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Britain is about to leave the EU – what's next?

  • Written by Luke Reader, Teaching Fellow, History Department, Case Western Reserve University
As the U.K. leaves the European Union, what awaits Prime Minister Boris Johnson?Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images

Britain will shortly leave the European Union. So that’s it. Brexit is over, right?

Wrong. To channel former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill – as every leading Brexit supporter seems to want to do – “Th...

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Islamophobia in the US did not start with Trump, but his tweets perpetuate a long history of equating Muslims with terrorism

  • Written by Evelyn Alsultany, Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A protest against Islamophobia in TImes Square in March 2019. Dev Chatterjee/Shutterstock.com

President Donald Trump retweeted a doctored image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a hijab and Senator Chuck Schumer wearing a turban on Jan. 13. In the fake photo, both were seen standing in front of an Iranian flag with a caption saying: “The...

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The meme endorsement you might have missed – and why it matters for 2020

  • Written by Heather Woods, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Technology, Kansas State University
Memes played a role in 2016 – and they're set to play an even bigger one in 2020.Bernie Sanders Dank Meme Stash

On Jan. 19, the New York Times editorial board made history when it endorsed two candidates, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, for president, concluding, “May the best woman win.”

This came on the heels on another key...

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Hidden by a pleasant scent: The health consequences of flavor in e-cigarettes

  • Written by Weihong Lin, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A vape shop in New York City shows a line of flavorings on Jan. 2, 2020.Mary Altaffer/AP Photo, CC BY-SA

Millions of Americans are vaping, and some are getting sick. Since June 2019, 2,711 have been hospitalized and 60 have died due to EVALI (e-cigarette-associated lung injury), the devastating lung disease linked to e-cigarettes.

Five million users...

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Beware the brokered convention that breaks up the party

  • Written by Calvin Schermerhorn, Professor of History, Arizona State University
Brokered conventions are a cloak-and-dagger affair. Just ask Henry ClayAP Photo

Despite numerous polls and seemingly endless debates, the identity of the next Democratic presidential candidate is still far from clear.

If the upcoming Iowa caucuses and winter primaries fail to winnow a crowded field, the July Democratic National Convention in...

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E-cig flavors may be more than alluring; they could cause damage themselves

  • Written by Weihong Lin, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A vape shop in New York City shows a line of flavorings on Jan. 2, 2020.Mary Altaffer/AP Photo, CC BY-SA

Millions of Americans are vaping, and some are getting sick. Since June 2019, 2,711 have been hospitalized and 60 have died due to EVALI (e-cigarette-associated lung injury), the devastating lung disease linked to e-cigarettes.

Five million users...

Read more: E-cig flavors may be more than alluring; they could cause damage themselves

Teaching kids how to make guitars can get them hooked on engineering

  • Written by Mark French, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Purdue University
You can't make a guitar without some STEM know-how.James Cordero, CC BY-SA

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

The Big Idea:

I’m part of a team of professors and high school teachers around the country that encourages high schools to teach kids to build guitars as a way of making science, technology, engineering and...

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Why legislation is needed to make Holocaust education more prominent in public schools: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Jennifer Rich, Assistant Professor; Director, Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Rowan University
Roll call at the Buchenwald concentration camp.Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: Jennifer Rich, an assistant professor of sociology at Rowan University in New Jersey, is a Holocaust scholar and director of the Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Here, Rich explains how the “Never Again Education Act,”...

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Worried about accidentally harassing a woman? Don't be

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Don't worry, an innocuous chat by the water cooler won't get you fired. Tetra Images/Getty Images

One of the consequences of the #MeToo movement is a simmering male anxiety that a harmless chat by the water cooler might somehow end in a harassment complaint to HR – or worse.

Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial may reinvigorate those fears....

Read more: Worried about accidentally harassing a woman? Don't be

When will there be a coronavirus vaccine? 5 questions answered

  • Written by Aubree Gordon, Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
A security guard wears a mask as she keeps watch at arriving passengers at Manila's international airport in the Philippines on Jan. 23, 2020, as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus. Aaron Favila/AP Photo

Editor’s note: The coronavirus that started in Wuhan has sickened more than 4,000 people and killed at least 100 in China as of...

Read more: When will there be a coronavirus vaccine? 5 questions answered

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  2. Puerto Rico earthquakes imperil island's indigenous heritage
  3. Despite defeats, the Islamic State remains unbroken and defiant around the world
  4. Americans on the right and left change their minds after hearing where Trump stands
  5. Young California ranchers are finding new ways to raise livestock and improve the land
  6. Is workplace rudeness on the rise?
  7. Hate cancel culture? Blame algorithms
  8. After the trial's over, President Trump's impeachment battles could determine who holds real power in the US government
  9. Gay rights dispute is pulling apart the United Methodist Church, after decades of argument
  10. Obesity, second to smoking as the most preventable cause of US deaths, needs new approaches
  11. Don't be fooled – most independents are partisans too
  12. How Minneapolis made Prince
  13. Why it's unclear whether private programs for 'troubled teens' are working
  14. What is white-nose syndrome in bats?
  15. Study finds ethics can be taught – in finance, at least
  16. How CEOs, experts and philosophers see the world's biggest risks differently
  17. Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
  18. Does impeachment need a crime? Not according to framers of the Constitution
  19. If it's below 40 degrees in South Florida, the forecast calls for falling iguanas
  20. 5 obstacles that stop many students from taking an internship
  21. Why your zodiac sign is probably wrong
  22. In the terrorism fight, Trump has continued a key Obama policy
  23. Winning worker hearts and minds is key to companies achieving their green goals
  24. Are you in danger of catching the coronavirus? 5 questions answered
  25. The serious consequence of exercising too much, too fast
  26. 200 years of exploring Antarctica – the world's coldest, most forbidding and most peaceful continent
  27. When lesbians led the women's suffrage movement
  28. Precedent? Nah, the Senate gets to reinvent its rules in every impeachment
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  30. Joaquin Phoenix's lips mocked – here's what everyone should know about cleft lip
  31. Reclaman a Cuba por detención prolongada de un disidente – pero ¿es José Daniel Ferrer un prisionero político?
  32. African Americans take on more debt for grad school – but the payoff is also bigger
  33. US and Cuba spar over jailed dissident – but is José Daniel Ferrer really a political prisoner?
  34. A brief history of black names, from Perlie to Latasha
  35. Why California is banning chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide: 5 questions answered
  36. Victorian efforts to export animals to new worlds failed, mostly
  37. Silicon Valley's latest fad is dopamine fasting – and that may not be as crazy as it sounds
  38. Is it OK for teens to drink coffee?
  39. The dramatic dismissal of a landmark youth climate lawsuit might not close the book on that case
  40. Snakes could be the original source of the new coronavirus outbreak in China
  41. Can capitalism solve capitalism’s problems?
  42. Ozzy Osbourne has a type of Parkinson's disease called Parkin: A neurologist explains
  43. How Iran's military outsources its cyberthreat forces
  44. If the Romance Writers of America can implode over racism, no group is safe
  45. What a bundle of buzzing bees can teach engineers about robotic materials
  46. Stoneflies and mayflies, canaries of our streams
  47. When politicians turn immigration into a 'crisis,' they hurt their own people
  48. Snacks after youth sports add more calories than kids burn while playing, study says
  49. Is secondhand screen time the new secondhand smoking?
  50. Where are the Hispanic executives?