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Ingredients in flu vaccine won't hurt you – two pharmacists explain why

  • Written by Terri Levien, Professor of pharmacy, Washington State University
imageA man in San Pablo, California, gets a flu shot at a drive-through flu shot clinic Nov. 6, 2014.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Misunderstandings about flu vaccines have existed for decades, leading to vaccine mistrust and lower-than-ideal vaccination rates. Now that a coronavirus vaccine appears to be close, experts are concerned that the lack of...

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Preserving cultural and historic treasures in a changing climate may mean transforming them

  • Written by Erin Seekamp, Professor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University

With global travel curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are finding comfort in planning future trips. But imagine that you finally arrive in Venice and the “floating city” is flooded. Would you stay anyway, walking through St. Mark’s Square on makeshift catwalks or elevated wooden passages – even if you...

Read more: Preserving cultural and historic treasures in a changing climate may mean transforming them

Amy Coney Barrett sizes up 30-year-old precedent balancing religious freedom with rule of law

  • Written by Mark Satta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
imageAn early case will test Justice Barrett's credentials as a favorite of religious conservatives.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first week as an active Supreme Court justice began on Nov. 2 and almost immediately included a case that could test her credentials as a religious conservative.

On the surface, Fulton v. City...

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What's next for American evangelicals after Trump leaves office?

  • Written by Stewart Clem, Assistant Professor of Moral Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology
imageMany evangelical voters believe they found a protector in chief in Donald Trump. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Donald Trump, by his own words and actions, does not appear to be the most religious person.

He has claimed he doesn’t seek forgiveness from God, and he once tried to put money in a Communion plate. Apart from his controversial photo op whil...

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Segregation policies in federal government in early 20th century harmed Blacks for decades

  • Written by Guo Xu, Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
imageA 1938 stamp honoring former President Woodrow Wilson, considered one of America's most progressive presidents.iStock / Getty Images Plus

Economic disparities in earnings, health and wealth between Black and white Americans are staggeringly large. Historical government practices and institutions – such as segregated schools, redlined...

Read more: Segregation policies in federal government in early 20th century harmed Blacks for decades

While the Supreme Court deliberates on the Affordable Care Act, Congress and the White House may act

  • Written by Zack Buck, Associate Professor of Law, University of Tennessee
imageDemonstrators hold up pro-Affordable Care Act signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears oral arguments that challenge the Affordable Care Act in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

For the third time in a decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of...

Read more: While the Supreme Court deliberates on the Affordable Care Act, Congress and the White House may act

New Yorkers knew Donald Trump first – and they spurned him before many American voters did

  • Written by Lincoln Mitchell, Associate Adjunct Research Scholar, Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
imageEvery single voting district in Manhattan, where Trump lives, went for Joe Biden. Times Square, Nov. 7, 2020.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Donald J. Trump was a president from, but not of, New York.

In the final months of his presidency, Trump attacked New York as a lawless “ghost town,” and got attacked right...

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Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads

  • Written by Luna Lu, ACPA Scholar & Professor Of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
imageThe Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco averages more than 100,000 vehicles daily.Photo by Saketh Garuda for Unsplash

Every day, Americans travel on roads, bridges and highways without considering the safety or reliability of these structures. Yet much of the transportation infrastructure in the U.S. is outdated, deteriorating and badly in need of...

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When scientific journals take sides during an election, the public's trust in science takes a hit

  • Written by Kevin L. Young, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imagePeople lose faith in science when it takes a political side.AP Photo/Wong Maye-E

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

The big idea

When the scientific establishment gets involved in partisan politics, it decreases people’s trust in science, especially among conservatives, according to our recent research.

In the...

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60 years after JFK, Biden as second Catholic president offers a refresh in church's political role

  • Written by Steven P. Millies, Associate Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union
imageJoe Biden quoted Pope Francis in speeches ahead of the Nov. 3 election.Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Running to become the first Catholic president of the United States in 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy told an audience of wary Protestant ministers that “if the time should come … when my office...

