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Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way, and it’s not just stubbornness

  • Written by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
imageEvacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues.Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead of the storm, crowding highways headed north and...

Read more: Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in...

Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way

  • Written by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
imageEvacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues.Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead of the storm, crowding highways headed north and...

Read more: Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in...

US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets

  • Written by Jason Reed, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame
imageAll eyes on the CPI.Sila Damrongsaringkan/Getty Images Plus

It wasn’t that long ago that the Federal Reserve, the central bank for the United States, was worrying that annual inflation would surpass 9% in the middle of 2022. The U.S. economy hadn’t seen prices rise that fast since the 1980s, and most everyone feared that a series of...

Read more: US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets

Is childproofing the internet constitutional? A tech law expert draws out the issues

  • Written by Meg Leta Jones, Associate Professor of Technology Law & Policy, Georgetown University
imageThe U.S. Supreme Court and Congress are wrestling with how to protect kids online.Meg Leta Jones, CC BY-ND

Mounting pressure to regulate children’s use of technology in the United States raises the question: Is childproofing the internet constitutional?

In response to significant political pressure stemming from alarming revelations about...

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Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: sales pitches are often from biased sources, the choices can be overwhelming and impartial help is not equally available to all

  • Written by Grace McCormack, Postdoctoral researcher of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
imageIt can take a lot of effort to understand the many different Medicare choices.Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images

The 67 million Americans eligible for Medicare make an important decision every October: Should they make changes in their Medicare health insurance plans for the next calendar year?

The decision is complicated. Medicare has an...

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Charging, not range, is becoming a top concern for electric car drivers

  • Written by Alan Jenn, Associate Professional Researcher in Transportation, University of California, Davis
imageA Nissan Leaf charges at a station in Pasadena, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2024.Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Biden administration is using tax credits, regulations and federal investments to shift drivers toward electric vehicles. But drivers will make the switch only if they are confident they can find reliable charging when and where they need it.

Over...

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LGBTQ rights: Where do Harris and Trump stand?

  • Written by Marie-Amelie George, Associate Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
imageThe Republican Party and Democratic Party offer voters starkly different visions of LGBTQ rights in America.Douglas Rissing via Getty Images

Polls show that LGBTQ rights will likely factor into most Americans’ pick for president this November as they choose between former Republican President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, a...

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Why Trump accuses people of wrongdoing he himself committed − an explanation of projection

  • Written by April Johnson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Kennesaw State University
imageDonald Trump accuses others of acts he has done at an Oct. 3, 2024, rally in Michigan.AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Donald Trump has a particular formula he uses to convey messages to his supporters and opponents alike: He highlights others’ wrongdoings even though he has committed similar acts himself.

On Oct. 3, 2024, Trump accused the Biden...

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Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage

  • Written by Molly Yanity, Professor and Director of Sports media and Communication, University of Rhode Island
imageIndiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, right, scrambles for a loose ball against Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington during a game on Aug. 28, 2024.Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The “Caitlin Clark effect,” or the impact on women’s basketball from a ponytailed rookie phenomenon from America’s heartland, is...

Read more: Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage

A realistic statue of Mary giving birth was criticized, then vandalized − but saints and artists have often reimagined Christ’s birth

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
imageA silhouette of onlookers in front of Esther Strauss' sculpture 'Crowning.' Michel M. Raguin with cooperation of the Mariendom Linz , CC BY

A sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her giving birth to Jesus was recently attacked and beheaded. Called “Crowning” by the artist Esther Strauss, the sculpture had been part of a temporary...

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  2. Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry
  3. Buyer beware: Off-brand Ozempic, Zepbound and other weight loss products carry undisclosed risks for consumers
  4. Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
  5. Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good
  6. How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
  7. Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word
  8. DEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons
  9. So you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them
  10. Though home to about 50 white extremist groups, Ohio’s social and political landscape is undergoing rapid racial change
  11. The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
  12. 5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns
  13. Harris proposes that Medicare cover more in-home health care, filling a large gap for older Americans and their caregivers
  14. Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn
  15. How foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views
  16. Trump and Harris are sharply divided on science, but share common ground on US technology policy
  17. Can Montana’s ‘last rural Democrat’ survive another election?
  18. Is it COVID-19? Flu? At-home rapid tests could help you and your doctor decide on a treatment plan
  19. Kamala Harris has spoken of her racial backgrounds − but a shared identity isn’t enough to attract supporters
  20. ‘No antidote for bad polls’: Recalling the New York Times’ 1956 election experiment in shoe-leather reporting
  21. Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain
  22. European court ruling finds just cause to award soccer players greater freedom of movement
  23. Swing state voters along the Great Lakes love cleaner water and beaches − and candidates from both parties have long fished for support there
  24. Hurricane Milton explodes into a powerful Category 5 storm as it heads for Florida − here’s how rapid intensification works
  25. Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons − 75 years ago, 2 physicists discovered their special properties
  26. MicroRNA is the Nobel-winning master regulator of the genome – researchers are learning to treat disease by harnessing how it controls genes
  27. How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states
  28. Air pollution inside Philly’s subway is much worse than on the streets
  29. When and why do girls start forming cliques?
  30. NASA wants to send humans to Mars in the 2030s − a crewed mission could unlock some of the red planet’s geologic mysteries
  31. Why would people vote for Kamala Harris? 5 things to understand about why her supporters back her
  32. How a newspaper revolution sparked protesters and influencers, disinformation and the Civil War
  33. A year ago, the hostages were a rallying point for solidarity in Israel – now, their families are symbols of the country’s sharp divides
  34. Colleges could benefit from taking a data-driven look at hostility toward Jews on campus
  35. Palestinians want to choose their own leaders – a year of war has distanced them further from this democratic goal
  36. A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
  37. Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
  38. A year after Hamas attack, more continuity than change for the Palestinians and Israel
  39. Some online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing
  40. Trees’ own beneficial microbiome could lead to discovery of new treatments to fight citrus greening disease
  41. Nuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy
  42. Low pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic − new research
  43. As Yelp turns 20, online reviews continue to confound and confuse shoppers
  44. Kamala Harris illustrates how complex identity is − and the pressure many multiracial people feel to put themselves in one ‘box’
  45. Iran’s strike on Israel was retaliatory – but it was also about saving face and restoring deterrence
  46. Presidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump should be tried for efforts to overturn 2020 election
  47. Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out
  48. Israeli actions have the cover of ‘moral hazard’ − a touch of ambiguity might give US pressure greater weight
  49. Black Pentecostal and charismatic Christians are boosting their visibility in politics − a shift from the past
  50. Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful naval war, hindering its great power ambitions