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I went down the 'rabbit hole' to debunk misinformation – here's what I learned about Big Ben and online information overload

  • Written by Eli Gottlieb, Senior Visiting Scholar, George Washington University
imageThe great bell in the iconic clock tower of London’s Palace of Westminster was cast in London.Victoria Jones /WPA Pool/Getty Images

Big Ben was stolen from Palestine. So claimed an elderly woman, in Arabic, in a retweeted clip I received recently.

Yes, that Big Ben: the great bell in the iconic clock tower of London’s Palace of...

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Netflix series 'Last Chance U' speaks to the reality of athletes I study

  • Written by Rob Book, Ph.D. Candidate, Lecturer in Cultural Sport Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
imageJunior college athletes work hard to get noticed by big-time schools. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

The concept behind Netflix’s hit docuseries “Last Chance U” is simple: Locate a junior college sports team, follow the team around for an entire season with video cameras, and show how team...

Read more: Netflix series 'Last Chance U' speaks to the reality of athletes I study

China's 'mask diplomacy' wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemic

  • Written by Dinko Hanaan Dinko, Ph.D. Student, University of Denver
imageZimbabwe leaders welcome Chinese COVID-19 experts at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 11, 2020.Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

Being Chinese in Africa was the worst possible stigma for much of 2020.

Africans vilified the Chinese, blaming them for the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, China was blaming Africans for...

Read more: China's 'mask diplomacy' wins influence across Africa, during and after the pandemic

Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to 'remain in Mexico' – but for 41,247 migrants, it's too late

  • Written by Austin Kocher, Research Associate Professor, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
imageThe first group of asylum-seekers allowed to cross from a migrant camp in Mexico into the United States following Biden's repeal of the 'Remain in Mexico' policy arrives to Brownsville, Texas, Feb. 25, 2021.John Moore/Getty Images

The last residents of Mexico’s Matamoros refugee camp crossed the border into the United States on March 5 to...

Read more: Biden ends policy forcing asylum-seekers to 'remain in Mexico' – but for 41,247 migrants, it's too...

How 18 million Americans could move into rural areas – without leaving home

  • Written by Devon Brenner, Assistant VP for Outreach and Initiatives, Office of Research and Economic Development, and Professor, College of Education, Mississippi State University
imageLawrence, Kan., is one of the communities that would go from being considered urban to rural.Ian Ballinger via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

About 46 million Americans – 14% of the nation’s inhabitants – are currently classified as living in rural areas. That number could jump to 64 million – an increase of nearly 40% –...

Read more: How 18 million Americans could move into rural areas – without leaving home

Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change

  • Written by Lewis Ziska, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University
imagePollen can suppress how the body's immune system responds to viruses.Callista Images via Getty Images

Exposure to pollen can make you more susceptible to COVID-19, and it isn’t just a problem for people with allergies, new research released March 9 shows. Plant physiologist Lewis Ziska, a co-author of the new peer-reviewed study and other...

Read more: Pollen can raise your risk of COVID-19 – and the season is getting longer thanks to climate change

How a 'feminist' foreign policy would change the world

  • Written by Rollie Lal, Associate Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
imageHelping women is an explicit goal of the Biden administration's pandemic relief plan. Does the gender focus extend to the world?Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Biden administration has a woman, Vice President Kamala Harris, in its second-highest position, and 61% of White House appointees are women.

Now, it has declared its intention to “protect...

Read more: How a 'feminist' foreign policy would change the world

How urban planning and housing policy helped create 'food apartheid' in US cities

  • Written by Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
imageBlack neighborhoods have a higher density of fast-food outlets than in white districts.David McNew/Getty Images

Hunger is not evenly spread across the U.S., nor within its cities.

Even in the the richest parts of urban America there are pockets of deep food insecurity, and more often than not it is Black and Latino communities that are hit hardest.

As...

Read more: How urban planning and housing policy helped create 'food apartheid' in US cities

Traffic is down on American highways during the pandemic, but vehicle deaths are up – here’s how to stay safe on the road

  • Written by Eric Jackson, Associate Research Professor, Director, Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center, University of Connecticut
imageBe careful on the road.Getty Images

Although there are fewer cars on America’s roads since the pandemic began, the number of fatal car crashes has increased.

