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Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy

  • Written by Joseph K. Nwankpa, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Analytics, Miami University
imageIt's not you: App privacy settings really can be complicated.Drazen Zigic/iStock via Getty Images

Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy – who can see which actions you take – across all of the app’s functions. But default...

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West Nile virus season returns − a medical epidemiologist explains how it’s transmitted and how you can avoid it

  • Written by Daniel Pastula, Professor of Neurology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageMosquitoes are responsible for transmitting West Nile virus to humans.Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty Images

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne illness in the continental U.S., with an average of 2,464 reported cases per year.

Every August, West Nile season ramps up, primarily in parts of the Southern and Western United States.

The...

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Hard-to-treat traumas and painful memories may be treatable with EMDR – a trauma therapist explains why it is gaining popularity

  • Written by Laurel Niep, Bilingual Trauma Therapist, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageEMDR was developed in 1987.Laurence soulez/iStock via Getty Images Plus

If you’ve been to a therapist’s office in the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, therapy.

Most commonly used for treating long-standing and acute traumas, EMDR is also being shown...

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US has its first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution − here are 3 strong points and a key issue to watch

  • Written by Sarah J. Morath, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University
imageTrash litters the banks of Ballona Creek in Culver City, Calif., after a storm.Citizen of the Planet/UIG via Getty Images

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily.

To curb this flow, 175 nations...

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US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks, but so does complete withdrawal

  • Written by Sefa Secen, Postdoctoral Scholar in Political Science, The Ohio State University
imageA U.S. military vehicle drives past a poster showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 fighters in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq.

The assault marked the worst...

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What is mpox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin

  • Written by Rodney E. Rohde, Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
imageMpox causes lesions that resemble pus-filled blisters, which eventually scab over.CDC/Getty Images

On Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There have been over 15,600 cases and over 530 deaths reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries in...

Read more: What is mpox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin

Catholics are debating whether to remove paintings by a priest accused of abusing women − but let’s not confuse the artist and the art, writes an art historian

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
imageLogo of the Catholic Church's Holy Year of Mercy, 2015-2016, which was created by Marko Rupnik, atop a monument in Poland.Aw5 via Wikimedia CommonsMarko Rupnik/ Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, CC BY-NC-SA

Marko Rupnik, a Catholic priest, was expelled from the Jesuit order because he’d allegedly abused women. He was later...

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Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work

  • Written by Kimberly Przeszlowski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Quinnipiac University
imageA bank of video monitors allows the police department in Albuquerque, N.M., to keep an eye on surveillance cameras throughout the city.AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan

In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing a 7-year-old and injuring his father. The suspect fled the scene and eventually escaped to Mexico....

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Chicagoans watch films of the violent 1968 convention protests to get ready for the Democratic convention

  • Written by Heather Hendershot, Professor of Communication Studies and Journalism, Northwestern University
imageViewers in Chicago await a screening of the film 'Medium Cool,' focused on the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Heather Hendershot, CC BY

On the third day of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Chicago police beat protesters in a free-for-all on Michigan Avenue. The iconic images of that melee have since been incorporated into almost...

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  2. Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might
  3. Trees compete for space, light and resources, and those clashes can leave battle scars
  4. Students with mental health struggles linked to absenteeism and lower grades, showing clear need for more in-school support
  5. Local elections are less partisan because voters will cross party lines when issues hit close to home
  6. Kamala Harris’ sudden political rise echoes that of another female politician, New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern
  7. How back-to-back hurricanes set off a year of compounding disasters for one city − and alarm bells about risks in a warming world
  8. 3 years after fall of Kabul, US Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in US
  9. Ukraine’s cross-border incursion challenges Moscow’s war narrative – but will it shift Russian opinion?
  10. Historians diving for balloons and hoping for hot dish: What Smithsonian curators will be doing at the Democratic National Convention
  11. Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them
  12. Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too
  13. Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working
  14. Future lawyers learn key lessons from studying poetry in parks in this course
  15. Philly schools are in disrepair − the municipal bond market is 1 big reason
  16. 3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views
  17. Kamala, a common name in India, is associated with several deities and is a symbol of wisdom
  18. LGBTQ people have a troubled relationship with police − new survey shows high rates of harassment, abuse and distrust
  19. Even fictional presidents don’t look like Kamala Harris − although Black men and white women have been represented in the Oval Office
  20. SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy
  21. Hotel guests are getting used to refillable shampoos and less housekeeping, study suggests
  22. International students will offer a big boost to the US economy this back-to-school season
  23. How Ohio schools reduced chronic absenteeism
  24. Wildfires don’t just burn farmland − they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock
  25. JD Vance is no pauper − he’s a classic example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak on behalf of the poor
  26. Mammary glands in a dish − what miniature organs reveal about evolution, lactation, regeneration and breast cancer
  27. FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD treatment – a drug researcher explains the challenges psychedelics face
  28. Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%
  29. 3 strategies to help college students pick the right major the first time around and avoid some big hassles
  30. A bipartisan data-privacy law could backfire on small businesses − 2 marketing professors explain why
  31. New storm is headed for the Caribbean: What meteorologists look for in early signs of a future hurricane
  32. Birth of a hurricane: What meteorologists look for as they hunt for early signs of a tropical cyclone forming
  33. At its core, life is all about play − just look at the animal kingdom
  34. Could dinosaurs still exist somewhere in the world? A paleontologist explains
  35. Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’
  36. If you want Americans to pay attention to climate change, just call it climate change
  37. Wagner Group setback in Mali challenges Moscow’s strategy in Africa and the region’s faith in Russian mercenaries
  38. A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit
  39. Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world
  40. No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing
  41. The problem with pronatalism: Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme
  42. Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution
  43. How San Francisco’s Democratic political machine led to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign
  44. The real ‘Big Bang’ of country music: How Vernon Dalhart’s 1924 breakthrough recordings launched a genre
  45. Infectious diseases spike when kids return to school − here’s what you can do about it
  46. Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your fears and break out of tribal thinking
  47. This anthropology course looks at building design from the standpoint of different species
  48. Paris Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch may pose an Olympic challenge for the US
  49. How do breakdancers avoid breaking their necks?
  50. Decades on, Delbert Africa’s surrender still provides powerful image of US racism and Black victimhood