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Trump's choice to replace Justice Kennedy will likely be a white man, like his other court nominees

  • Written by Rorie Solberg, Associate Professor of Political Science, Oregon State University
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

Justice Anthony Kennedy announced on June 27 that he will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court, giving President Donald Trump the opportunity to appoint a second justice.

Trump has stated that he will choose from the same list of 25 individuals to replace Kennedy that he used after...

Read more: Trump's choice to replace Justice Kennedy will likely be a white man, like his other court nominees

Why your brain never runs out of problems to find

  • Written by David Levari, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology, Harvard University
Why do people constantly 'move the goalposts' when making judgments? JoeNattapon/Shutterstock.com

Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them? It turns out that a quirk in the way human brains process information means that when something becomes rare, we sometimes see it in more places...

Read more: Why your brain never runs out of problems to find

Men suffer about 70 percent of fireworks injuries – and other 4th of July facts

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
John Adams believed the fourth of July should be filled with 'illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.'AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez

In the eyes of many Americans, the Fourth of July is a day for parades, barbecues and, of course, fireworks.

The tradition got its start at the beginning of our nation’s history after the...

Read more: Men suffer about 70 percent of fireworks injuries – and other 4th of July facts

Crece la pobreza en los suburbios de EEUU, más que en las ciudades

  • Written by Scott W. Allard, Professor of Social Policy, University of Washington
Un suburbio típico norteamericano.jan buchholtz/flickr, CC BY-NC

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En Estados Unidos, la geografía de la pobreza está cambiando.

En mayo 2018, un informe del encuestador Pew Research Center reportó que, desde 2000, el incremento de la pobreza en EEUU ha sido mayor en zonas suburbanas que en zonas urbanas o...

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Are we alone? The question is worthy of serious scientific study

  • Written by Kevin Knuth, Associate Professor of Physics, University at Albany, State University of New York
US F/A-18 footage of a UFO (circled in red). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Parzival191919, CC BY-NC-SA

Are we alone? Unfortunately, neither of the answers feel satisfactory. To be alone in this vast universe is a lonely prospect. On the other hand, if we are not alone and there is someone or something more...

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New telescope will scan the skies for asteroids on collision course with Earth

  • Written by Michael B. Lund, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
Artist depiction of an asteroid on a collision course with EarthBy Mopic/shutterstock.com

Around sunrise on Feb. 15, 2013, an extremely bright and otherworldly object was seen streaking through the skies over Russia before it exploded about 97,000 feet above the Earth’s surface. The resulting blast damaged thousands of buildings and injured...

Read more: New telescope will scan the skies for asteroids on collision course with Earth

Amazonian psychedelic may ease severe depression, new study shows

  • Written by Luís Fernando Tófoli, Professor of Psychiatry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
The vine Banisteriopsis caapi is one ingredient in ayahuasca, a psychedelic brew that Amazonian indigenous populations have long used for spiritual purposes. Apollo/flickr, CC BY-SA

“Leon” is a young Brazilian man who has long struggled with depression. He keeps an anonymous blog, in Portuguese, where he describes the challenge of...

Read more: Amazonian psychedelic may ease severe depression, new study shows

Nevada's unions show how organized labor can flourish even after an adverse Supreme Court ruling

  • Written by Ruben J. Garcia, Professor of Law, Co-Director of UNLV Workplace Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nevada unions have been successful in part because of their political engagement.AP Photo/Isaac Brekken

American labor unions have long been bracing for a “post-Janus” future in which collecting dues would be harder than ever.

The Janus case has been moving through the courts for two years and addresses the question of whether a public...

Read more: Nevada's unions show how organized labor can flourish even after an adverse Supreme Court ruling

What Pope Francis' choice of a Pakistani cardinal means for Christians of the country

  • Written by Myriam Renaud, PhD Candidate in Religious Thought and Ethics, University of Chicago
Pakistani Christians attend Easter service in Lahore in April 2018.AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary

Pope Francis will create 14 cardinals on June 29, among them Pakistan’s Joseph Coutts, currently the archbishop of Karachi. What might come as a surprise to some people is that Pakistan, though a majority-Muslim country, is home to some 2.5 million...

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US turned away thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers and detained hundreds more in the 90s

  • Written by A. Naomi Paik, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Haitian refugees at the Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba, Sept. 7, 1994.AP Photo/Doug Mills

President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policies, where people crossing the border without documents are criminally prosecuted, do not represent the first time the U.S. has indefinitely detained immigrant children and families.

In...

Read more: US turned away thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers and detained hundreds more in the 90s

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  9. Janus decision extends First Amendment 'right of silence'
  10. Approval of drug derived from cannabis not necessarily a win for weed
  11. Supreme Court hands victory to pro-life crisis pregnancy centers
  12. 'We are only following the law' doesn't explain immigration policy during Nazi era or now
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  15. How opioid addiction alters our brains to always want more
  16. `We are only following the law' doesn't explain immigration policy during Nazi era or now
  17. US 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy still violating fundamental human rights laws
  18. Why Trump's proposal to merge the departments of Labor and Education should fail
  19. Why are Russians so stingy with their smiles?
  20. Sonic attacks: How a medical mystery can sow distrust in foreign governments
  21. Trump travel ban targeting Muslims will not make America safer
  22. Today’s US-Mexico 'border crisis' in 6 charts
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  24. The long history of separating families in the US and how the trauma lingers
  25. Supreme Court ruling adds privacy protection for the digital age
  26. Bitcoin price manipulation puts trust in cryptocurrencies at risk
  27. New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017
  28. A new world is dawning, and the US will no longer lead it
  29. Treating pain in children can teach us about treating pain in adults
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  33. For many immigrant families, the fight for reunification is just beginning
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  36. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in trouble – but the ground beneath it may buy some time
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  38. School safety commission should not worry about violence in entertainment media
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  40. How colleges must collaborate to lift up the communities just outside their door
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  42. How Catholic women fought against Vatican's prohibition on contraceptives
  43. Why care about undocumented immigrants? For one thing, they've become vital to key sectors of the US economy
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