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We're building a vaccine corps of medical and nursing students – they could transform how we reach underserved areas

  • Written by Michael F. Collins, Chancellor and Professor of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
imageMedical students' backgrounds often reflect the diversity of local communities, which can allow them more access and trust for vaccination efforts.Bryan Goodchild/UMass Medical School, CC BY-ND

The U.S. faces one of the most consequential public health campaigns in history right now: to vaccinate the population against COVID-19 and, especially, to...

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The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology

  • Written by Benjamin Brubaker, Postdoctoral Fellow in Quantum Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
imageDark matter can be inferred from an assortment of physical clues in the universe.NASA

Nearly a century after dark matter was first proposed to explain the motion of galaxy clusters, physicists still have no idea what it’s made of.

Researchers around the world have built dozens of detectors in hopes of discovering dark matter. As a graduate...

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Fighting school segregation didn't take place just in the South

  • Written by Ashley Farmer, Assistant Professor of History & African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageSchool boycott picketers march across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Board of Education in 1964.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

Whether it’s black-and-white photos of Arkansas’ Little Rock Nine or Norman Rockwell’s famous painting of New Orleans schoolgirl Ruby Bridges, images of school desegregation often make it seem as though it was...

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Liberals in Congress and the White House have faced a conservative Supreme Court before

  • Written by Lucy Cane, Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Denver
imageMembers of the U.S. Supreme Court visit President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House in 1934.AP Photo

With control of the White House and both houses of Congress, Democrats are looking to make major changes in government initiatives – including on climate change, immigration and education.

But many of those ideas may end up in court &nda...

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Tiny cacao flowers and fickle midges are part of a pollination puzzle that limits chocolate production

  • Written by DeWayne Shoemaker, Professor and Department Head, Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee
imageOnly 10%-20% of cacao flowers are pollinated.carlosgaw/E+ via Getty Images

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without chocolate. Yet cacao trees, which are the source of chocolate, are vulnerable.

I am a passionate chocolate lover and an entomologist who studies cacao pollination. The crop’s sustainability currently appears to...

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Why are so many 12th graders not proficient in reading and math?

  • Written by Elizabeth Leyva, Director, Entry-Level Mathematics, Texas A&M-San Antonio
imageMore students are taking algebra II in high school – but many aren't actually learning it.Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Math and reading scores for 12th graders in the U.S. were at a historic low even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a massive shift to remote learning, according to results of the...

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Hundreds of fish species, including many that humans eat, are consuming plastic

  • Written by Alexandra McInturf, PhD Candidate in Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis
imageA biologist examines microplastics found in sea species at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Greece, Nov. 26, 2019.Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP via Getty Images

Trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic are floating in the world’s oceans, from surface waters to the deep seas. These particles, known as microplastics, typically form when...

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Sensores: así monitorean nuestros cuerpos y todo el mundo

  • Written by Nicole McFarlane, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee
imageLos sensores de temperatura de infrarrojos permiten medir la temperatura sin tocar a la persona. AP Photo/LM Otero

Hay sensores por todas partes. Están en puertas automáticas, en cajas registradoras, en consultorios médicos y hospitales. Se utilizan por dentro y por fuera del cuerpo.

Los sensores detectan aspectos del mundo...

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What the $25 billion the biggest US donors gave in 2020 says about high-dollar charity today

  • Written by David Campbell, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageJeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott, seen here before they divorced in 2019, were the top two U.S. charitable donors the following year. Jorg Carstensen/dpa/AFP via Getty Images

Editor’s note: According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the top 50 Americans who gave the most to charity in 2020 committed to giving a total of US$24.7 billion to...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and the death of the public political apology

  • Written by Edwin Battistella, Professor of Linguistics, Southern Oregon University
imageIs 'expressing regrets' the equivalent of sticking air quotes around apologies?Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

When Georgia representative and sometime QAnon enthusiast Marjorie Taylor Greene met with fellow House Republicans on Feb. 3, she may have apologized. Or she may not have.

During the closed-door meeting in which...

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  2. COVID-19 shows why it's time to finally end unpaid college internships
  3. Scientists at work: New recordings of ultrasonic seal calls hint at sonar-like abilities
  4. The SolarWinds hack was all but inevitable – why national cyber defense is a 'wicked' problem and what can be done about it
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  6. Mothers who earned straight A's in high school manage the same number of employees as fathers who got failing grades
  7. New steps the government's taking toward COVID-19 relief could help fight hunger
  8. Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today
  9. Is the US Capitol a 'temple of democracy'? Its authoritarian architecture suggests otherwise
  10. Drake and Jake, Mountain Dew's millions and the Marvel Universe – which ads won the Super Bowl, and which fell flat
  11. Talking politics in 2021: Lessons on humility and truth-seeking from Benjamin Franklin
  12. Will the COVID-19 vaccine work as well in patients with obesity?
  13. No internet, no vaccine: How lack of internet access has limited vaccine availability for racial and ethnic minorities
  14. I analyzed all of Trump's tweets to find out what he was really saying
  15. The military coup in Myanmar presents opportunities to Buddhist nationalists
  16. Corporate concentration in the US food system makes food more expensive and less accessible for many Americans
  17. The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered
  18. In mice, a mother’s love comes from the gut
  19. When dogs bark, are they using words to communicate?
  20. Of microbes and mothers – certain gut bacteria in mice can disrupt the mother-child relationship
  21. Slave-built infrastructure still creates wealth in US, suggesting reparations should cover past harms and current value of slavery
  22. Impeachment trial: Research spanning decades shows language can incite violence
  23. When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of children's literature – took matters into their own hands
  24. The First Amendment will likely protect the anonymity of Redditors who discussed GameStop stock
  25. Latest jobs report shows why the unemployment rate needs fixing
  26. Fecal microbe transplants help cancer patients respond to immunotherapy and shrink tumors
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  29. Graduate students need a PhD that makes sense for their real lives
  30. No joke: Using humor in class is harder when learning is remote
  31. How the National Prayer Breakfast became an opportunity for presidents and faith leaders alike to push their political agendas
  32. Amanda Gorman's poetry shows why spoken word belongs in school
  33. Why disputes between Congress and the White House so often end up in court
  34. Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth – Perseverance Rover lands on Feb. 18, a lead scientist explains the tech and goals
  35. North Korea targeted cybersecurity researchers using a blend of hacking and espionage
  36. How some drugs can turn into a cancer-causing chemical in the body
  37. These are the students free community college programs help the most
  38. What a squeezed rubber ducky suggests about the lingering effects of vaccine misinformation
  39. Citizen scientists are filling research gaps created by the pandemic
  40. The US government's $44 million vaccine rollout website was a predictable mess – here’s how to fix the broken process behind it
  41. Can an employee object to mandatory COVID-19 vaccines on religious grounds?
  42. Living with natural gas pipelines: Appalachian landowners describe fear, anxiety and loss
  43. 5 ways the Biden administration may help stem the loss of international students
  44. One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world
  45. To defuse political violence across US, conflict mediators apply lessons from gang disputes and foreign elections
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  47. Loss of muscle mass among elderly can lead to falls, and staying put during the pandemic doesn't help
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  49. How food banks help Americans who have trouble getting enough to eat
  50. What is food insecurity?