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How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone

  • Written by Nükhet Varlik, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
imageThe COVID-19 new normal might be here for quite some time.SolStock/E+ via Getty Images

When will the pandemic end? All these months in, with over 37 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million deaths globally, you may be wondering, with increasing exasperation, how long this will continue.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, epidemiologists and...

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Epic miscalls and landslides unforeseen: The exceptional catalog of polling failure

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
imageWrong.Underwood Archives/Getty Images

The question looms in nearly every U.S. presidential election, even in this year’s race: Could the polls be wrong? If they are, they likely will err in unique fashion. The history of election polling says as much.

That history tells of no greater polling surprise than what happened in 1948, when President...

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Doing this one thing helps community college students transfer to a 4-year university

  • Written by Xueli Wang, Professor of Higher Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageAn incoming student and family members tour the campus at California State University, Fullerton, in August. Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Elizabeth has always wanted to be a doctor. While a high school senior, she was hoping to achieve her dream through attending the state’s main university campus, but she was put on a...

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Schadenfreude over Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis was more about cosmic justice than joy in another’s pain

  • Written by Lee M. Pierce, Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Communication, State University of New York, College at Geneseo
imageTrump, after downplaying the seriousness of COVID-19, ended up contracting a serious case of the virus himself.Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

After President Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, Merriam-Webster Dictionary reported a 30,000% increase in searches for the word “schadenfreude.”

The German word, which is often...

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Schools often fail to identify gifted and talented students – especially if they are Black, Latino or Native American

  • Written by Marcia Gentry, Professor of Educational Studies; Director, Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute, Purdue University
imageNot all students have equal access to gifted and talented services.JGI/Jamie Grill via Getty Images

About a decade ago, I was working with a large, urban school district on creating a gifted and talented program that would include all kids, regardless of their race or income.

In this district, Black children and children from poor families were...

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What happens when senators die or are incapacitated?

  • Written by Nicholas G. Napolio, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageThe Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol building.Matt H. Wade via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

What happens if U.S. senators get sick or, even worse, if they die? It’s happened before – and our research shows that national policies, and even the course of history, can change as a result.

At least three U.S. Republican senators have recently...

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3 ways to get your point across while wearing a mask – tips from an award-winning speech coach

  • Written by Cheryl Chambers, Instructor of Communication and Head Coach, MSU Speech & Debate Team, Mississippi State University
imageMasks hide just part of how you communicate.Hispanolistic/E+ via Getty Images

You wear your mask, keep six feet between yourself and others and are committed to safety. But the measures that help minimize your risk of COVID-19 can also have an impact on your interactions with others.

As you stroll the aisle of a supermarket, you approach someone...

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Dominance or democracy? Authoritarian white masculinity as Trump and Pence's political debate strategy

  • Written by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
imageVice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, debated on Oct. 7, 2020. Justin Sullivan / POOL / AFP/Getty Images

After the debate between Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence, commentators contrasted Pence’s reserved demeanor with the belligerence President Donald Trump exhibited in...

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Restoring California's forests to reduce wildfire risks will take time, billions of dollars and a broad commitment

  • Written by Roger Bales, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
imageA mixed-conifer forest in the central Sierra Nevada after restoration, with unthinned forest in the background.Roger Bales, CC BY-ND

As California contends with its worst wildfire season in history, it’s more evident than ever that land management practices in the state’s forested mountains need major changes.

Many of California’s...

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Political leaders’ views on COVID-19 risk are highly infectious in a polarized nation – we see the same with climate change

  • Written by Wanyun Shao, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Alabama
imagePresident Trump's messages discounting mask-wearing have worried public health professionals.AP Photos/Alex Brandon

When President Donald Trump announced he was leaving the hospital after being treated for COVID-19, he sent his supporters a message: “Don’t be afraid of COVID. Don’t let it dominate your life,” he tweeted. A...

Read more: Political leaders’ views on COVID-19 risk are highly infectious in a polarized nation – we see the...

