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A potential new weapon in the fight against COVID-19: Food coloring

  • Written by Young Kim, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
imageOrdinary food coloring suspended in tiny droplets in the air can generate oxygen free radicals that collide with airborne virus particles.wwing/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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Our biomedical engineering lab has developed a way to potentially neutralize viruses lingering in the...

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Yes, God can be hurt, but not in the way Trump claims, according to theologians

  • Written by Sameer Yadav, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Westmont College
imageGod creating night and day.Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images

President Trump claimed recently that the prospect of a Biden presidency would “hurt God.”

More specifically, he said, Biden would be “following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt...

Read more: Yes, God can be hurt, but not in the way Trump claims, according to theologians

I prepare aspiring teachers to educate kids of color – here's how I help them root out their own biases

  • Written by Lasana D. Kazembe, Assistant Professor, IUPUI
imageThe vast majority of K-12 teachers are white. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

I’m a professor who has spent the last 10 years preparing new teachers to enter the workforce. I also study how race, culture and power influence education and childhood development at a time when more than half of the roughly 50 million children who attend U.S....

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Schools looking for space could turn to churches to host classes – doing so has a rich history

  • Written by Andrew Barnes, Professor of History and Religious Studies, Arizona State University
imageChildren evacuated from U.K. cities in WWII were taught in churches.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Could places of worship ease the burden of schools looking to reopen while giving students space to social distance? It might not be such an outlandish suggestion.

With space at a premium and places of worship still empty amid concerns of coronavirus...

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Here's how to talk to vaccine skeptics so they might actually hear you

  • Written by Erica Weintraub Austin, Professor and Director, Edward R. Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research, Washington State University
imageAnti-vaccination supporters in Olympia, Wash., protesting the state's stay-at-home orders. Jason Redmond/Getty Images

An estimated 24,000 to 62,000 people died from the flu in the United States during the 2019-20 flu season. And that was a relatively mild flu season, which typically starts in October and peaks between December and February.

The lat...

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The risk of preterm birth rises near gas flaring, reflecting deep-rooted environmental injustices in rural America

  • Written by Jill Johnston, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California
imageNew research found a significantly higher risk of preterm births near gas flaring in Texas, particularly among Latinas. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Through the southern reaches of Texas, communities are scattered across a flat landscape of dry brush lands, ranches and agricultural fields. This large rural region near the U.S.-Mexico border is known...

Read more: The risk of preterm birth rises near gas flaring, reflecting deep-rooted environmental injustices...

How to talk to vaccine skeptics so they might actually hear you

  • Written by Erica Weintraub Austin, Professor and Director, Edward R. Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research, Washington State University
imageAnti-vaccination supporters in Olympia, Wash., protesting the state's stay-at-home orders. Jason Redmond/Getty Images

An estimated 24,000 to 62,000 people died from the flu in the United States during the 2019-20 flu season. And that was a relatively mild flu season, which typically starts in October and peaks between December and February.

The lat...

Read more: How to talk to vaccine skeptics so they might actually hear you

What happens when COVID-19 and influenza collide? Can hospitals handle the strain?

  • Written by Christine Crudo Blackburn, Deputy Director, Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Program, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
imageThe arrival of flu season will put more pressure on hospitals already facing the coronavirus pandemic.Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday via Getty Images

Flu season is just around the corner, and the United States still hasn’t contained the coronavirus. That sets up an unsettling challenge this fall: how to minimize the impact of the simultaneous...

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Before 'Coup 53,' the US and Iran were old friends

  • Written by Daniel Thomas Potts, Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History, New York University
imageThe ouster of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh marked a turning point in U.S.-Iran relations.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

The British- and American-backed plot to overthrow Iran’s prime minister in 1953 laid the groundwork for the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and decades of hostility with the U.S. A documentary about the plot released on Aug. 19 offers...

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Families can support kids' mental health whether they're learning remotely or at school – here's how

  • Written by Erika Bocknek, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Wayne State University
imageKids learn who they are and how to cope within their families.Thomas Barwick/Stone via Getty Images

The choice between in-person learning, where available, and remote learning is a fraught one for parents. Children experience joy and connection when they learn alongside other kids, but they risk being exposed to the coronavirus. Remote learning at...

