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College-age kids and teens are drinking less alcohol – but something else is rising

  • Written by Ty Schepis, Professor of Psychology, Texas State University
imageYoung people's attitudes toward alcohol have changed over the years. Klaus Vedfelt via Getty Images

Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to. In fact, more than a quarter don’t drink alcohol at all, recent surveys show.

It’s good news for health. But there is also a downside in the data: While alcohol use is falling...

Read more: College-age kids and teens are drinking less alcohol – but something else is rising

College-age kids and teens are drinking less alcohol – marijuana is a different story

  • Written by Ty Schepis, Professor of Psychology, Texas State University
imageYoung people's attitudes toward alcohol have changed over the years. Klaus Vedfelt via Getty Images

Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to. In fact, more than a quarter don’t drink alcohol at all, recent surveys show.

It’s good news for health. But there is also a downside in the data: While alcohol use is falling...

Read more: College-age kids and teens are drinking less alcohol – marijuana is a different story

What's the gold standard, and why does the US benefit from a dollar that isn't tied to the value of a glittery hunk of metal?

  • Written by Michael Klein, Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageThe gold standard didn't exactly lead to a golden era.Athitat Shinagowin/EyeEm via Getty Images

The phrase “the gold standard” means, in common parlance, the best available benchmark – as in double-blind randomized trials are the gold standard for determining the efficacy of a vaccine.

Its meaning likely comes from my world of...

Read more: What's the gold standard, and why does the US benefit from a dollar that isn't tied to the value...

US colleges report a 43% decline in new international student enrollment, and not just because of the pandemic

  • Written by David L. Di Maria, Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageThe decline in international enrollment will most likely cause colleges and universities to lose money.Marcus Chung/E+ via Getty Images

For the fourth year in a row, the number of international students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities has declined. This is according to data released this month by the State Department and the Institute...

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3 reasons for information exhaustion – and what to do about it

  • Written by Mark Satta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
imageA woman views a manipulated video that changes what is said by President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama.ROB LEVER/AFP via Getty Images

An endless flow of information is coming at us constantly: It might be an article a friend shared on Facebook with a sensational headline or wrong information about the spread of the coronavirus. It...

Read more: 3 reasons for information exhaustion – and what to do about it

Curved origami offers a creative route to making robots and other mechanical devices

  • Written by Hanqing Jiang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University
imageThese beautiful curves hold the key to a simple way to vary the stiffness of robotic grippers.njekaterina/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Building robotic grippers that can firmly grasp heavy objects and also gently grasp delicate ones usually requires complicated sets of...

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Así se decide formalmente quién será el nuevo presidente de Estados Unidos

  • Written by Amy Dacey, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics, American University
imageCon unas pocas excepciones, los medios declaran al ganador de la carrera presidencial estadounidense la noche de la elección. Pero los medios no tienen la palabra final.ranklin McMahon/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

Estados Unidos se diferencia de la mayoría de las otras democracias en que no tiene una comisión electoral...

Read more: Así se decide formalmente quién será el nuevo presidente de Estados Unidos

¿Qué es el botox y cuánto puedo ponerme?

  • Written by Matthew J. Lin, Assistant Professor, Dermatologist and Mohs Surgeon, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
imageEl botox es ahora el tratamiento cosmético no quirúrgico más popular en Estados Unidos.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press

La demanda de tratamientos cosméticos, incluidos el botox y los rellenos, ha aumentado desde que comenzó la pandemia de COVID-19. Los dermatólogos y cirujanos plásticos están...

Read more: ¿Qué es el botox y cuánto puedo ponerme?

Trump's purge of defense agencies comes at a vulnerable time for US national security

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageMarines at Camp Post, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2020, on the 19th anniversary of the terror attacks that began the U.S. war there. Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s recent firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and subsequent resignations from the department of four more top civilian officials – either in protest or...

Read more: Trump's purge of defense agencies comes at a vulnerable time for US national security

No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic

  • Written by Zoë McLaren, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageAccess to testing had been improving across the U.S., but as cases increase, more testing is needed.AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

COVID-19 cases are surging upward around the U.S., reaching 100,000 daily cases for the first time on Nov. 4 and 150,000 only eight days later. Some believe this increase in reported cases is a result of increases in testing,...

Read more: No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing – they show a surging pandemic

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