Early nationwide data supports this counterintuitive finding: Although daily trips from households fell by as much as 35% in 2020, preliminary traffic fatality count data for the first...

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COVID-19 survivor's guilt a growing issue as reality of loss settles in

  • Written by David Chesire, Associate Professor, College of Medicine, University of Florida
imageMillions of Americans may wonder if they inadvertently passed COVID-19 to someone else.franckreporter/E+ via Getty Images

People are eager to return to normal after a year of coronavirus, but is the U.S. there yet? Hardly. The ongoing psychological and spiritual damage caused by the pandemic is rising, too.

Guilt and shame are two prevailing...

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  1. 3 medical innovations fueled by COVID-19 that will outlast the pandemic
  2. A global semiconductor shortage highlights a troubling trend: A small and shrinking number of the world's computer chips are made in the US
  3. Biased AI can be bad for your health – here's how to promote algorithmic fairness
  4. Growing food and protecting nature don't have to conflict – here's how they can work together
  5. Vaccinated and ready to party? Not so fast, says the CDC, but you can gather with other vaccinated people
  6. New York Gov. Cuomo is the textbook example of how not to apologize
  7. Growing cannabis indoors produces a lot of greenhouse gases – just how much depends on where it's grown
  8. Alumni gratitude and support for causes are behind donations of $50 million or more to colleges and universities
  9. Is gaming good for kids?
  10. 5 strategies to prepare now for the next pandemic
  11. How Black Americans used portraits and family photographs to defy stereotypes
  12. Immune interference – why even 'updated' vaccines could struggle to keep up with emerging coronavirus strains
  13. A year into the pandemic, the coronavirus is messing with our minds as well as our bodies
  14. Economists: Biden's $1,400 COVID-19 checks may be great politics, but it's questionable economics
  15. States drop COVID-19 mask mandates but still expect people to mask up – will they?
  16. Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights
  17. 10 years after Fukushima, safety is still nuclear power's greatest challenge
  18. The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax – here's why that could be good for producers and the public alike
  19. Backlash against Johnson Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is real and risky – here's how to make its rollout a success
  20. Support for QAnon is hard to measure – and polls may overestimate it
  21. Support for Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package may not be as broad as it seems – it's all a matter of perspective
  22. Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in
  23. Going forth with standardized tests may cause more problems than it solves
  24. Fungal microbiome: Whether mice get fatter or thinner depends on the fungi that live in their gut
  25. Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts are obsessed – but very wrong – about the Byzantine Empire
  26. The science behind frozen wind turbines – and how to keep them spinning through the winter
  27. January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from winter to spring
  28. Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy of slavery?
  29. What the policing response to the KKK in the 1960s can teach about dismantling white supremacist groups today
  30. Queer in the country: Why some LGBTQ Americans prefer rural life to urban 'gayborhoods'
  31. Motivation is a key factor in whether students cheat
  32. Public transit drivers struggle to enforce mask mandates
  33. Even before COVID-19, US nursing homes were filling empty beds with psychiatric patients
  34. Your favorite fishing stream may be at high risk from climate change – here’s how to tell
  35. Why repressive Saudi Arabia remains a US ally
  36. Pope's upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of Christians in Iraq
  37. Colleges are eliminating sports teams – and runners and golfers are paying more of a price than football or basketball players
  38. News organizations that want journalists to engage with their audience may be setting them up for abuse
  39. Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
  40. Scientist at work: Tracking the epic journeys of migratory birds in northwest Mexico
  41. Two gaps to fill for the 2021-2022 winter wave of COVID-19 cases
  42. How some people can end up living at airports for months – even years – at a time
  43. Most US states don't have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries
  44. Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax would reduce inequality – the problem is it's probably unconstitutional
  45. The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across the US
  46. COVID-19 revealed how sick the US health care delivery system really is
  47. COVID-19 costs could push hospitals to rethink billions of dollars in wasted supplies
  48. Can QAnon survive another 'Great Disappointment' on March 4? History suggests it might
  49. Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 – is it time to control cigarette-makers?
  50. What's in a name for a vaccine campaign? Maybe the end of the pandemic