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'Landmark' verdicts like Chauvin murder conviction make history – but court cases alone don't transform society

  • Written by Jennifer Reynolds, Professor of Law, University of Oregon
imageIt takes generations to know whether a major court ruling has actually changed society. wildpixel via Getty

American courts in 2021 have already handed down several potentially historic rulings, from the Supreme Court’s recent decision restricting voting rights in Arizona and potentially nationwide to a Minnesota jury’s conviction of...

Read more: 'Landmark' verdicts like Chauvin murder conviction make history – but court cases alone don't...

Why vacations feel like they're over before they even start

  • Written by Selin Malkoc, Associate Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
imagePeople tend to reflexively assume that fun events will go by really quickly.Chris Clor/Getty Images

For many people, summer vacation can’t come soon enough – especially for the half of Americans who canceled their summer plans last year due to the pandemic.

But when a vacation approaches, do you ever get the feeling that it’s...

Read more: Why vacations feel like they're over before they even start

With support for Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad becomes just one of several deans to tweet themselves into trouble

  • Written by George Justice, Professor of English, Arizona State University
imageStudents at Howard University are already calling for Phylicia Rashad's resignation as dean. David Becker/Getty Images for The Blackhouse Foundation

For acclaimed actor Phylicia Rashad, July 1, 2021 was the official first day on the job as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University. But some hoped it would also be her last.

The day...

Read more: With support for Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad becomes just one of several deans to tweet themselves...

Religion at the Supreme Court: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Matt Williams, Religion & Ethics Editor
imageIlluminating recent Supreme Court rulings.Geoff Livingston via Getty Images

The Supreme Court wrapped up its latest term on July 1, 2021, with a couple of final opinions.

It was the first session with Justice Amy Coney Barrett sitting on the bench. Her appointment – replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September 2020 – tipped the...

Read more: Religion at the Supreme Court: 3 essential reads

While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world

  • Written by Marion Werner, Associate Professor of Geography, University at Buffalo
imageContainers of the herbicide glyphosate at a farm supply store in northeast Thailand in 2019.AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

As North America enters its peak summer growing season, gardeners are planting and weeding, and groundskeepers are mowing parks and playing fields. Many are using the popular weed killer Roundup, which is widely available at stores...

Read more: While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world

Why Communion matters in Catholic life -- and what it means to be denied the Eucharist

  • Written by Timothy Gabrielli, Gudorf Chair in Catholic Intellectual Traditions, University of Dayton
imageCommunion has been described as the 'fount and apex of the whole Christian life.'Geoffrey Clements/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images

The biannual U.S. Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its usual attention this June due to one particular item on its agenda: a proposed document on the Sacrament of the Eucharist, a ritual also known as Holy...

Read more: Why Communion matters in Catholic life -- and what it means to be denied the Eucharist

Far more adults don't want children than previously thought

  • Written by Jennifer Watling Neal, Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
imageThe study found that child-free people were just as satisfied with their lives as those with kids.Aleksandr Faustov/EyeEm via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-NC-ND

Fertility rates in the United States have plunged to record lows, and this could be related to the fact that more people are choosing not to have children.

But just how many “child-free”...

Read more: Far more adults don't want children than previously thought

New York City or Los Angeles? Where you live says a lot about what and when you tweet

  • Written by Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
imageTweeting from NYC? There's a good chance you're talking about art. LA? More likely health care.Times Square: farmboyted/Flickr, Sunset Boulevard: Doug Kerr/Flickr, CC BY-NC

The Big Apple versus The Big Orange. The City of Dreams versus The City of Angels. I’m referring, of course, to the ongoing rivalry between New York City and Los Angeles. H...

Read more: New York City or Los Angeles? Where you live says a lot about what and when you tweet

Supreme Court strikes down California's nonprofit donor disclosure requirements: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Dana Brakman Reiser, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
imageWho's giving to whom just became less transparent.crazydiva/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The Supreme Court tossed out a California law requiring nonprofits to report their major donors to state officials. In a 6-3 ruling, the court said the law, intended to fight fraud, subjected donors to potential harassment and violated their First Amendment...

