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Sri Lankans throw out old guard in election upset: What nation’s new Marxist-leaning leader means for economy, IMF loans

  • Written by Vidhura S. Tennekoon, Assistant Professor of Economics, Indiana University
imageAnura Kumara Dissanayake's celebrates his vote.Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Sri Lankans voted for a new direction in leadership on Sept. 22, 2024, electing a leftist anti-poverty campaigner as president of the South Asian nation.

The ascent of Anura Kumara Dissanayake marks a break with the past and from the establishment parties and...

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Can you trust companies that say their plastic products are recyclable? US regulators may crack down on deceptive claims

  • Written by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
imageKeurig, maker of K-Cup single-use coffee pods, was recently fined for claiming the pods were recyclable.Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post, via Getty Images

Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018,...

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Mixed emotions – neuroscience is exploring how your brain lets you experience two opposite feelings at once

  • Written by Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageCan you hold a positive emotion simultaneously with a negative one?Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty Images

Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a permanently changed family dynamic, the uncertainty of...

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View politics critically but charitably and with good old common sense: cowboy commentator Will Rogers’ wisdom for 2024

  • Written by Steven Watts, Professor of History, University of Missouri-Columbia
imageWill Rogers made a career out of making fun of politics and politicians − with a generous spirit.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images

For those trying to come to terms with a particularly tumultuous election year full of deep divisions, ideological invective and personal insults, guidance can come from a historical figure whose insights...

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Gun violence in Philadelphia plummeted in 2024 − researchers aren’t sure why, but here are 3 factors at play

  • Written by Carla Lewandowski, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Rowan University
imagePhiladelphia had 563 homicides in 2021 -- the deadliest year on record. Alex Potemkin/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Philadelphia experienced a surge in shootings and homicides during the COVID-19 years that disproportionately affected young Black and Latino men in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods with drug markets.

In 2020, Philadelphia had...

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How sheriffs define law and order for their counties depends a lot on their views − and most are white Republican men

  • Written by Mirya Holman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Houston
imageA sheriff gestures.Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Many Americans will find on their November 2024 ballot a space to vote for an important office: local sheriff. While there are exceptions, sheriffs have a long history of using their power to maintain a particular, unequal balance of power in society, often along racial and class lines.

A recent...

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Here’s how to maintain healthy smartphone habits

  • Written by Shelia R. Cotten, Provost's Distinuished Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice and Communication, Clemson University
imageDo you have a healthy relationship with your phone?Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

What is the first thing you do in the morning after you awaken? Many people immediately check their phones for notifications of messages, alerts and social media updates by their social ties.

Ninety-seven percent of U.S. adults report owning a cellphone,...

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Sharks and rays leap out of the water for many reasons, including feeding, courtship and communication

  • Written by A. Peter Klimley, Adjunct Associate Professor of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
imageManta rays breaching in waters off Costa Rica.Peter Loring, iStock/Getty Images

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly hypothesized functions for it.

We found that removal of external parasites was the most...

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Climate change is a pollution problem, and countries know how to deal with pollution threats – think DDT and acid rain

  • Written by Alexander E. Gates, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Rutgers University - Newark
imageAdding scrubbers in coal-fired power plants helped reduce acid rain, but they continued to fuel climate change.Drums600 via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Climate change can seem like an insurmountable challenge. However, if you look closely at its causes, you’ll realize that history is filled with similar health and environmental threats that humanity...

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A video game based on the Chinese novel ‘Journey to the West’ is the most recent example of innovative retelling of this popular story

  • Written by Michael Naparstek, Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
imageGaming enthusiasts at the 2023 Gamescom gaming fair on Aug. 23, 2023, in Cologne, Germany.Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images

The recent launch of the video game “Black Myth: Wukong” has broken numerous records around the world for the number of users. The game is set in the world of the famous Chinese novel “Journey to the...

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  4. Why can’t it always be summer? It’s all about the Earth’s tilt
  5. Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood
  6. Trump and Harris vocabularies signal their different frames of mind
  7. Men are carrying the brunt of the ‘loneliness epidemic’ amid potent societal pressures
  8. Wind phones help the bereaved deal with death, loss and grief − a clinical social worker explains the vital role of the old-fashioned rotary phone
  9. Half of Black gay men will be diagnosed with HIV, despite highly effective preventive treatments − why?
  10. College can be confusing for first-generation students – but it doesn’t have to be
  11. Self-forgiveness is more than self-comfort − a philosopher explains
  12. Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims
  13. Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and tails evolved
  14. Pager attack on Hezbollah was a sophisticated ‘booby-trap’ operation − it was also illegal
  15. Immigrants are unsung heroes of global trade and value creation
  16. How Israel’s Netanyahu survives in his job
  17. Why the cost of water for poor Black Detroit voters may be key to Kamala Harris winning – or losing – Michigan
  18. Invasive caterpillars can make aspen forests more toxic for native insects – a team of ecologists explains how
  19. TRUTH in Labeling Act would heighten the warning for shoppers looking to cut sugar, salt and saturated fat intake
  20. You want to vote in the 2024 election − here is how to make sure that your voice is heard
  21. 50 years after the first procedure, Tommy John surgery is more common than ever − especially for young athletes
  22. Collaboratively imagining the future can bring people closer together in the present
  23. Fed slashes rates by a half-point – what that means for the economy and the presidential election
  24. Pagers and walkie-talkies over cellphones – a security expert explains why Hezbollah went low-tech for communications
  25. Preventive care is free by law, but many Americans get incorrectly billed − especially if you’re poor, a person of color or don’t have a college degree
  26. What the jet stream and climate change had to do with the hottest summer on record − remember all those heat domes?
  27. What James Earl Jones can teach us about activism and art in times of crisis
  28. To American revolutionaries, patriotism meant fair dealing with one another
  29. UN’s pact to protect future generations will be undermined by Security Council’s veto and its use in cases of mass atrocity
  30. Why Pennsylvania is the key to a Harris or Trump Electoral College victory
  31. Young professionals are struggling to socially adapt in the workplace – educators can help
  32. Abortion rights are on 10 state ballots in November − Democrats can’t count on this to win elections for them
  33. How the Israeli settlers movement shaped modern Israel
  34. Eviction filings can destabilize tenants’ lives – even when they win their case
  35. Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history
  36. Happiness swings votes – and America’s current mood could scramble expectations of young and old voters
  37. Why holding kids back fails − and what to do about it
  38. Denver’s experiment in providing a soft landing for newly arrived migrants and asylum-seekers isn’t cheap – but doing nothing might cost more
  39. Lost in translation: What spirituality and Einstein’s theory of time have to do with misunderstandings about climate change
  40. Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records
  41. ‘They’re eating pets’ – another example of US politicians smearing Haiti and Haitian immigrants
  42. Tiny robots and AI algorithms could help to craft material solutions for cleaner environments
  43. TikTok ban goes to the court: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences
  44. America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why
  45. Class and race can create divides between donors and a cause they support − putting stress on those nonprofits
  46. Empowering engineering students through storytelling
  47. Women are still underrepresented in local government, despite a woman running for president
  48. Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot system has a problem − but it’s not what Trump is making unfounded claims about
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