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Why religions of the world condemn suicide

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Associate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy Cross
A mourner reads a sympathy card left for Anthony Bourdain at a makeshift memorial in New York.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

The recent suicides of fashion designerKate Spade and celebrity chef and writerAnthony Bourdain have reminded all of us that, even for the wealthy, life can become too painful to bear.

The sad truth is that suicide rates have been...

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Can Facebook use AI to fight online abuse?

  • Written by Daniel Lowd, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon
It can be complicated to teach a computer to detect harassment and threats.Palto/Shutterstock.com

Facebook has released statistics on abusive behavior on its social media network, deleting more than 22 million posts for violating its rules against pornography and hate speech – and deleting or adding warnings about violence to another 3.5...

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Iran's mild response to unprecedented truckers' strike could be due to Trump's influence

  • Written by Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
Demonstrators show their support for anti-government protests in Iran in front of the White House in January. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Last month, the Trump administration backed out of the 2015 deal his predecessor made with Iran that traded giving up nuclear ambitions for sanctions relief.

The U.S. is expected to soon tighten the screws...

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Stress is bad for your body, but how? Studying piglets may shed light

  • Written by Adam Moeser, Matilda R. Wilson Endowed Chair, Associate Professor of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University
Pigs and humans have a lot in common, particularly their digestive tracts. Krumanop/Shutterstock.com

Stress affects most of us to one degree or another, and that even includes animals. My lab studies early-life stress in pigs and how it impacts their health later in life, specifically in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Pigs, whose GI tracts are...

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School safety commission misses the mark by ignoring guns

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stated recently that guns are not a focus of a federal school safety commission meant to tackle school shootings.Africa Studio/www.shutterstock.com

A federal school safety commission that formed after the Parkland, Florida, school massacre won’t be focusing on guns.

That’s according to Secretary of...

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John McCain helped build a country that no longer reflects his values

  • Written by Elizabeth Sherman, Assistant Professor Department of Government, American University School of Public Affairs

Arizona Sen. John McCain – scion of Navy brass, flyboy turned Vietnam war hero and tireless defender of American global leadership – now faces terminal brain cancer.

I am a scholar of American politics. And I believe that, regardless of his storied biography and personal charm, three powerful trends in American politics thwarted...

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Tourism to the US is in a 'Trump slump' - truth or fiction?

  • Written by Bing Pan, Associate Professor of Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University
Travel is up around the world -- but not to the US.Rawpixel.com/shutterstock

Are fewer people visiting the U.S. now that Trump is president?

Some have blamed the Trump administration for a sharp downturn in international tourist arrivals in 2017, as measured last September. A more recent revision of the numbers suggests that might not be accurate.

So...

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When does hungry become hangry?

  • Written by Jennifer MacCormack, Ph.D. Student in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
You're ready to blow your top – but how much is due to your internal hunger and how much to external annoyances?perfectlab/Shutterstock.com

Have you ever been grumpy, only to realize that you’re hungry?

Feeling hangry has become a meme, even used in ads. But how does it work, psychologically?Snickers

Many people feel more irritable,...

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Bourdain, Spade suicides show how even those at the top can know the lows of depression

  • Written by Jonathan Rottenberg, Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida
Anthony Bourdain in a July 17, 2017, photo at the screening of 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.'Evan Agostin/Invision/AP Photos

We struggle to comprehend the loss of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. Sudden deaths are shocking. It’s doubly shocking when the deaths are by suicide. Sudden suicide by people who seemingly have it all:...

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Trump's presidency marks the first time in 24 years that the federal bench is becoming less diverse

  • Written by Rorie Solberg, Associate Professor of Political Science, Oregon State University
President Trump's judicial nominee Thomas Alvin Farr.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in the Senate are pushing through nominations for federal judges at an unusually fast pace ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. That’s when the GOP could lose its majority and end the easy path to confirmation for...

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