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EPA's proposed 'secret science' rule directly threatens children's health

  • Written by Gabriel Filippelli, Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health, IUPUI
Blood samples from pediatric health screenings can provide valuable data for public health research.AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

The Trump administration is working to weaken U.S. environmental regulations in many areas, from water and air pollution to energy development and land conservation. One of its most controversial proposals is known as the...

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Universal coverage, single-payer, 'Medicare for All': What does it all mean for you?

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
Bill Clinton's 1993 health care plan called for universal coverage. It was dead by 1994, but the political wrangling it started over health care lives on. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

Collectively, health care is our biggest industry. And, health care has long been one of the most politically contested issues. Partisan wrangling over health reform...

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The dark side of supportive relationships

  • Written by Edward Lemay, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
Your partner's intentions might be good, but the outcome often isn't.Ron and Joe/Shutterstock.com

Imagine that you’ve had a heated argument with a co-worker, and you call up your husband or wife to talk about it. Your partner can react in one of two ways.

They can assure you that you were right, your co-worker was wrong and that you have a...

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Unemployment pushes more men to take on female-dominated jobs

  • Written by Jill Yavorsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Men make more money in women-dominated fields, such as teaching.Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com

In the last few decades, many high-paying jobs that are mostly done by men – like manufacturing – have contracted or disappeared. At the same time, many jobs in fields dominated by women – like education and health care –...

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Trump's Twitter threat to destroy Iran's cultural sites is a historic mistake

  • Written by David J. Wasserstein, Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University
Threatening cultural sites like Persepolis could tarnish US' reputation as pillar of the international community.DeAgostini/Getty Images

Be careful of the company you keep.

In a threat delivered over Twitter on Jan. 4, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he is prepared to “HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD” culturally important targets in...

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An Earth-sized planet found in the habitable zone of a nearby star

  • Written by Ravi Kumar Kopparapu, Research Scientist of Planetary Studies, NASA
An artist's impression of an exoplanet in the habitable zone around a star.Credits: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

A few months ago a group of NASA exoplanet astronomers, who are in the business of discovering planets around other stars, called me into a secret meeting to tell me about a planet that had captured their interest. Because my expertise lies...

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In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously

  • Written by Bear F. Braumoeller, Baranov and Timashev Chair in Data Analytics and Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
Mourners at the funeral for Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani burn Israeli and U.S. flags.Hamid Vakili/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Despite the claims of optimists, the odds that an international conflict will snowball into a bloody war haven’t gone down significantly since the end of World War II. Trump administration officials’ confidence that...

Read more: In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously

China can still salvage 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong – here's how

  • Written by David Skidmore, Professor of Political Science, Drake University
Pro-democracy protesters take part in massive rally to usher in the new year.Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images

Authorities in Hong Kong may have hoped to start 2020 by putting a turbulent period of sustained, often violent protests behind them.

Instead hundreds of thousands of protesters ushered in the new year by taking to the streets. Around...

Read more: China can still salvage 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong – here's how

Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn't add up

  • Written by Niral Shah, Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development, University of Washington
Can being compared to a calculator ever be funny?Fox Television Animation

The narrative that “Asians are good at math” is pervasive in the United States. Young children are aware of it. College students’ academic performance can be affected by it. And Asian American presidential candidate Andrew Yang has made his mathematical...

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The mental health crisis on campus and how colleges can fix it

  • Written by Marty Swanbrow Becker, Associate Professor, Florida State University
Campus counseling centers are seeing an influx of students seeking help with mental health issues.Motortion/Shutterstock.com

When college students seek help for a mental health issue on campus – something they are doing more often – the place they usually go is the college counseling center.

But while the stigma of seeking mental health...

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