Read more: 60 years after JFK, Biden as second Catholic president offers a refresh in church's political role

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  2. On environmental protection, Biden's election will mean a 180-degree turn from Trump policies
  3. When a child chooses a donor to sponsor them, it's a new twist on a surprisingly old model of international charity
  4. Tweets reveal Trump’s and Biden’s competing views of masculinity – what that will mean for presidential leadership
  5. The Matrix is already here: Social media promised to connect us, but left us isolated, scared and tribal
  6. Americans don't eat enough fish and miss out on robust health benefits
  7. We’ll see more fire seasons like 2020 - here’s a strategy for managing our nation’s flammable landscapes
  8. In its troubled hour, polling could use an irreverent figure to reset expectations
  9. In appealing to 'give each other a chance,' Biden recalls the democratic charity of Abraham Lincoln
  10. Biden's climate change plans can quickly raise the bar, but can they be transformative?
  11. Buying a coronavirus vaccine for everyone on Earth, storing and shipping it, and giving it safely will all be hard and expensive
  12. Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas Fault
  13. How you can help veterans every day
  14. Conservatives backed the ideas behind Obamacare, so how did they come to hate it?
  15. How to host a safe holiday meal during coronavirus – an epidemiologist explains her personal plans
  16. Russia's rigged elections look nothing like the US election – they have immediate, unquestioned results there
  17. Why we didn't get a vaccine by Election Day – but why we may get one soon
  18. Who are patron saints and why do Catholics venerate them?
  19. Flaws emerge in modeling human genetic diseases in animals
  20. What the California vote to keep the ban on affirmative action means for higher education
  21. Choosing health insurance is so complicated, 23% of workers with only two choices picked the worse one
  22. How children with lethal cancers and other incurable illnesses have benefited from the Affordable Care Act – and why they'll suffer if the Supreme Court overturns it
  23. Before Kamala Harris, many Black women aimed for the White House
  24. Exoplanets are still out there -- a new model tells astronomers where to look for more using 4 simple variables
  25. Conservatives value personal stories more than liberals do when evaluating scientific evidence
  26. Farmers are depleting the Ogallala Aquifer because the government pays them to do it
  27. So-called 'Latino vote' is 32 million Americans with diverse political opinions and national origins
  28. The complicated origin of the expression 'peanut gallery'
  29. Why Republicans and others concerned about the economy have reason to celebrate Biden in the White House
  30. Georgia's political shift – a tale of urban and suburban change
  31. Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court
  32. How votes are counted in Pennsylvania: Changing numbers are a sign of transparency, not fraud, during an ongoing process
  33. Has Donald Trump had his Joe McCarthy moment?
  34. Is democracy sacred?
  35. Job policies that offer generous unemployment benefits create more happiness – for everyone
  36. A skin-eating fungus from Europe could decimate Appalachia's salamanders – but researchers are working to prevent an outbreak
  37. Keep calm and carry on – but how? A psychologist offers 10 tips to manage the uncertainty and stress of election aftermath
  38. COVID-19 reveals how obesity harms the body in real time, not just over a lifetime
  39. Delinquent electric bills from the pandemic are coming due – who will pay them?
  40. How Reagan's notions of a 'good society' resonate with Trump supporters today
  41. Remote education is rife with threats to student privacy
  42. 5 types of misinformation to watch out for while ballots are being counted – and after
  43. Congress could select the president in a disputed election
  44. Trump's Pennsylvania lawsuits invoke Bush v. Gore – but the Supreme Court probably won't decide the 2020 election
  45. 3 scholars explain Senate results in South Carolina, Iowa and Arizona - and what they say about voters
  46. A disputed election delivered 3 governors to Georgia – at the same time
  47. Post-election grief is real, and here are 5 coping strategies – including getting back into politics
  48. Although now required by California law, ethnic studies courses likely to be met with resistance
  49. California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are 'contractors' as gig workers continue search for a livable wage
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