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Here's how you can be nudged to eat healthier, recycle and make better decisions every day

  • Written by José Antonio Rosa, Professor of Marketing and John and Deborah Ganoe Faculty Fellow, Iowa State University
Were you subtly encouraged to make that menu choice?Supavadee butradee/Shutterstock.com

Every day, you make important choices – about whether to feast on fries or take a brisk walk, whether to spend or save your paycheck, whether to buy the sustainable option or the disposable plastic one.

Life is made up of countless decisions. The idea of...

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How St. Francis created the Nativity scene, with a miraculous event in 1223

  • Written by Vanessa Corcoran, Adjunct Professor of History, Academic Counselor, Georgetown University
The earliest biblical descriptions do not mention the presence of any barnyard animals, that are part of Nativity displays today.Oscar Llerena/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Around the Christmas season, it is common to see a display of the Nativity scene: a small manger with the baby Jesus and his family, shepherds, the three wise men believed to have visited...

Read more: How St. Francis created the Nativity scene, with a miraculous event in 1223

Alcoholic? Me? How to tell if your holiday drinking is becoming a problem

  • Written by Sara Jo Nixon, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Florida
Holiday drinking can get out of hand before we know it. It's important to know the signs of overuse.Steve Cukrov/Shutterstock.com

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when holiday parties collide with collegiate and professional athletics events. What do they all have in common? Booze, lots of it, and often free. It’s no wonder the...

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Can Congress hold Trump accountable? 4 essential reads on a historic power struggle

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US
The U.S. Capitol, where the vote to impeach President Trump is expected to take place.AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The vote to impeach President Donald Trump will be held soon in the House of Representatives. It brings to a head the battle that has raged for months between the president and Democratic members of the House.

Democrats and Trump have fought...

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The Madrid climate conference's real failure was not getting a broad deal on global carbon markets

  • Written by Robert Stavins, A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Activists protest outside of COP25 climate talks in Madrid, Dec. 14, 2019.AP Photo/Manu Fernandez

Press accounts of the Madrid climate conference that adjourned on Dec. 15 are calling it a failure in the face of inspirational calls from youth activists and others for greater ambition. But based on my 25 years following and analyzing this process tog...

Read more: The Madrid climate conference's real failure was not getting a broad deal on global carbon markets

How Crisco toppled lard – and made Americans believers in industrial food

  • Written by Helen Zoe Veit, Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University
It's all about having faith in the purity of the process.melissamn/Shutterstock.com

Perhaps you’ll unearth a can of Crisco for the holiday baking season. If so, you’ll be one of millions of Americans who have, for generations, used it to make cookies, cakes, pie crusts and more.

But for all Crisco’s popularity, what exactly is...

Read more: How Crisco toppled lard – and made Americans believers in industrial food

Tracking your heart rate? 5 questions answered about what that number really means

  • Written by Anne R. Crecelius, Associate Professor of Health and Sport Science, University of Dayton
It's one of your body's most basic vital signs.Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock.com

The rise of wearable fitness trackers has increased the number of people monitoring their heart rate, both throughout the day and during exercise.

Whether you’re an athlete trying to gain the competitive edge, a weekend warrior tracking progress or someone who is just...

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150 cooks, servers and dishwashers almost shut down a Democratic debate, showing unions' growing clout in the party

  • Written by Ruben J. Garcia, Professor of Law, Co-Director of UNLV Workplace Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Joe Biden was among the top candidates who met with Unite Here culinary workers in Las Vegas. MediaPunch/IPX/Damairs Carter

Organized labor’s clout in the Democratic Party is growing. For evidence, look no further than the small California food services union that nearly managed to shut down a presidential debate.

Unite Here Local 11, which...

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Think presidential debates are dull? Thank 1950s TV game shows

  • Written by Michael J. Socolow, Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
Host Jack Barry, middle, is flanked by contestants on '21,' a 1950s TV game show.Orlando Fernandez/New York World-Telegram and Sun/Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons

Televised political debates continue to disappoint viewers and critics. Sometimes they even frustrate the participants themselves.

That’s because, since their inception,...

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Parents of medically fragile children and their kids could use help, understanding year-round

  • Written by Katherine Rafferty, Assistant Teaching Professor, Iowa State University
Katie Buck holds her son, Alex, 3, who has Trisomy 18, a chromosomal abnormality that causes severe developmental delays. Aly Carroll, CC BY-ND

December is a prime time to fundraise for children’s hospitals and other charities, as people want to give back and help sick children throughout the holiday season.

But for children who live with...

Read more: Parents of medically fragile children and their kids could use help, understanding year-round

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