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The struggle to find silence in the ancient monastic world – and now

  • Written by Kim Haines-Eitzen, Professor of Early Christianity, Cornell University
Monasticism developed, in part, because people were seeking silence.Mario Mifsud

In our contemporary world, noise pollution has reached dangerous levels.

The World Health Organization has argued that “excessive noise” is a serious threat to human health. Studies have shown that excessive exposure to noise not only causes hearing loss...

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What advice articles miss about 'summer loss'

  • Written by Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, Syracuse University
Summer enrichment programs can lead to academic gains.Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com

When the end of the school year arrives, internet articles and morning talk shows sound the annual alarm about preventing summer learning loss. They advise parents to purchase hot new reads for their children, take them to museums, and sign them up for...

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The most unpopular presidential election winner ever could win again in 2020

  • Written by Liberty Vittert, Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St Louis

Donald Trump is the first president to ever be elected while being actively disliked by the majority of Americans. Trump was also the first person elected president who was significantly less popular than his counterpart.

Most Americans have heard of presidents losing the popular vote but winning the election. But to win while the majority of...

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Driverless cars are going to disrupt the airline industry

  • Written by Stephen Rice, Professor of Human Factors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Which would you prefer?photo-denver/Shutterstock.com

As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s travel habits not only around their own communities but across much larger distances. Our research has revealed just how much people’s travel preferences could shift, and found a new potential challenge...

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Trophies made from human skulls hint at regional conflicts around the time of Maya civilization's mysterious collapse

  • Written by Gabriel D. Wrobel, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State University
How did military conflict fit into the end of a mighty civilization?AP Photo/Moises Castillo

Two trophy skulls, recently discovered by archaeologists in the jungles of Belize, may help shed light on the little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization.

The defleshed and painted human skulls, meant to be worn around the neck...

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A concise history of the US abortion debate

  • Written by Treva B. Lindsey, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
Screenshot from 'Maude's Dilemma.'Amazon Prime Video

On Nov. 14, 1972, a controversial two-part episode of the groundbreaking television show, “Maude” aired.

Titled “Maude’s Dilemma,” the episodes chronicled the decision by the main character to have an abortion.

The landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade was...

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May jobs report suggests a slowing economy – and possibly an imminent interest rate cut

  • Written by Richard Grossman, Professor of Economics, Wesleyan University

The latest jobs data suggests an interest rate cut may be imminent.

The Labor Department reported on June 7 that U.S. nonfarm payroll employment increased by 75,000 in May, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.6%. This level of job creation was well below economists’ forecasts of about 185,000 new jobs, as well as below the...

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Climate change alters what's possible in restoring Florida's Everglades

  • Written by William Nuttle, Science Integrator, Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Sawgrass prairie in Everglades National Park.NPS/G. Gardner

The Everglades are a vast network of subtropical freshwater wetland and estuarine ecosystems that once spanned the length and breadth of south Florida. Fifty years of dredging and diking, starting in 1948, greatly reduced their extent, altering water flow patterns and causing widespread...

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Forget lower jobs growth, the number of people who've stopped looking for work is much more worrisome

  • Written by Michael Klein, Professor of International Economic Affairs, Fletcher School, Tufts University
Millions of unemployed Americans have become too discouraged to look for work.Manop_Phimsit/Shutterstock.com

The latest jobs report showed a lackluster gain in jobs in May that was worse than economists had predicted.

While the sudden slowdown in jobs growth after many months of strong numbers is worrying and signals a weakening economy, a more...

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Are brain games mostly BS?

  • Written by Walter Boot, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Florida State University
You might just be getting better at the game you're practicing.Malcolm Lightbody/Unsplash, CC BY

You’ve probably seen ads for apps promising to make you smarter in just a few minutes a day. Hundreds of so-called “brain training” programs can be purchased for download. These simple games are designed to challenge mental abilities,...

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  7. What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria
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  9. No, Americans shouldn't fear traveling abroad
  10. Women have been the heart of the Christian right for decades
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  25. The war on women coaches
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  41. J. Edgar Hoover’s revenge: Information the FBI once hoped could destroy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been declassified
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