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A neuroscience-based action plan to deal with stress after El Paso and Dayton shootings

  • Written by Laurel Mellin, Associate Clinical Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
The tragedies in El Paso and Dayton bring sadness, grief and stress to many people. Ash T Productions/Shutterstock.com

After the mass murders in El Paso and Dayton, discussions about improving mental health and strengthening gun control laws may be comforting.

Neither affords a plan, however, to address the stress that comes with these events to the...

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Making money off of politics isn't new – it was business as usual in the Gilded Age

  • Written by Jeff Broxmeyer, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Toledo
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., whose profits go to the president and his family business.AP/Alex Brandon

When the political leader “Boss” Tweed was arrested in New York on corruption charges in the fall of 1871, among his many assets was a luxury hotel.

Located up the road from City Hall, the Metropolitan was a...

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The journalist who exposed the Jeffrey Epsteins of Victorian London

  • Written by LeeAnne M. Richardson, Associate Professor of English, Georgia State University
W.T. Stead's series of articles detailing a sordid sex ring rocked London.W.T. Stead Resource Site, CC BY-SA

Wealthy men soliciting underage girls for sex. Girls lured to expensive homes by promises of good-paying jobs. Captains of commerce and heads of state reveling in debauchery. Officials looking the other way.

A newspaper exposé written...

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New climate change report underscores the need to manage land for the short and long term

  • Written by Chris E. Forest, Professor of Climate Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University
Undeveloped regions such as the Amazon rainforest are critical resources for slowing climate change.lubasi/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes how agriculture, deforestation, and other human activities have altered 70% of the land on Earth’s surface.

These changes are significantly...

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Why the 2020 census matters for rural Americans

  • Written by John J. Green, Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi
Families in rural areas are harder for the Census Bureau to reach.Rafa artphoto/Shutterstock.com

As director of the University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies, I regularly talk to people about how they can use data to help their communities thrive.

The decennial census is particularly important – and the next one is less than a...

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Talking about Charlottesville with alt-right students

  • Written by Jennifer Rich, Assistant Professor; Director, Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Rowan University

Pivotal. A turning point. A venue for strong ideas.

These are some of the terms that college students used to describe the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that claimed the life of Heather Heyer, a counter-protester who died when a man drove his car into a crowd.

Some students, who used these terms during interviews I...

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The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells

  • Written by Sreekanth Chalasani, Associate Professor of Molecular Neurobiology (Salk Institute) and Assistant Adjunct Professor of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego
Sound waves are displayed as an oscillating glow light.natrot/Shutterstock.com

What if you didn’t need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of insulin, or mitigate the onset of a seizure without even pushing a button?

I and a team of scientists in my laboratory...

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Companies promoting causes can be accused of 'wokewashing' – allying themselves only for good PR

  • Written by Kim Sheehan, Professor of Journalism and Communication and Director of the Master's Program in Brand Responsibility, University of Oregon
Ben & Jerry's opened Art for Justice, which highlights the need for criminal justice reform and features art by formerly incarcerated artists.AP Images/Andy Duback

More consumers want companies to address societal problems, including climate change and crumbling infrastructure.

Additionally, more than half want to buy from brands that take...

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Curious Kids: Is homework worthwhile?

  • Written by Robert H. Tai, Associate Professor of Education, University of Virginia
Those worksheets might not do much for a child's grades.mirtmirt/Shutterstock.com

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

There’s a huge debate about homework and whether it helps kids learn during the school year. But everyone...

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Remote control for brain cells: scientists use ultrasound waves to activate neurons

  • Written by Sreekanth Chalasani, Associate Professor of Molecular Neurobiology (Salk Institute) and Assistant Adjunct Professor of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego
Sound waves are displayed as an oscillating glow light.natrot/Shutterstock.com

What if you didn’t need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of insulin, or mitigate the onset of a seizure without even pushing a button?

I and a team of scientists in my laboratory...

Read more: Remote control for brain cells: scientists use ultrasound waves to activate neurons

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