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New federal policy would hike student spacecraft costs, threatening technology education

  • Written by Jeremy Straub, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University
Should schools be charged large sums to teach students about space science?NASA

There are only a handful of astronauts, but every year thousands of high school and college students get to visit space vicariously, by launching their own satellites. Students design, build and test each one, and then work with space industry professionals to get them...

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The federal government has long treated Nevada as a dumping ground, and it's not just Yucca Mountain

  • Written by Michael Green, Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A 2015 tour of an entryway into the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository AP Photo/John Locher

Nevadans can be forgiven for thinking they are in an endless loop of “The Walking Dead” TV series. Their least favorite zombie federal project refuses to die.

In 2010, Congress had abandoned plans to turn Yucca Mountain, about 100...

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Lab coats help students see themselves as future scientists

  • Written by Megan Ennes, Graduate Research Assistant, North Carolina State University
Can lab coats lead kids to feel more like a scientist?Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com

In order to encourage more of the nation’s young people to pursue careers in science, it pays to help them dress the part.

That is the key finding of a study we conducted recently to determine what kind of effect a simple article of clothing – in this...

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Can this bird adapt to a warmer climate? Read the genes to find out

  • Written by Rachael Bay, Postdoctoral Fellow of Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
Will the yellow warbler survive a changing climate? By Steve Byland/shutterstock.com

Many animals have adaptations that help them cope with specific environments or lifestyles. Antarctic fish produce antifreeze proteins that prevent their blood from freezing in subzero temperatures. Some desert rodents survive without ever drinking a single drop of...

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NFL tells players patriotism is more important than protest – here's why that didn't work during WWI

  • Written by Chad Williams, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
The NFL is attempting to shut down protests like this one by members of the Cleveland Browns.AP Photo/David Richard

The recent decision by the NFL regarding player protests and the national anthem has yet again exposed the fraught relationship between African-Americans and patriotism.

The controversy has taken place nearly a century after another...

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Mormons confront a history of Church racism

  • Written by Matthew Bowman, Associate Professor of History, Henderson State University
The Mormon church is still grappling with a racial past.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File

On June 1 of this year, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – or the Mormons – will celebrate the 40th anniversary of what they believe to be a revelation from God.

This revelation to the then-President of the Church Spencer W. Kimball –...

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Philip Roth's journey from 'enemy of the Jews' to great Jewish-American novelist

  • Written by Brett Ashley Kaplan, Professor of Comparative and World Literature, Director, Program in Jewish Culture and Society, Director, Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Philip Roth would call the Jewish resistance to his work "the luckiest break I could have had."AP Photo/Douglas Healey

Like many, I was shocked to learn of novelist Philip Roth’s death.

Just a few months ago he was writing to me, making all sorts of snarky comments on the Dictionary of Literary Biography entry I had written about him.

For...

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The forgotten history of Memorial Day

  • Written by Richard Gardiner, Associate Professor of History Education, Columbus State University
Preparing to decorate graves, May 1899Library of Congress

In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.

The holiday was Memorial Day, and this year’s commemoration on May 28 marks the 150th anniversary of its official...

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How Christian media is shaping American politics

  • Written by Jason C. Bivins, Professor, North Carolina State University
President Donald Trump with televangelist Rev. Pat Robertson.AP Photo/Steve Helber

For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was not a regular presence on television. Aside from Sunday morning shows or occasional commercials, religious programming issued end-time warnings, sought monetary contributions, or staged faith...

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How one 'Rosie the Riveter' poster won out over all the others and became a symbol of female empowerment

  • Written by Sarah Myers, Assistant Professor of History, Saint Francis University
During the war, the poster on the left, painted by J. Howard Miller, was only on display for only two weeks. Norman Rockwell's, on the other hand, was seen by millions.Nick Lehr/The Conversation

Seventy-five years ago, Norman Rockwell’s painting of Rosie the Riveter appeared on the cover of a May 1943 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

Many...

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