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  1. What's the best way to get out the vote in a pandemic?
  2. Election 2020 sees record $11 billion in campaign spending, mostly from a handful of super-rich donors
  3. Pandemic presents an opportunity for small liberal arts colleges to change
  4. Appealing to evangelicals, Trump uses religious words and references to God at a higher rate than previous presidents
  5. Will it be a 'V' or a 'K'? The many shapes of recessions and recoveries
  6. Yes, more and more young adults are living with their parents – but is that necessarily bad?
  7. Getting kids – and their caregivers – to practice STEM at home
  8. Plot to kidnap Michigan's governor grew from the militia movement's toxic mix of constitutional falsehoods and half-truths
  9. Why males may have a worse response to COVID-19
  10. Packing the Court: Amid national crises, Lincoln and his Republicans remade the Supreme Court to fit their agenda
  11. Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid a reckoning over colonialism and calls for return of Native land
  12. Evangelical leaders like Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell Sr. have long talked of conspiracies against God's chosen – those ideas are finding resonance today
  13. As COVID-19 cases rise again, how will the US respond? Here's what states have learned so far
  14. Teachers play a critical role in shaping girls' future as coders
  15. Economists are more like storytellers than scientists – don't let the Nobel for 'economic sciences' fool you
  16. Remembering Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist who pushed Mexico on clean energy -- and, recently, face masks
  17. Nobel Peace Prize spotlights the links between hunger and conflict
  18. Lessons from embedding with the Michigan militia – 5 questions answered about the group allegedly plotting to kidnap a governor
  19. Workers can expect sympathy from Amy Coney Barrett – as long as they don’t bring a class action to defend their rights
  20. Repatriating the archives: Lumbee scholars find their people and bring them home
  21. Pandemic threatens food security for many college students
  22. How Congress could decide the 2020 election
  23. Doing good may make people look better
  24. What you – and doctors – should watch for if you have COVID-19
  25. In a battle of AI versus AI, researchers are preparing for the coming wave of deepfake propaganda
  26. More penises are appearing on TV and in film – but why are nearly all of them prosthetic?
  27. PFAS 'forever chemicals' are widespread and threaten human health – here's a strategy for protecting the public
  28. 'Namaste' es el saludo perfecto para la pandemia
  29. Americans aren't worried about white nationalism in the military – because they don't know it's there
  30. An autoimmune-like antibody response is linked with severe COVID-19
  31. Being outdoors doesn’t mean you're safe from COVID-19 – a White House event showed what not to do
  32. There's nothing unusual about early voting – it's been done since the founding of the republic
  33. Celebrating Sister Ardeth Platte, anti-nuclear activist and 'peacemaker in a hostile world'
  34. Experiencing physical pain can cause you to overspend
  35. Trump and McConnell's mostly white male judges buck 30-year trend of increasing diversity on the courts
  36. Do sports teams’ sustainability efforts matter to fans?
  37. Harris and Pence dodge tough questions in VP debate – experts react
  38. Nobel Prize for chemistry honors exquisitely precise gene-editing technique, CRISPR – a gene engineer explains how it works
  39. Nobel Prize for CRISPR honors two great scientists – and leaves out many others
  40. La migración de las mariposas monarca está en riesgo, pero hay un plan para salvarla
  41. 'What goes around comes around,' or what Greek mythology says about Donald Trump
  42. From recording videos in a closet to Zoom meditating, 2020's political campaigns adjust to the pandemic
  43. VIP patients can be a headache for their doctors
  44. Allies and foes watch as Trump fights the coronavirus
  45. How a government-linked foundation could speed the spread of new clean-energy technologies
  46. Finding joy in 2020? It's not such an absurd idea, really
  47. Amid COVID-19 spike in ultra-Orthodox areas, Jewish history may explain reluctance of some to restrictions
  48. What happens to national security and foreign relations if the president is incapacitated?
  49. 2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes – an astrophysicist explains the trailblazing discoveries
  50. Trump's decade-old audit illustrates why the IRS targets the working poor as much as the rich