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Guns and mental illness: A psychiatrist explains the complexities

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Pres. Trump speaking on Aug. 5, 2019 about the mass shootings in El Paso, Tex. and Dayton, Ohio.Evan Vucci/AP Photo

President Donald Trump called for reform of mental health laws on the heels of two deadly shootings that claimed the lives of at least 31 people and left a grief-stricken country in disbelief.

The president, saying that “hatred...

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From across the globe to El Paso, changes in the language of the far-right explain its current violence

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Law enforcement officers walking to the scene of a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. AP/Rudy Gutierrez

The recent shooting attack in which a young white man is accused of killing 22 people in a Walmart in El Paso fits a new trend among perpetrators of far-right violence: They want the world to know why they...

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Space travel might fry your brain, causing permanent learning and memory problems

  • Written by Janet E. Baulch, Project Scientist in Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine
Outside Earth's protective atmosphere, there is nothing to shield astronauts from the dangerous cosmic radiation of space. NASA

During the course of a deep space mission, astronauts are routinely in various degrees of peril. Depending on which Hollywood sci-fi thrillers you choose, these intrepid explorers are at the mercy of malicious aliens,...

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Astronauts' brains are subject to long-lasting damage due to low dose space radiation

  • Written by Janet E. Baulch, Project Scientist in Radiation Oncology, University of California, Irvine
Outside Earth's protective atmosphere, there is nothing to shield astronauts from the dangerous cosmic radiation of space. NASA

During the course of a deep space mission, astronauts are routinely in various degrees of peril. Depending on which Hollywood sci-fi thrillers you choose, these intrepid explorers are at the mercy of malicious aliens,...

Read more: Astronauts' brains are subject to long-lasting damage due to low dose space radiation

Police are more likely to kill men and women of color

  • Written by Frank Edwards, Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University Newark
Activists rallied in New York City in July 2016 to protest police-involved shootings.a katz/Shutterstock.com

Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, five years ago. Since then, U.S. police have killed more than 5,000 people.

Researchers and activists only know about these deaths because journalists do what the federal government...

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Stop blaming video games for mass killings

  • Written by Christopher J. Ferguson, Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
The research doesn't say what some lawmakers suggest every time there's a mass shooting.Fredrick Tendong/Unsplash, CC BY

In the wake of the El Paso shooting on Aug. 3 that left 22 dead and dozens injured, a familiar trope has reemerged: Often, when a young man is the shooter, people try to blame the tragedy on violent video games and other forms of...

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How the University of Alaska – and other public U.S. universities – now struggle for funding

  • Written by Dean O. Smith, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii
A view of University of Alaska Fairbanks.Gary Whitton/Shutterstock.com

The higher education world has been rocked by the news that the University of Alaska’s state appropriations were slashed by nearly $136 million, 41% of its general fund appropriation to the university.

To make matters worse, the cuts are in this year’s general fund...

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This tax credit wasn't meant to help with housing, but that's exactly what it's doing

  • Written by Natasha Pilkauskas, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Families can use their EITC to improve their housing.Colin D. Young/Shutterstock.com

As rents rise and wages stagnate, many families struggle to find affordable housing in the U.S.

This is especially true for low-income households who often spend more than half their income on rent.

The U.S. has a number of housing policies to help low-income...

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Will Trump’s trade war with China ever end?

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University

President Donald Trump recently escalated his trade war with China, threatening to impose a 10% tariff on the remaining US$300 billion of untaxed Chinese imports.

If the new tariff goes into effect in September as promised, virtually all Chinese exports to the U.S. would be subject to levies ranging from 10% to 25%. China retaliated by letting the...

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Human breast milk may help babies tell time via circadian signals from mom

  • Written by Darby Saxbe, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Is a bottle of morning milk at night the equivalent of turning on all the lights at bedtime?comzeal images/Shutterstock.com

Human breast milk is more than a meal – it’s also a clock, providing time-of-day information to infants. The composition of breast milk changes across the day, giving energizing morning milk a different cocktail of...

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