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Do sports teams’ sustainability efforts matter to fans?

  • Written by Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management and Director of the Sport Ecology Laboratory, Texas A&M University
imageSeveral sports events have been disrupted by extreme weather events, such as wildfires in 2020.AP Photo/Tony Avelar

While the sport sector’s environmental impact is not fully understood, it has a social platform and reach to influence a significant number of people worldwide to choose more sustainable behaviors. Brian McCullough, associate...

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Harris and Pence dodge tough questions in VP debate – experts react

  • Written by Cynthia A. Young, Department Head and Associate Professor of African American Studies, Pennsylvania State University
imageSen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence face off in a debate on Oct. 7, 2020. AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool

Vice presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence sat far apart and separated by plexiglass for the only 2020 vice presidential debate, held in Utah on Oct. 7. Their exchanges were more civil than the presidential debate a week...

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Nobel Prize for chemistry honors exquisitely precise gene-editing technique, CRISPR – a gene engineer explains how it works

  • Written by Piyush K. Jain, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, UF Health Cancer Center, University of Florida
imageAmerican biochemist Jennifer A. Doudna, left, and French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded this year's Nobel Prize for chemistry.Alexander Heinl/picture alliance via Getty Images

Researchers have been able to manipulate large chunks of genetic code for almost 50 years. But it is only within the past decade that they have been able...

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Nobel Prize for CRISPR honors two great scientists – and leaves out many others

  • Written by Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
imageCRISPR enables editing DNA with unprecedented precision.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images

The gene-editing technique CRISPR earned the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Recognition of this amazing breakthrough technology is well deserved.

But each Nobel Prize can be awarded to no more than three people, and that’s where this year’s prize...

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La migración de las mariposas monarca está en riesgo, pero hay un plan para salvarla

  • Written by D. André Green II, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
imageMariposas monarch en el Santuario El Rosario en Michoacán, Mexico.Charlie Marchant/Flickr, CC BY

Uno de los eventos épicos de la naturaleza está en marcha: la migración otoñal de las mariposas monarca. Partiendo de todo Estados Unidos y Canadá, las mariposas viajan hasta 4.000 kilómetros para...

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'What goes around comes around,' or what Greek mythology says about Donald Trump

  • Written by Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University Newark
imageDonald Trump's helicopter landing at the White House, Oct. 5, as he returns from being hospitalized at Walter Reed.Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images

It’s hard to process the news of the president’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis without having recourse to some kind of mythological system, some larger frame of reference.

Karma, wrote one...

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From recording videos in a closet to Zoom meditating, 2020's political campaigns adjust to the pandemic

  • Written by Barbara A. Trish, Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College
imageEugene DePasquale, left, Democratic candidate in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, in Harrisburg, Penn., Sept. 19, shows that even the traditional handshake with voters has changed in pandemic-era campaigns.om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

President Donald Trump may have eschewed masks and distancing in this pandemic year...

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VIP patients can be a headache for their doctors

  • Written by Nancy Nielsen, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Health Policy, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageWhite House physician Sean Conley gives an update on the patient-in-chief on Oct. 3.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

The medical drama playing out daily since President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 is alarming – but not surprising. Any physician who’s ever rendered medical advice or hospital care to a prominent person...

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Allies and foes watch as Trump fights the coronavirus

  • Written by Monti Datta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
imagePresident Donald Trump may have removed his mask, but the uncertainty posed by his positive COVID-19 test continues.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

America’s national security officials are on alert and global markets shook – at least briefly – following the announcement that President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus that...

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How a government-linked foundation could speed the spread of new clean-energy technologies

  • Written by David M. Hart, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
imageSometimes promising innovations, such as this glass that can harness solar energy, developed by scientist Lance Wheeler, take a long time to reach consumers.Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images

To address climate change over the coming decades, all nations will need to transition to energy resources that emit less carbon. This...

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  1. Finding joy in 2020? It's not such an absurd idea, really
  2. Amid COVID-19 spike in ultra-Orthodox areas, Jewish history may explain reluctance of some to restrictions
  3. What happens to national security and foreign relations if the president is incapacitated?
  4. 2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes – an astrophysicist explains the trailblazing discoveries
  5. Trump's decade-old audit illustrates why the IRS targets the working poor as much as the rich
  6. Migrant caravans restart as pandemic deepens the humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border
  7. If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, Trump's health care order is not enough to replace it
  8. The 2020 elections will determine which voices dominate public land debates
  9. Regal Cinemas' decision to close its theaters is the latest blow to a film industry on life support
  10. VP debates are often forgettable – but Dan Quayle never recovered from his 1988 debate mistake
  11. Why friendships are falling apart over politics
  12. Paid internships elusive for women and Asian college students
  13. Student housing is scarce for college students who have kids
  14. Renowned educator Paulo Freire would have questioned how we are schooling our kids in the age of COVID-19
  15. As Bangladesh hosts over a million Rohingya refugees, a scholar explains what motivated the country to open up its borders
  16. Shopping online to stay safe during the pandemic? Here are 10 tips for avoiding scams
  17. When COVID-19 superspreaders are talking, where you sit in the room matters
  18. A researcher reflects on progress fighting hepatitis C – and a path forward
  19. Why is it so hard for atheists to get voted in to Congress?
  20. Neuronlike circuits bring brainlike computers a step closer
  21. Some bees are born curious while others are more single-minded – new research hints at how the hive picks which flowers to feast on
  22. Shrinking glaciers have created a new normal for Greenland's ice sheet – consistent ice loss for the foreseeable future
  23. A proposed mine threatens Minnesota's Boundary Waters, the most popular wilderness in the US
  24. Women risk losing decades of workplace progress due to COVID-19 – here's how companies can prevent that
  25. Racial justice giving is booming: 4 trends
  26. Remote learning isn't new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic
  27. Trump and Biden ads on Facebook and Instagram focus on rallying the base
  28. Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession
  29. Trump is taking the latest in COVID-19 treatments – here's what doctors know works against the virus
  30. A brief history of presidents disclosing – or trying to hide – health problems
  31. Older people like President Trump are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages
  32. What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?
  33. In 'The Good Lord Bird,' a new version of John Brown rides in at a crucial moment in US history
  34. Cutting the debate mic won't stop Trump from short-circuiting the democratic process
  35. California wildfires pass 4 million acres burned, doubling previous record – that's a lot of toxic smoke
  36. Evolution on the smallest of scales smooths out the patchwork patterns of where plants and animals live
  37. In the midst of deep grief, a scholar writes how Hindu rituals taught her how to let go
  38. In the midst of deep grief, a scholar writes how Hindu rituals taught her to let go
  39. El colorante artificial podría usarse para desinfectar el aire del COVID-19
  40. What makes a 'good' patriot? Donald Trump may be surprised by an ethicist's answer
  41. How three prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
  42. Surprise medical bills increase costs for everyone, not just for the people who get them
  43. How 3 prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
  44. Could a few state legislatures choose the next president?
  45. Mitch McConnell's legacy is a conservative Supreme Court shaped by his calculated audacity
  46. Will German Americans again put Donald Trump over the top in the presidential election?
  47. The 737 MAX is ready to fly again, but plane certification still needs to be fixed – here's how
  48. Want to solve society's most urgent problems? Cash prizes can spur breakthroughs
  49. One small part of a human antibody has the potential to work as a drug for both prevention and therapy of COVID-19
  50. The world's southernmost tree hangs on in one of the windiest places on Earth – but climate change is shifting those winds