Read more: Supreme Court strikes down California's nonprofit donor disclosure requirements: 4 questions...

Supreme Court blunts voting rights in Arizona – and potentially nationwide – in controversial ruling

  • Written by Cornell William Clayton, C.O. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Washington State University
imageThe Supreme Court waited until the final day of its 2020-2021 term, July 1, 2021, to issue two controversial decisions, including one that may dramatically limit voting rights in the US.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Arizona may keep two voting laws that Republicans say protect election integrity and Democrats believe will make it harder for some...

Read more: Supreme Court blunts voting rights in Arizona – and potentially nationwide – in controversial ruling

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  2. 'Megadrought' along border strains US-Mexico water relations
  3. Infighting in the Southern Baptist Convention shouldn't be a surprise – the denomination has been defined by such squabbles for 400 years
  4. A medical moonshot would help fix inequality in American health care
  5. Benjamin Franklin's fight against a deadly virus: Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptics
  6. What's a ghost kitchen? A food industry expert explains
  7. Racism lurks behind decisions to deny Black high school students from being recognized as the top in their class
  8. Trustees' handling of Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application shows how university boards often fail the accountability test
  9. 5 children's books that teach valuable engineering lessons
  10. Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July, over 150 wildfire scientists urge the US West
  11. US intelligence report on UFOs: No aliens, but government transparency and desire for better data might bring science to the UFO world
  12. An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in disasters like the Florida condo collapse
  13. Critical race theory: What it is and what it isn't
  14. China's 'one-child policy' left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them
  15. To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules
  16. The ethical questions raised by COVID-19 vaccines: 5 essential reads
  17. When a Black boxing champion beat the 'Great White Hope,' all hell broke loose
  18. The US drug industry used to oppose patents – what changed?
  19. The Declaration of Independence wasn't really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising facts for July Fourth
  20. Trees are dying of thirst in the Western drought – here’s what’s going on inside their veins
  21. Science denial: Why it happens and 5 things you can do about it
  22. The #BTSSyllabus is a global resource fueled by an ARMY of experts
  23. 'Cheating's OK for me, but not for thee' – inside the messy psychology of sexual double standards
  24. Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering
  25. Defund the police? Actually, police salaries are rising in departments across the United States
  26. How did the superstition that broken mirrors cause bad luck start and why does it still exist?
  27. Florida condo collapse – searching for answers about what went wrong in Surfside can improve building regulation
  28. The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust to 'un-social distancing'
  29. A pediatric nurse explains the science of sneezing
  30. Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly
  31. College can still be rigorous without a lot of homework
  32. Controversy over Communion in the Catholic Church goes back some 2,000 years
  33. How colonialism's legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today
  34. Danish children struggle to learn their vowel-filled language – and this changes how adult Danes interact
  35. Free-speech ruling won't help declining civil discourse
  36. What are tax havens? The answer explains why the G-7 effort to end them is unlikely to succeed
  37. What today's GOP demonstrates about the dangers of partisan conformity
  38. Youth sports and other challenges of a nonbinary world: 3 essential reads
  39. Closures of Black K-12 schools across the nation threaten neighborhood stability
  40. Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?
  41. Research that shines light on how cells recover from threats may lead to new insights into Alzheimer's and ALS
  42. Schools must act carefully on students' off-campus speech, Supreme Court rules
  43. Why it's such a big deal that the NFL's Carl Nassib came out as gay
  44. Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer than half of US states have bans in place
  45. The behind-the-scenes people and organizations connecting science and decision-making
  46. Ransomware, data breach, cyberattack: What do they have to do with your personal information, and how worried should you be?
  47. How palm oil became the world's most hated, most used fat source
  48. Why choosing the next dalai lama will be a religious – as well as a political – issue
  49. How the billions MacKenzie Scott is giving to colleges attended by students of color will help everyone in America
  50. Gifted education programs don't benefit Black students like they do white students