. Before Shark Week and 'Jaws,' World War II spawned America's shark obsession
  36. Trump can't beat Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in court – but the fight might be worth more than a win
  37. America's founders believed civic education and historical knowledge would prevent tyranny – and foster democracy
  38. As South Sudan turns 10, questions over the role of the church emerge amid anti-clerical violence
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  41. From flying boats to secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors – a brief cultural history of UFOs
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  44. What is cultural appropriation, and how does it differ from cultural appreciation?
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  46. Slain Haitian president faced calls for resignation, sustained mass protests before killing
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  49. New York defines illegal firearms use as a 'public nuisance' in bid to pierce gun industry's powerful liability shield
  50. US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark