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Wildfires can poison drinking water – here's how communities can be better prepared

  • Written by Andrew J. Whelton, Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
imageThe 2018 Camp Fire north of Sacramento burned everything in its path: cars, power lines, and buildings – and contaminated local drinking water. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In recent years wildfires have entered urban areas, causing breathtaking destruction.

The 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise and Butte County, California was the deadliest and...

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International trade has cost Americans millions of jobs. Investing in communities might offset those losses

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageSome economists support policies that invest in communities and towns as the best way to offset job losses.Photo by Andrea Leopardi for Unsplash

Arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity, said former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. Globalization, the international trade in goods and services with minimal...

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How a peace conference's failures a century ago set the stage for today's anti-racist uprisings

  • Written by Elizabeth Thompson, Professor and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University School of International Service
imageOn May 27, 1919, British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Italian President Vittorio Orlando, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and American President Woodrow Wilson met May 27, 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference.Lee Jackson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The racism that is now the target of protest across the globe is rooted in the...

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How the failures of the 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty set the stage for today’s anti-racist uprisings

  • Written by Elizabeth Thompson, Professor and Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University School of International Service
imageOn May 27, 1919, British Prime Minister Lloyd George, Italian President Vittorio Orlando, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and American President Woodrow Wilson met May 27, 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference.Lee Jackson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The racism that is now the target of protest across the globe is rooted in the...

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Obamacare's unexpected bonus: How the Affordable Care Act is helping middle-aged Americans during the pandemic

  • Written by Marc Cohen, Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, University of Massachusetts Boston
imagePresident Barack Obama championed the Affordable Care Act, enacted into law during his administration in 2010. Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla

Ten years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is now asking the Supreme Court to overturn it. Yet it’s now clear that the ACA has brought significant improvements to...

Read more: Obamacare's unexpected bonus: How the Affordable Care Act is helping middle-aged Americans during...

¿Qué puede aprender la cadena de suministro médica de la industria de la moda?

  • Written by Tinglong Dai, Associate Professor of Operations Management & Business Analytics, Johns Hopkins University
imageMascarillas: intersección de la salud y la moda.Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images

La escasez de suministros médicos cruciales, especialmente equipos de protección personal (EPP), ha paralizado la capacidad de Estados Unidos para sofocar la pandemia de COVID-19.

Al menos 59,000 residentes y trabajadores de hogares para adultos...

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Timeouts improve kids' behavior if you do them the right way

  • Written by Lucy (Kathleen) McGoron, Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development, Wayne State University
imageThe disciplinary technique can reduce aggression and help get children to follow family rules. Brooke Fasani Auchincloss/The Image Bank via Getty Images

With parents spending more time with their children than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their need for discipline that works is greater than ever. Fortunately, there are some proven techniques....

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Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms

  • Written by Hardy Murphy, Professor of Education, IUPUI
imageMaking schools safe will take more than wiping down surfaces.AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Classrooms, gyms and cafeterias at schools across the U.S. have remained empty for months now. And despite some districts beginning to reopen, many others will remain closed amid fears that prematurely restarting in-person classes could cost more lives in the...

Read more: Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms

Does coronavirus linger in the body? What we know about how viruses in general hang on in the brain and testicles

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageAre there places in the body where SARS-CoV-2 can hide from the immune system?fotograzia / Getty Images

As millions of people are recovering from COVID-19, an unanswered question is the extent to which the virus can “hide out” in seemingly recovered individuals. If it does, could this explain some of the lingering symptoms of COVID-19...

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  1. Why a Canadian hockey team's name recalls US Civil War destruction
  2. One 19th-century artist's effort to grapple with tuberculosis resonates during COVID-19
  3. Fine-particle air pollution has decreased across the US, but poor and minority communities are still the most polluted
  4. How California’s COVID-19 surge widens health inequalities for Black, Latino and low-income residents
  5. Hitler en casa: cómo la máquina de relaciones públicas nazi reinventó la imagen doméstica del Führer y engañó al mundo
  6. Test positivity rate: How this one figure explains that the US isn't doing enough testing yet
  7. Energy is a basic need, and many Americans are struggling to afford it in the COVID-19 recession
  8. The importance of blood tests for Alzheimer's: 2 neuroscientists explain the recent findings
  9. Enslaved people's health was ignored from the country's beginning, laying the groundwork for today's health disparities
  10. 5 takeaways from MacKenzie Scott's $1.7 billion in support for social justice causes
  11. Next COVID casualty: Cities hit hard by the pandemic face bankruptcy
  12. Don't blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic
  13. Business major fails to attract Latino students
  14. Why is Eid celebrated twice a year and how has coronavirus changed the festival?
  15. Private browsing: What it does – and doesn't do – to shield you from prying eyes on the web
  16. Stella Immanuel’s theories about the relationship between demons, illness and sex have a long history
  17. Militias' warning of excessive federal power comes true – but where are they?
  18. Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking more
  19. ¿Qué son los aerosoles y por qué son tan peligrosos ante la pandemia de COVID-19?
  20. NASA's big move to search for life on Mars – and to bring rocks home
  21. As the NBA and MLB resume, how might empty seats influence player performances?
  22. African American teens face mental health crisis but are less likely than whites to get treatment
  23. Landlord-leaning eviction courts are about to make the coronavirus housing crisis a lot worse
  24. The gender pay gap that no one is paying attention to
  25. Bloodthirsty tsetse flies nurse their young, one live birth at a time – understanding this unusual strategy could help fight the disease they spread
  26. What is the Islamic weekend?
  27. Routine gas flaring is wasteful, polluting and undermeasured
  28. Kids need to wear masks when they go to school in person, and parents can help them get the hang of that
  29. Lawmakers keen to break up 'big tech' like Amazon and Google need to realize the world has changed a lot since Microsoft and Standard Oil
  30. ¿Te imaginas la vida sin aguacate? Estos son los momentos en la historia en que pudo desaparecer
  31. Faith-based 'violence interrupters' stop gang shootings with promise of redemption for at-risk youth – not threats of jail
  32. How to hide from a drone – the subtle art of 'ghosting' in the age of surveillance
  33. Yes, kids can get COVID-19 – 3 pediatricians explain what's known about coronavirus and children
  34. Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth's last frontier
  35. Many students with the potential to excel in STEM fields struggle in school
  36. Companies are struggling to engage with today's activists – a new survey explores why
  37. Cómo Jesús llegó a parecerse a un europeo blanco
  38. When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out of office in the British election of 1945
  39. 4 lawsuits that challenge Trump's federal agents in Portland test issues other cities will likely face
  40. At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the world is 6,000 years old
  41. Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis
  42. What are the origins of cathedrals and chapels?
  43. Video: Slowing deforestation is the key to preventing the next pandemic – but what does that cost?
  44. The road to electric vehicles with lower sticker prices than gas cars – battery costs explained
  45. The mystery of the missing portrait of Robert Hooke, 17th-century scientist extraordinaire
  46. The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30: A cause for celebration during COVID-19?
  47. Síndrome de Guillain-Barré, raro trastorno neurológico relacionado con COVID-19
  48. Making coronavirus testing easy, accurate and fast is critical to ending the pandemic – the US response is falling far short
  49. The office is dead! Long live the office in a post-pandemic world
  50. Statues topple and a Catholic church burns as California reckons with its Spanish colonial past