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My Malaysia ordeal shows how religion can fuse with populist nationalism to silence dissent

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
imageMalaysian Islamists rally in favor of sharia law on Nov. 20, 2023.Zahim Mohd/NurPhoto via Getty Images

I hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a confrontation with men who identified themselves as police in a Kuala Lumpur airport.

I arrived in the Muslim-majority country in early January 2024 to promote the Malay translation of...

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COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants – researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and they pass

  • Written by Nathaniel Hafer, Associate Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
imageRapid tests are inexpensive, easy to use and give fast results, usually within 10 to 15 minutes.Violeta Stoimenova/E+ via Getty Images

By September 2020, just six months after COVID-19 triggered shutdowns across the U.S., it was clear that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had mutated from its original form.

The question quickly arose...

Read more: COVID-19 rapid tests still work against new variants – researchers keep ‘testing the tests,’ and...

Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and one of the most easily preventable

  • Written by David Higgins, Research Fellow and Instructor in Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageYoung children, pregnant people and the immunocompromised are among the most vulnerable to measles.CHBD/E+ via Getty Images

“You don’t count your children until the measles has passed.” Dr. Samuel Katz, one of the pioneers of the first measles vaccine in the late 1950s to early 1960s, regularly heard this tragic statement from...

Read more: Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and one of the most...

Altitude sickness is typically mild but can sometimes turn very serious − a high-altitude medicine physician explains how to safely prepare

  • Written by Brian Strickland, Senior Instructor in Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageAltitude sickness is rare at elevations of less than 8,200 feet but becomes much more common at higher altitudes.Maya Karkalicheva/Moment via Getty Images

Equipped with the latest gear and a thirst for adventure, mountaineers embrace the perils that come with conquering the world’s highest peaks. Yet, even those who tread more cautiously at...

Read more: Altitude sickness is typically mild but can sometimes turn very serious − a high-altitude medicine...

The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal medicines

  • Written by Alessandro Poletto, Lecturer in East Asian Religions, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageAn 'onmyoji,' an expert on yin and yang, performs divination with counting rods in an Edo-period illustration. Kyoto University Library/Wikimedia

“The Tale of Genji,” often called Japan’s first novel, was written 1,000 years ago. Yet it still occupies a powerful place in the Japanese imagination. A popular TV drama, “Dear...

Read more: The tools in a medieval Japanese healer’s toolkit: from fortunetelling and exorcism to herbal...

Is the United States overestimating China’s power?

  • Written by Dan Murphy, Executive Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School
imageMade it, Mao! Top of the World?DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Which country is the greatest threat to the United States? The answer, according to a large proportion of Americans, is clear: China.

Half of all Americans responding to a mid-2023 survey from the Pew Research Center cited China as the biggest risk to the U.S., with Russia...

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Texas fires: With over 1 million acres of grassland burned, cattle ranchers face struggles ahead to find and feed their herds

  • Written by Karen Hickman, Professor and Director of Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University
imageOver 1 million acres of grassland burn in the Texas Panhandle in late February 2024.Greenville Fire-Rescue via AP

Strong winds spread the largest wildfire in Texas history across more than 1 million acres of rangeland in the Panhandle, the heart of the state’s cattle-producing region, and into Oklahoma in late February 2024. Light...

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Yes, Trump’s PACs really can pay his legal fees

  • Written by Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia University
imageDonald Trump sits in a New York courtroom with Chris Kise and Alina Habba, two of his attorneys who have reportedly been paid with political action committee funds.Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images

Campaign finance data released at the end of January 2024 revealed that Save America, a political action committee founded and controlled by former...

Read more: Yes, Trump’s PACs really can pay his legal fees

What does a state’s secretary of state do? Most run elections, a once-routine job facing increasing scrutiny

  • Written by John J. Martin, Research Assistant Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageGeorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger holds a news conference on Nov. 6, 2020, on the status of ballot counting in the close presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

They may be the most important government officials you can’t name. Their decisions have the potential to alter election...

Read more: What does a state’s secretary of state do? Most run elections, a once-routine job facing...

