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Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal – counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society

  • Written by Feng Wang, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
imageWill an aging, shrinking population put the brakes on economic growth?CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images.

Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin.

So news that the Chinese population is now in decline, and will sometime later this year be surpass...

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A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters

  • Written by Rebecca Weber, Associate Professor Library, Oklahoma State University
imageThere's a small but growing number of books for younger readers that feature main characters with disabilities.Wavebreakmedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

Disability representation is slowly increasing in books geared toward children and teens.

In 2019 the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...

Read more: A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters

Flood forecasts in real-time with block-by-block data could save lives – a new machine learning method makes it possible

  • Written by Valeriy Ivanov, Professor of Hydrosystems Engineering, University of Michigan
imageDriving into floodwater, as this vehicle did in Sonoma County, Calif., on Jan. 5, 2023, can be extremely dangerous.Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

The extreme flooding and mudslides across California in recent weeks took many drivers by surprise. Sinkholes swallowed cars, highways became fast-moving rivers of water, entire neighborhoods were...

Read more: Flood forecasts in real-time with block-by-block data could save lives – a new machine learning...

Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too

  • Written by Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
imageIndustry wants to keep people cooking with gas.Jamie Grill, Tetra Images via Getty Images

Gas stoves are a leading source of hazardous indoor air pollution, but they emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why, then, have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics?

This debate reignited on Jan. 9, 2023, when...

Read more: Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas...

Fictional newsman Ted Baxter was more invested in fame than in good journalism – but unlike today's pundits, he didn't corrupt the news

  • Written by Heather Hendershot, Professor of Film and Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
imageFictional anchorman Ted Baxter, center, flanked by newsroom boss Lou Grant and colleague Mary Richards, on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' in 1970.Bettmann/Getty

Pundits are commonplace in today’s cable news environment, with politically tilted news coverage coming from both left and right. Particularly dangerous are characters like Tucker...

Read more: Fictional newsman Ted Baxter was more invested in fame than in good journalism – but unlike...

Florida Gov. DeSantis leads the GOP's national charge against public education that includes lessons on race and sexual orientation

  • Written by Jonathan Feingold, Associate Professor of Law, Boston University
imageFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis campaigns for re-election during a rally on November 7, 2022. Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ disdain for “woke ideology” is on full display.

At a January 2023 inaugural event, the governor boasted that “Florida is where woke goes to die.”

This is more...

Read more: Florida Gov. DeSantis leads the GOP's national charge against public education that includes...

Kicking off the new year by cleansing your body with a detox diet? A dietitian unpacks the science behind these fads

  • Written by Taylor Grasso, Registered Dietitian, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageA healthy diet – with plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains – is one key to a healthy body.Oscar Wong/Moment via Getty Images

Detox diets are often touted as a way to cleanse the body after the excess food and drinks that come with the holidays. These diets promise quick results and can particularly entice people around the new...

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Vaccination to prevent dementia? New research suggests one way viral infections can accelerate neurodegeneration

  • Written by Andrew Bubak, Assistant Research Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageMany viruses interact with the olfactory system, and can damage other areas of the brain through it.Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

One in nine Americans ages 65 and over had Alzheimer’s disease in 2022, and countless others were indirectly affected as caregivers, health care providers and taxpayers. There is...

Read more: Vaccination to prevent dementia? New research suggests one way viral infections can accelerate...

Dozens of US schools, universities move to ban TikTok

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
imageThe TikTok social media app has raised concerns about cybersecurity and online safety.Future Publishing via Getty Images

A growing number of public schools and colleges in the U.S. are moving to ban TikTok – the popular Chinese-owned social media app that allows users to share short videos.

They are following the lead of the federal government...

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Why aren't there any legal protections for the children of influencers?

  • Written by Jessica Maddox, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama
imageChildren cannot consent to being the star of their parent's show.d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

When it comes to sharing content of children on social media – particularly via sponsored posts and brand deals – what’s legal isn’t always what’s ethical.

Influencer Brittany Dawn, who initially gained a following for her...

Read more: Why aren't there any legal protections for the children of influencers?

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  2. This lunar year will be the Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat, depending on where you live
  3. 50 years after Roe, many ethics questions shape the abortion debate: 4 essential reads
  4. Sex, drugs and alcohol are the top reasons that Texas teachers get in trouble, but overall, such cases are rare
  5. Parents in the US had alarmingly high rates of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic – and that has a direct effect on kids
  6. Moderna's experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn't prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it works
  7. New Israeli power broker seeks to rewrite history to justify violence against Palestinians
  8. Allegations that the charity George Santos claims to have run was fake highlight how scams divert money from worthy causes
  9. Deep seabed mining plans pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier
  10. Stopping the cancer cells that thrive on chemotherapy – research into how pancreatic tumors adapt to stress could lead to a new treatment approach
  11. 'The most dangerous Negro': 3 essential reads on the FBI's assessment of MLK's radical views and allies
  12. Voters have few options to remove George Santos from Congress – aside from waiting until the next election
  13. Special counsels, like those examining Biden's and Trump's handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely
  14. Marriage provides health benefits – and here's why
  15. What the FDA's accelerated approval of a new Alzheimer's drug could mean for those with the disease – 5 questions answered about lecanemab
  16. What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social and governance standards and principles are
  17. Native eastern fence lizards changed their bodies and behavior in response to invasive red imported fire ants
  18. Bringing manufacturing back to the US requires political will, but success hinges on training American workers
  19. Sitting all day is terrible for your health – now, a new study finds a relatively easy way to counteract it
  20. Inflation report is a mixed bag – an economist explains why some items are rising faster than others
  21. How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
  22. What is the FAA's NOTAM? An aviation expert explains how the critical safety system works
  23. Reunions can be nostalgic and painful as well as happy – as the ancient Greek heroes Achilles and Odysseus show us
  24. US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady
  25. Meditation and mindfulness offer an abundance of health benefits and may be as effective as medication for treating certain conditions
  26. Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable
  27. Congress investigates presidents, the military, baseball and whatever it wants – a brief modern history of oversight
  28. Trump is facing various criminal charges – here's what we can learn from legal cases against Nixon and Clinton
  29. ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process
  30. Dead billionaires whose foundations are thriving today can thank Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
  31. NASA's busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array of missions in 2022
  32. How does a child become a shooter? Research suggests easy access to guns and exposure to screen violence increase the risk
  33. China looms large as President Biden and Japan's PM Kishida sit down to discuss defense shift, regional tensions
  34. Consumers often can't detect fake reviews – and underestimate how many negative reviews might be fakes
  35. What is racial battle fatigue? A school psychologist explains
  36. AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers
  37. 5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence
  38. What the FDA's rule changes allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed by pharmacies mean in practice – 5 questions answered
  39. Triggering cancer cells to become normal cells – how stem cell therapies can provide new ways to stop tumors from spreading or growing back
  40. College students who work more hours are less likely to graduate
  41. 2022's billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make it US's 3rd most expensive year on record
  42. Global economy 2023: COVID-19 turned global supply chains upside down – 3 ways the pandemic forced companies to rethink and transform how they source their products
  43. Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like
  44. DOJ probes Biden document handling – what is classified information, anyway?
  45. Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline
  46. The safer you feel, the less safely you might behave – but research suggests ways to counteract this tendency
  47. China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation -- should the US be worried?
  48. 30 years on, Czechoslovakia's 'velvet divorce' is not a model for Scottish independence from the UK
  49. Remote work has made developing relationships with colleagues harder – here's what workers and bosses need now
  50. God and guns often go together in US history – this course examines why