Read more: Families can support kids' mental health whether they're learning remotely or at school – here's how

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  2. Sketchy darknet websites are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic – buyer beware
  3. Cloth masks do protect the wearer – breathing in less coronavirus means you get less sick
  4. What will student protests look like when classes are online?
  5. A little-known technology change will make video streaming cheaper and pave the way for higher quality
  6. Ancient cancel cultures: The defacement of statues in America replicates a tradition going back millennia
  7. Suffragists used hunger strikes as a powerful tool of resistance – a tactic still employed by protesters 100 years on
  8. Biden's long foreign-policy record signals how he'll reverse Trump, rebuild old alliances and lead the pandemic response
  9. Las pruebas de detección rápida del COVID-19 pueden ayudar a frenar la pandemia
  10. How dangerous heat waves can kill
  11. How to make sure your vote counts in November
  12. A dismantled post office destroys more than mail service
  13. Kids are bigger coronavirus spreaders than many doctors realized – here’s how schools can lower the risk
  14. Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure
  15. Nature and nurture both contribute to gender inequality in leadership – but that doesn't mean patriarchy is forever
  16. Hagia Sophia has been converted back into a mosque, but the veiling of its figural icons is not a Muslim tradition
  17. Black and Latino essential workers experience greater safety concerns than their white counterparts
  18. Amid partisan fight over Postal Service's future, its past reveals a common bond that helped stamp an identity on America
  19. 'Historic' Israel deal won't likely bring peace to the Middle East
  20. Pandemic alters political conventions – which have always changed with the times
  21. 3 ways to get kids to tune in and pay attention when schools go virtual
  22. The ethical case for allowing medical trials that deliberately infect humans with COVID-19
  23. In the work-from-home battle for space, women are the reluctant nomads
  24. Changing the Federal Reserve mandate could provide a down payment to ending racial inequality
  25. Poets and novelists have been writing about life under COVID-19 for more than a century
  26. 5 reasons to let students keep their cameras off during Zoom classes
  27. Racism linked to cognitive decline in African American women
  28. Hit ’em where it hurts – how economic threats are a potent tool for changing people's minds about the Confederate flag
  29. A rush is on to mine the deep seabed, with effects on ocean life that aren't well understood
  30. Diversity pledges alone won't change corporate workplaces – here's what will
  31. How one community improved COVID-19 nursing home care with collaboration and communication
  32. Rapid screening tests that prioritize speed over accuracy could be key to ending the coronavirus pandemic
  33. Political forecast models aren't necessarily more accurate than polls – or the weather
  34. Tweets show what hinders reports of sexual assault and harassment on campus – and why the new federal Title IX rules may be a step back
  35. The COVID-19 virus can spread through the air – here's what it'll take to detect the airborne particles
  36. Honey bees can't practice social distancing, so they stay healthy in close quarters by working together
  37. Israel suspends formal annexation of the West Bank, but its controversial settlements continue
  38. The US economy is reliant on consumer spending – can it survive a pandemic?
  39. Almost half of US teens who date experience stalking and harassment
  40. La venta callejera hace más vivas, seguras y justas las ciudades, por eso pertenece a la escena urbana post-COVID-19
  41. After the civil rights era, white Americans failed to support systemic change to end racism. Will they now?
  42. What should replace Confederate statues?
  43. The pandemic has affected millions with other illnesses – here's how it affected a health professor's struggle with bulimia
  44. Political trolls adapt, create material to deceive and confuse the public
  45. Why does some rain fall harder than other rain?
  46. Up to 204,691 extra deaths in the US so far in this pandemic year
  47. ¿Te sentías muy seguro navegando en modo 'incógnito'?
  48. COVID-19 is hitting tipped workers hard
  49. A COVID-19 vaccine needs the public's trust – and it's risky to cut corners on clinical trials, as Russia is
  50. Movie theaters are on life support – how will the film industry adapt?