This is Texas hold ‘em – why Texas is fighting the US government to secure its border with Mexico

  • Written by Mark P Jones, Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies & Baker Institute Political Science Fellow, Rice University
imageTexas National Guard troops try to untangle a migrant caught in razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border on Jan. 31, 2024. John Moore/Getty Images

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both traveling to Texas border towns on Feb. 29, 2024, and are expected to fault each other for chaos in border enforcement and the high number...

Read more: This is Texas hold ‘em – why Texas is fighting the US government to secure its border with Mexico

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  2. What is IVF? A nurse explains the evolving science and legality of in vitro fertilization
  3. How Russia has managed to shake off the impact of sanctions – with a little help from its friends
  4. Bias hiding in plain sight: Decades of analyses suggest US media skews anti-Palestinian
  5. Climate comedy works − here’s why, and how it can help lighten up a politically heavy year in 2024
  6. We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958
  7. How teens benefit from being able to read ‘disturbing’ books that some want to ban
  8. A personal tale of intellectual humility – and the rewards of being open-minded
  9. Can Trump be prosecuted? Supreme Court will take up precedent-setting case to define the limits of presidential immunity
  10. Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores
  11. W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black experience – sociologist Elijah Anderson tells why it should be on more reading lists
  12. More than 100K Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that matter for November?
  13. Nigeria’s security problems deepen as Anglophone insurgency in Cameroon spills across border
  14. How educator Gloria Jean Merriex used dance, drills and devotion to turn around a failing elementary school in a year
  15. What’s next for $25B supermarket supermerger after FTC sues to block it, saying it could raise prices
  16. Low-level blasts from heavy weapons can cause traumatic brain injury − 2 engineers explain the physics of invisible cell death
  17. Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
  18. Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging goals can head it off
  19. The true cost of food is far higher than what you spend at the checkout counter
  20. GOP primary elections use flawed math to pick nominees
  21. How media coverage of presidential primaries fails voters and has helped Trump
  22. US temporarily avoids government shutdown but threat remains: 4 essential reads
  23. US barrels toward another government shutdown showdown: 4 essential reads
  24. Betty Smith enchanted a generation of readers with ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ − even as she groused that she hoped Williamsburg would be flattened
  25. Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail
  26. Gifts that live on, from best bodices to money for bridge repairs: Women’s wills in medieval France give a glimpse into their surprising independence
  27. Hundreds of thousands of US infants every year pay the consequences of prenatal exposure to drugs, a growing crisis particularly in rural America
  28. Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, steps forward to lead the Russian opposition – 3 points to understand
  29. Belief in the myth of outlaw heroes partly explains Donald Trump’s die-hard support
  30. E-bike incentives are a costly way to cut carbon emissions, but they also promote health, equity and cleaner air
  31. What the ancient Indian text Bhagavad Gita can teach about not putting too much of our identity and emotions into work
  32. Omega-3 fatty acids are linked to better lung health, particularly in patients with pulmonary fibrosis
  33. A Texas court ruling on a Black student wearing hair in long locs reflects history of racism in schools
  34. I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to understand Trump’s base − they believe, more than ever, he is a savior
  35. As war in Ukraine enters third year, 3 issues could decide its outcome: Supplies, information and politics
  36. What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure
  37. Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights
  38. How is snow made? An atmospheric scientist describes the journey of frozen ice crystals from clouds to the ground
  39. ‘Swarm of one’ robot is a single machine made up of independent modules
  40. NRA loses New York corruption trial over squandered funds – retired longtime leader Wayne LaPierre must repay millions of dollars
  41. The South Carolina primary is likely to reveal the eventual Republican presidential nominee - 3 points to understand
  42. Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results − a problem for science the pandemic worsened but didn’t create
  43. Making the moral of the story stick − a media psychologist explains the research behind ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Arthur’ and other children’s TV
  44. The Russia-Ukraine War has caused a staggering amount of cultural destruction – both seen and unseen
  45. Louisiana governor makes it easier for companies to receive lucrative tax breaks that take money away from cash-strapped schools
  46. How governments handle data matters for inclusion
  47. War in Ukraine at 2 years: Destruction seen from space – via radar
  48. Arsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps
  49. Trump is no Navalny, and prosecution in a democracy is a lot different than persecution in Putin’s Russia
  50. How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia