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Want better sleep? Try a warm bath or shower 1-2 hours before bedtime, study suggests

  • Written by Shahab Haghayegh, Doctoral candidate, biomedical engineering, University of Texas at Austin
There's a biological reason why a warm bath before bedtime can improve sleep quality.iordani/Shutterstock.com

Do you struggle trying to fall asleep? Do you feel you don’t get enough sleep and you feel sleepy during the day? You are not alone. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has found that one in three American adults have symptoms of...

Read more: Want better sleep? Try a warm bath or shower 1-2 hours before bedtime, study suggests

New laws give victims more time to report rape or sexual assault – even Jeffrey Epstein's

  • Written by Jane E. Palmer, Professorial Lecturer, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, American University School of Public Affairs

The #MeToo movement seems to be having a positive effect on sexual assault and rape victims’ willingness to report the crimes against them.

In 2017, 40.4% of victims of rape or sexual assault in the U.S. reported the crime to police, up from 23.2% in 2016.

New laws being passed around the country may increase these numbers even more by giving...

Read more: New laws give victims more time to report rape or sexual assault – even Jeffrey Epstein's

Saving endangered species: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
Steller sea lions in the eastern Pacific are an Endangered Species Act success story.David B. Ledig/USFWS, CC BY

The Trump administration has announced rule changes that alter how it will enforce the 1973 Endangered Species Act, which protects threatened and endangered species and their habitats. Among these changes, officials can now consider...

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Restoring soil can help address climate change

  • Written by David R. Montgomery, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
No-till farming conserves soil by greatly reducing erosion.USDA NRCS South Dakota/Eric Barsness, CC BY-SA

It’s time to take soil seriously. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states with very high confidence in its latest report, land degradation represents “one of the biggest and most urgent challenges” that...

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Guatemala's next president has few plans for fixing rampant corruption, crime and injustice

  • Written by Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings
Alejandro Giammattei is a former prison official whose tenure was tainted by the 2006 mass killing of seven prisoners. He was accused but never indicted on conspiracy charges in those deaths.AP Photo/ Santiago Billy

Guatemala’s next leader will be Alejandro Giammattei, a right-wing former national prison director.

With 58% of votes,...

Read more: Guatemala's next president has few plans for fixing rampant corruption, crime and injustice

I'm one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who's mourning what the war is costing us

  • Written by Lubna Omar, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York

I used to be a Near Eastern archaeologist working in Syria. Nowadays, I am stuck in academic purgatory, observing from a great distance as the country burns, unable to help protect its history or its present.

Syria sits within what’s known as the cradle of civilization. It’s part of the area archaeologists call the Fertile Crescent that...

Read more: I'm one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who's mourning what the war is costing us

A neuroscience-based action plan to deal with stress after El Paso and Dayton shootings

  • Written by Laurel Mellin, Associate Clinical Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
The tragedies in El Paso and Dayton bring sadness, grief and stress to many people. Ash T Productions/Shutterstock.com

After the mass murders in El Paso and Dayton, discussions about improving mental health and strengthening gun control laws may be comforting.

Neither affords a plan, however, to address the stress that comes with these events to the...

Read more: A neuroscience-based action plan to deal with stress after El Paso and Dayton shootings

Making money off of politics isn't new – it was business as usual in the Gilded Age

  • Written by Jeff Broxmeyer, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Toledo
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., whose profits go to the president and his family business.AP/Alex Brandon

When the political leader “Boss” Tweed was arrested in New York on corruption charges in the fall of 1871, among his many assets was a luxury hotel.

Located up the road from City Hall, the Metropolitan was a...

Read more: Making money off of politics isn't new – it was business as usual in the Gilded Age

The journalist who exposed the Jeffrey Epsteins of Victorian London

  • Written by LeeAnne M. Richardson, Associate Professor of English, Georgia State University
W.T. Stead's series of articles detailing a sordid sex ring rocked London.W.T. Stead Resource Site, CC BY-SA

Wealthy men soliciting underage girls for sex. Girls lured to expensive homes by promises of good-paying jobs. Captains of commerce and heads of state reveling in debauchery. Officials looking the other way.

A newspaper exposé written...

Read more: The journalist who exposed the Jeffrey Epsteins of Victorian London

New climate change report underscores the need to manage land for the short and long term

  • Written by Chris E. Forest, Professor of Climate Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University
Undeveloped regions such as the Amazon rainforest are critical resources for slowing climate change.lubasi/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change describes how agriculture, deforestation, and other human activities have altered 70% of the land on Earth’s surface.

These changes are significantly...

Read more: New climate change report underscores the need to manage land for the short and long term

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