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US-educated foreign soldiers learn 'democratic values,' study shows – though America also trains future dictators

  • Written by Sandor Fabian, Research Fellow, University of Central Florida
imageForeign military students from the U.S. Navy's Patrol Craft Officer course conduct a field training exercise at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in 2009. Department of Defense

The leadership of a U.S.-trained special operations officer, Col. Assimi Goita, in Mali’s August 2020 coup has reignited an old American debate about whether...

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'The Mauritanian' rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees' torture – with 40 still held there

  • Written by Lisa Hajjar, Professor of Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara
imageThe Office of Military Commissions building in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was where much legal activity about the detainees' cases was handled.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

“The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court.

As a sociologist of law and a journalist, I...

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The $4 trillion economic cost of not vaccinating the entire world

  • Written by Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
imageThe success of Brazil's vaccine program will have a ripple effect on countries to which it exports commodities such as steel.Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

Rolling out a vaccine to stop the spread of a global pandemic doesn’t come cheap. Billions of dollars have been spent developing drugs and putting in place a program to get...

Read more: The $4 trillion economic cost of not vaccinating the entire world

How Apple and Google let your phone warn you if you've been exposed to the coronavirus while protecting your privacy

  • Written by Johannes Becker, Doctoral student in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston University
imageExposure notification systems alert people when they've been exposed to the coronavirus but don't record the information.AleksandarGeorgiev/E+ via Getty Images

Virginia has enabled app-less COVID-19 exposure notification services for iPhone users, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Washington, Wisconsin...

Read more: How Apple and Google let your phone warn you if you've been exposed to the coronavirus while...

How the gay party scene short-circuited and became a moneymaking bonanza

  • Written by Christopher T. Conner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
imageRevelers party during the Circuit Festival's Water Park Day in Vilassar de Mar, Spain, in August 2016.Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

When coronavirus restrictions threatened the White Party, an annual circuit party held in Palm Springs, California, the organizer, Jeffrey Sanger, decided to move the festivities to Jalisco, Mexico.

Gay partygoers...

Read more: How the gay party scene short-circuited and became a moneymaking bonanza

Should I stay or should I go? Here are the relationship factors people ponder when deciding whether to break up

  • Written by Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University
imageAre you feeling more 'soul mate' or 'k bye' about your relationship?Christine_Kohler/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Where do you see yourself in five years? It’s a standard job interview question, but it’s an even better question to ask yourself about your relationship.

The person you talk to, date, move in with, get engaged to, marry,...

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Así es como tus bacterias y microbios pueden salvarte de enfermedades como el COVID-19

  • Written by Ana Maldonado-Contreras, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School
imageLos microbios que viven dentro de ti que son esenciales para combatir las amenazas, incluido el virus que causa COVID-19.Dr_Microbe/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Puede que no lo sepas, pero tienes un ejército de microbios viviendo dentro de ti que son esenciales para combatir las amenazas, incluido el virus que causa COVID-19.

En las...

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For the birds? Hardly! Valentine's Day was reimagined by chivalrous medieval poets for all to enjoy, respectfully

  • Written by Jennifer Wollock, Professor of English, Texas A&M University
imageRoses are red, thieving birds are blue. My neck is aching, are you uncomfortable too?Universitatbibliothek Heidelberg

Valentine’s Day annoys many people.

For many in a relationship, the pressure to impress a partner can weigh heavily, and expensive gifts serve as a reminder of the relentless commercializationof the holiday. Meanwhile those...

Read more: For the birds? Hardly! Valentine's Day was reimagined by chivalrous medieval poets for all to...

Investors swoon over Bumble's IPO – but what exactly is an initial public offering?

  • Written by Jonathan T. Fluharty-Jaidee, Assistant Department Chair and Professor of Finance, West Virginia University
imageBumble's IPO raised $2.15 billion for the women-go-first dating app.Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images

Bumble raised US$2.15 billion in an initial public offering, or IPO, late on Feb. 10, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Investors swooned over the women-go-first dating app, buying more shares and at a higher price than initially expected,...

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John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed to end slavery

  • Written by Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University
imageAbolitionist John Brown, left, and President Abraham Lincoln, right, were both moral crusaders. Hulton Archive/Getty Images & Stock Montage/Getty Images

One of the most underappreciated figures in the nation’s history, John Brown, has been introduced to Americans by the recent Showtime series “The Good Lord Bird,” based on the...

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  3. Bipartisanship in Congress isn't about being nice – it's about cold, hard numbers
  4. Polyamorous relationships under severe strain during the pandemic
  5. Public option in Biden plan could change the face of US health care
  6. New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicist
  7. We're building a vaccine corps of medical and nursing students – they could transform how we reach underserved areas
  8. The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology
  9. Fighting school segregation didn't take place just in the South
  10. Liberals in Congress and the White House have faced a conservative Supreme Court before
  11. Tiny cacao flowers and fickle midges are part of a pollination puzzle that limits chocolate production
  12. Why are so many 12th graders not proficient in reading and math?
  13. Hundreds of fish species, including many that humans eat, are consuming plastic
  14. Sensores: así monitorean nuestros cuerpos y todo el mundo
  15. What the $25 billion the biggest US donors gave in 2020 says about high-dollar charity today
  16. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the death of the public political apology
  17. Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in everyday conversation – months before either partner realizes their relationship is tanking
  18. COVID-19 shows why it's time to finally end unpaid college internships
  19. Scientists at work: New recordings of ultrasonic seal calls hint at sonar-like abilities
  20. The SolarWinds hack was all but inevitable – why national cyber defense is a 'wicked' problem and what can be done about it
  21. What exactly is the polar vortex?
  22. Mothers who earned straight A's in high school manage the same number of employees as fathers who got failing grades
  23. New steps the government's taking toward COVID-19 relief could help fight hunger
  24. Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today
  25. Is the US Capitol a 'temple of democracy'? Its authoritarian architecture suggests otherwise
  26. Drake and Jake, Mountain Dew's millions and the Marvel Universe – which ads won the Super Bowl, and which fell flat
  27. Talking politics in 2021: Lessons on humility and truth-seeking from Benjamin Franklin
  28. Will the COVID-19 vaccine work as well in patients with obesity?
  29. No internet, no vaccine: How lack of internet access has limited vaccine availability for racial and ethnic minorities
  30. I analyzed all of Trump's tweets to find out what he was really saying
  31. The military coup in Myanmar presents opportunities to Buddhist nationalists
  32. Corporate concentration in the US food system makes food more expensive and less accessible for many Americans
  33. The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered
  34. In mice, a mother’s love comes from the gut
  35. When dogs bark, are they using words to communicate?
  36. Of microbes and mothers – certain gut bacteria in mice can disrupt the mother-child relationship
  37. Slave-built infrastructure still creates wealth in US, suggesting reparations should cover past harms and current value of slavery
  38. Impeachment trial: Research spanning decades shows language can incite violence
  39. When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of children's literature – took matters into their own hands
  40. The First Amendment will likely protect the anonymity of Redditors who discussed GameStop stock
  41. Latest jobs report shows why the unemployment rate needs fixing
  42. Fecal microbe transplants help cancer patients respond to immunotherapy and shrink tumors
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  46. No joke: Using humor in class is harder when learning is remote
  47. How the National Prayer Breakfast became an opportunity for presidents and faith leaders alike to push their political agendas
  48. Amanda Gorman's poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school
  49. Why disputes between Congress and the White House so often end up in court
  50. Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth – Perseverance Rover lands on Feb. 18, a lead scientist explains the tech and goals