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Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor

  • Written by Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
imageMostly male, white faces up on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony.© Nobel Media/Alexander Mahmoud

In 2007, I served as a consultant for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ deliberations about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. As a result, I was invited to attend the Nobel ceremonies. Staying at the Grand Hotel with all the awardees,...

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Failure to shore up state budgets may hit women's wallets especially hard

  • Written by June Carbone, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota
imageTeachers organize their socially distanced students at Weaver Elementary School in Rossmoor, California.Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

States are seeing enormous budget shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the consequences for teachers and other public school employees could be dire. At least 640...

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Don't underestimate the power of the putdown in a presidential debate

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
imageWill either – or both – of these men use humor or insults in their first presidential debate?AP Photo

Before the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump demanded that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden submit to a drug test.

Trump was again suggesting – without evidence – that his opponent takes performance-enhancin...

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The aching blue: Trauma, stress and invisible wounds of those in law enforcement

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
imagePolice officers Jimenez and Mamolite hug before the funeral for slain New York City police officer Dillon Stewart outside the New Life Tabernacle Church in New York on Dec. 6, 2005,Michael Nagle/Getty Images

Steve has served as a police officer for 24 years, including being a SWAT team member for years. He and I have worked together on his...

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Partisan Supreme Court battles are as old as the United States itself

  • Written by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
imageAs the nation mourns Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a partisan fight over her replacement begins.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

The framers of the Constitution envisioned a Supreme Court that would be largely outside politics, protecting Americans’ liberties. Alexander Hamilton, for instance, declared that “a limited Constitution … can be...

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Why there is no ethical reason not to vote (unless you come down with COVID-19 on Election Day)

  • Written by Scott Davidson, Professor of Philosophy, West Virginia University
imageVoting, the right thing to do?Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Americans are being implored by politicians of all stripes to do their democratic duty on Nov. 3 and vote.

Current polling suggests that the majority of those eligible to cast a ballot intend to vote. But a chunk of the electorate won’t – in 2016, around 100...

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Archaeologists determined the step-by-step path taken by the first people to settle the Caribbean islands

  • Written by Matthew F. Napolitano, Ph.D. Candidate in Archaeology, University of Oregon
imageWhat route did the first settlers to colonize the islands of the Caribbean take?M.M. Swee/Moment via Getty Images

For the millions of people around the world who live on islands today, a plane or boat can easily enough carry them to the mainland or other islands.

But how did people in the ancient past first make it to distant islands they...

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Giving in the pandemic: More than half of Americans have found ways to help those hit by COVID-19 hardship

  • Written by Tessa Skidmore, Visiting Research Associate, Women's Philanthropy Institute, IUPUI
imageFor many Americans, ordering takeout to support struggling restaurants is an unconventional form of giving.Johnny Louis/Getty Images

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

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Despite facing a global health crisis and economic recession, more than half of all U.S. households – 56% – expressed some...

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Fox News uses the word 'hate' much more than MSNBC or CNN

  • Written by Curd Knüpfer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
imageTucker Carlson is a big fan of the phrase 'they hate.' Usually, he's talking about Democrats.YouTube

`Fox News is up to five times more likely to use the word “hate” in its programming than its main competitors, according to our new study of how cable news channels use language.

Fox particularly uses the term when explaining opposition...

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Election violence in November? Here’s what the research says

  • Written by Ore Koren, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Bloomington; International Security Fellow, Indiana University
imageA man carrying a club is seen as the Proud Boys, a right-wing pro-Trump group, gather with their allies in a rally against left-wing Antifa in Portland, Oregon, Sept. 26, 2020. John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

After Kenya’s 2007 election, as incumbent President Mwai Kibaki declared victory, the opposition alleged the election had...

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  13. How COVID-19 is changing the English language
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  15. Sacred violence is not yet ancient history – beating it will take human action, not divine intervention
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  17. Votes cast in November will shape Congress through 2030
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  22. In death, as in life, Ruth Bader Ginsburg balanced being American and Jewish
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  31. Pandemic school funding debate in South Carolina rekindles Jim Crow-era controversy
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  39. Revenue goals lurk behind decision to hold Big Ten college football games amid pandemic
  40. Unlike US, Europe picks top judges with bipartisan approval to create ideologically balanced high courts
  41. When noted journalists bashed political polls as nothing more than 'a fragmentary snapshot' of a moment in time
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