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Trump prophecy and other Christian movements: 3 essential reads

Written by Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor

An influential Trump prophecy movement believes Trump's election was part of God's plans.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

A new film, “Trump Prophecy,” will be shown in some limited theaters on Oct. 2 and 4. The film is an adaptation of a book, co-authored by Mark Taylor, a retired firefighter, who claimed he received a message from God in 2011...

Can 'persuasive technology' change behavior and help people better manage chronic diseases?

Written by Samir Chatterjee, Professor of Technology Design & Management , Claremont Graduate University

Could a timely text or a friendly reminder be the difference between good health and chronic disease?anuje/Shutterstock.com

It was March 2014 when I received a phone call as I was working in my office. The person on the other end introduced herself as Dr. Linda Houston-Feenstra, chief cardiac nurse of Loma Linda University SACHS Heart Clinic. She...

We provided psychological first aid after the Las Vegas shooting – here's what we learned

Written by Michelle Paul, Associate Faculty-in-Residence in Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Evacuees arrive at the UNLV Thomas & Mack Center after a gunman opened fire Oct. 1, 2017 in Las Vegas.Al Powers/AP

Editors’ note: In the aftermath of the Oct. 1, 2017 shooting massacre that claimed the lives of 58 people, several psychology and counseling scholars at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas sprang into action to offer trauma...

Kavanaugh is a reminder: Accused sexual harassers get promoted anyway

Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon

About a week after hearing emotional testimony from accuser Christine Blasey Ford and a limited FBI investigation, the Senate narrowly voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.

For millions of American women – both those who’ve survived assault and those who have experienced workplace harassment – seeing a man...

Kavanaugh confirmation a reminder: Accused sexual harassers get promoted anyway

Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon

One day after hearing emotional testimony from accuser Christine Blasey Ford, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice pending an FBI investigation.

For millions of American women – both those who’ve survived assault and those who have experienced workplace...

Is a polygraph a reliable lie detector?

Written by Jessica Gabel Cino, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Georgia State University

Does your body give away if you're lying or not?AP Photo/Edward Kitch

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who’s accused Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, released the results of a polygraph test focused on the decades-old incident. They suggest that Ford’s responses to two questions about her...

Lo que deben saber los adolescentes sobre seguridad cibernética

Written by Sanjay Goel, Professor of Information Technology Management, University at Albany, State University of New York

Todos utilizan la tecnología, pero no todos están tan seguros como deberían.Akhenaton Images/Shutterstock.com

Los estudiantes en el colegio hoy en día conocen mejor la tecnología que el adulto medio, según distintas investigaciones.

Y aunque muchas personas piensan que los adolescentes utilizan, en lo...

50 years of the Boeing 747: How the 'queen of the skies' reigned over air travel

Written by Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton

The 747 takes off on its maiden voyage. AP Photo

On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of its custom-built assembly plant in Everett, Washington. From the beginning, everything about the plane once known as the “queen of the skies” was big.

It was the first wide-body “jumbo jet” ever built, involving about...

How the media encourages – and sustains – political warfare

Written by Kyle Jensen, Associate Professor of English, University of North Texas

The quiet consumption of news can sustain a polarized political environment.Lightspring

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has been waging war against the American press by dismissing unfavorable reports as “fake news” and calling the media “the enemy of the American people.”

As a countermeasure, The Washington...

On the Supreme Court, difficult nominations have led to historical injustices

Written by Calvin Schermerhorn, Professor of History, Arizona State University

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sept. 27, 2018.AP/pool image, Michael Reynolds

Far from being unusual, the hurried and partisan Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh mirrors several notable examples of similarly politicized confirmations in U.S. history.

Those conflicts, which...