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Are you lonesome tonight? Why we, like Elvis, turn to food for comfort

  • Written by Melissa Wdowik, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University
imageElvis Presley pictured on a Forever stamp in 2015. Oldrich/Shutterstock.com

August 16 is known to many Elvis Presley fans as the anniversary of his untimely death at the age of 42 in 1977. It is also the perfect occasion, for many, to honor him by indulging in his favorite foods, including fried banana and peanut butter sandwiches (with or without...

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Tracing the sources of today's Russian cyberthreat

  • Written by Dorothy Denning, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
imageWho's inside the hoodie?BeeBright/Shutterstock.com

Beyond carrying all of our phone, text and internet communications, cyberspace is an active battleground, with cybercriminals, government agents and even military personnel probing weaknesses in corporate, national and even personal online defenses. Some of the most talented and dangerous...

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How parents can help their freshman teens cope with stress

  • Written by Chris Palmer, Professor of Film and Media Arts, American University School of Communication
imageStarting a new school can be stressful. But as a parent, you can help.Kamira/Shutterstock.com

Entering high school can be an exciting experience, but for some teenagers it can also be scary, intimidating and confusing.

According to one study, approximately half of all high school students feel a great deal of stress on a daily basis. As author and...

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Trump's threat to withdraw from NAFTA may hit a hurdle: The US Constitution

  • Written by Tim Meyer, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageThe Constitution may burst Trump's threat to withdraw from NAFTA. AP Photo/Mel Evans

On Aug. 16, representatives of the U.S., Canada and Mexico formally begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an accord that has governed matters of trade and security on the continent for 23 years.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly...

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Bait and switch: Anchovies eat plastic because it smells like prey

  • Written by Matthew Savoca, Postdoctoral fellow, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
imagePlastic trash on San Francisco's Ocean Beach.Kevin Krejci, CC BY-SA

As you bite down into a delicious piece of fish, you probably don’t think about what the fish itself ate – but perhaps you should. Over 50 species of fish have been found to consume plastic trash at sea. This is bad news, not only for fish but potentially for humans who...

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Does biology explain why men outnumber women in tech?

  • Written by Alice H. Eagly, Professor of Psychology; Faculty Fellow Institute for Policy Research; Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University
imageWho's missing from this picture?Lawrence Sinclair, CC BY-NC-ND

It’s no secret that Silicon Valley employs many more men than womenin tech jobs. What’s much harder to agree on is why.

The recent anti-diversity memo by a now former Google engineer has pushed this topic into the spotlight. The writer argued there are ways to explain the...

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Lest we forget: Children are watching this racism, violence and our reactions

  • Written by Nia Heard-Garris, Instructor, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg Sch
imageCara McClure of Birmingham, Alabama cries Sunday in Charlottesville, Virginia at a solidarity meeting.AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

I find myself in this place again. I am numb. I feel empty. I almost have no words.

The saddest part about this? I wrote these exact words little more than a year ago.

And now, here I am again, feeling the same feelings I...

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The hidden stories of medical experimentation on Caribbean slave plantations

  • Written by Londa Schiebinger, Professor of History of Science, Stanford University
image'The Plantation,' oil on wood, ca. 1825.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC BY

In the natural course of events, humans fall sick and die. Patients hope for miraculous remedies to restore their health.

We all want our medicines to work for us in wondrous ways. But how are human subjects chosen for experiments? Who bears the burden of risk? What...

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The legal threat to diversity on campus

  • Written by Liliana M. Garces, Associate Professor of Education, University of Texas at Austin
imageCould legal intimidation threaten race-conscious admissions in the U.S.?AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities can use race as one factor among many in making admissions decisions. The court determined that such policies helped further an institution’s mission to attain the educational...

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Are men seen as 'more American' than women?

  • Written by Laura Van Berkel, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cologne
imageProtesters hold signs at the Chicago Women's March in January 2017.John W. Iwanski, CC BY-NC

Women make up 50.8 percent of the U.S. population and have equal voting rights, yet are politically underrepresented. The country has never had a female president or vice president. Only 3.5 percent of Supreme Court justices have been women, and women make...

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  1. Why the US shouldn't start a trade war with China
  2. Total eclipse, partial failure: Scientific expeditions don't always go as planned
  3. The road to India's partition
  4. End-to-end encryption isn't enough security for 'real people'
  5. Red team-blue team? Debating climate science should not be a cage match
  6. How safe is chicken imported from China? 5 questions answered
  7. Voyager Golden Records 40 years later: Real audience was always here on Earth
  8. Why social smoking can be just as bad for you as daily smoking
  9. Why didn't sanctions stop North Korea’s missile program?
  10. Bullying and suicide: What's the connection?
  11. Betsy DeVos' 6-month report card: More undoing than doing
  12. What to do with Confederate statues?
  13. Rise in globalism doesn't mean the end for nationalists
  14. The slippery slope of the oligarchy media model
  15. Why the withering nuclear power industry threatens US national security
  16. What the Google gender 'manifesto' really says about Silicon Valley
  17. Tracing the links between basic research and real-world applications
  18. Thinking beyond Trump: Why power companies should be investing now in carbon-free electricity
  19. The untold stories of women in the 1967 Detroit rebellion and its aftermath
  20. Seeing without eyes – the unexpected world of nonvisual photoreception
  21. MalwareTech's arrest sheds light on the complex culture of the hacking world
  22. Want to fix America's infrastructure? Build in the places that need help the most
  23. Do college presidents still matter?
  24. Why Medicaid matters to you
  25. China is the key to avoiding nuclear 'fire and fury' in North Korea
  26. TB's stronghold in India: A tragedy there, and a grave concern for the rest of the world
  27. Can transgender TV characters help bridge an ideological divide?
  28. Climate gloom and doom? Bring it on. But we need stories about taking action, too
  29. Are sex offender registries reinforcing inequality?
  30. Eclipsing the occult in early America: Benjamin Franklin and his almanacs
  31. Trump and Obama have one surprising thing in common – the words they use
  32. How eclipses were regarded as omens in the ancient world
  33. Disasters can harm older adults long after storms have passed
  34. The military, minorities and social engineering: A long history
  35. Why governmental transparency will not work without strong leadership
  36. Why Ronald McDonald Houses should welcome homemade casseroles
  37. Affirmative action around the world
  38. Scientist at work: Why this meteorologist is eager for an eclipse
  39. The grand jury's role in American criminal justice, explained
  40. Cities need more than air conditioning to get through heat waves
  41. How Big Pharma is hindering treatment of the opioid addiction epidemic
  42. How 'Bambi' paved the way for both 'Fallout 4' and 'Angry Birds'
  43. Reengineering elevators could transform 21st-century cities
  44. US and Mexico immigration: Portraits of Guatemalan refugees in limbo
  45. The missing elements in the debate about affirmative action and Asian-American students
  46. Rural America: Where Sam Shepard's roots ran deepest
  47. How affordable housing can chip away at residential segregation
  48. Heat waves threaten city dwellers, especially minorities and the poor
  49. Explaining 'Rakshabandan' – a Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond
  50. Why Detroit exploded in the summer of 1967