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Toxoplasma is a common parasite that causes birth defects – but the US doesn’t screen for it during pregnancy

  • Written by Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
imageIf you're pregnant, you should pass the cat litter scoop to someone else.Oksana Nazarchuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a simple test for the common parasite...

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Why are journalists obsessed with Biden’s age? It’s because they’ve finally found an interesting election story

  • Written by Jacob L. Nelson, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Utah
imagePresident Joe Biden participates in the CNN presidential debate on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Since President Joe Biden’s disastrous presidential debate on June 27, 2024, election news coverage has focused on one question: Will he remain in the race?

This focus has been apparent to even the most casual of news...

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Surprise: American voters actually largely agree on many issues, including topics like abortion, immigration and wealth inequality

  • Written by Dante Chinni, Director, American Communities Project, Michigan State University
imageFor a country that often feels hopelessly divided, it turns out that there is a lot of agreement among Americans.Nisian Hughes/Getty Images

As the presidential election campaign heats up, media coverage suggests Americans are hopelessly divided and headed for a difficult fall – perhaps also a tense January.

But that isn’t the whole...

Read more: Surprise: American voters actually largely agree on many issues, including topics like abortion,...

From the ’60s till now, TV news coverage of large-scale university protests doesn’t look so different

  • Written by Lisa Fazio, Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
imageA screenshot from ABC's live reporting on the Columbia University pro-Palestinian protest on April 25, 2024, shows the 'campus unrest crackdown.'Vanderbilt Television News Archive, Author provided

While much has changed over the past 50 years, evening television news remains a prominent source of information for Americans.

I am a scholar of psycholo...

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Smaller family companies are the unexpected innovation powerhouses in many countries in the world

  • Written by Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Louisville

Close your eyes and imagine a world where the most innovative companies aren’t big tech giants but family-run businesses. Now open your eyes, because you don’t have to imagine it: It’s reality.

That’s what ourteamofbusinessexperts found in a recent global analysis of research into family-owned and family-run firms.

When we...

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Market trust at stake: What the Supreme Court’s ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy means for investors

  • Written by D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
imageChanges are coming to the SEC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A recent Supreme Court ruling has gotten a lot of attention for how it could reshape government. What’s gotten much less attention is how it could affect markets.

As financeprofessors, we find this at least as important. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy could...

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4 books by Black Philadelphia women that depict struggle and joy in the City of Sisterly Love

  • Written by Louis Parascandola, Professor of English, Long Island University, Brooklyn
image'A Black Philadelphia Reader' collects works by Black writers from the city’s founding through the present day. Zave Smith/Photodisc Collection via Getty Images

The four works described below, all written by Black Philadelphia women, appear in my new anthology, “A Black Philadelphia Reader: African American Writings about the City of...

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Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president − but Biden can still control his access for now

  • Written by Dakota Rudesill, Associate Professor of Law; Senior Faculty Fellow, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University
imageFormer President Donald Trump walks out of a Manhattan courthouse after he was found guilty in his hush money trial on May 30, 2024. Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. He is also now a convicted felon, a New York state judgment that concerns a hush money conspiracy before...

Read more: Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president − but...

‘The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden

  • Written by Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
imagePresident Joe Biden, left, and first lady Jill Biden depart following a presidential debate with Donald Trump on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

President Joe Biden’s current fraught situation, showcasing both his weakness and his determination, is dramatic because it touches upon more than the political moment and more...

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Joe Biden commits to staying in the race – like Nixon, his biggest threat comes from within his own party

  • Written by Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Professor of Government, Hamilton College
imagePresident Joe Biden arrives at a news conference in the White House on July 1, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

President Joe Biden is strongly reaffirming his commitment to stay in the presidential race – despite a growing number of calls from politicians and voters for him to step down, following a highly criticized debate performance in...

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  2. By revealing their mental health struggles, pro athletes are scoring with fans
  3. Hajj in extraordinary heat: what a scholar of Islam saw in Mecca
  4. Unregulated online political ads pose a threat to democracy
  5. When scientific citations go rogue: Uncovering ‘sneaked references’
  6. Extreme heat waves broiling the planet in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world
  7. Extreme heat waves broiling the US in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world
  8. 4 things to watch for as NATO leaders meet in US capital for high-stakes summit
  9. Oklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedom
  10. One memorable speech can turn around a faltering campaign − how Nixon did it with his ‘Checkers’ talk
  11. Navigating mental health treatment options can be overwhelming – a clinical psychologist explains why it’s worth the effort
  12. Nevada is a battleground state – and may be a bellwether of more extreme partisanship
  13. 2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite
  14. Wildfire smoke linked to thousands of premature deaths every year in California alone
  15. Why the Olympic Games are a ‘civil religious’ ceremony with a global congregation
  16. Britain’s new prime minister has a chance to reset ties with the White House – but a range of thorny issues and the US election make it more tricky
  17. Detroit’s legacy of housing inequity has caused long-term health impacts − these policies can help mitigate that harm
  18. Fandom usually means tracking your favorite team for years − so why are the Olympics so good at making us root for sports and athletes we tune out most of the time?
  19. To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask ‘what if?’
  20. Why US schools need to shake up the way they teach physics
  21. Flirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose
  22. Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
  23. Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school – but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga
  24. Even short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology − a new set of studies offers the most comprehensive look at spaceflight health since NASA’s Twins Study
  25. Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification, Category 5 winds so early in a season were alarming: Here’s why more tropical storms are exploding in strength
  26. Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification and Category 5 winds are alarming: Here’s why more tropical storms are exploding in strength
  27. The Catholic Church is using the upcoming Paris Olympics to engage young people − but several popes have already promoted sports as a way to teach Christian values
  28. Colorado is home to the longest-running gay rodeo in the world
  29. Cultural differences impede trade for most countries — but not China
  30. Charities are allowed to do some lobbying, but many do none at all
  31. From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG have transformed neuroscience
  32. ‘Above the law’ in some cases: Supreme Court gives Trump − and future presidents − a special exception that will delay his prosecution
  33. Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation
  34. Supreme Court rules that Trump had partial immunity as president, but not for unofficial acts − 4 essential reads
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  36. How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago
  37. Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI
  38. What’s next after Supreme Court curbs regulatory power: More focus on laws’ wording, less on their goals
  39. 5 questions after the NCAA’s $2.75B settlement to pay college athletes
  40. Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society
  41. Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence
  42. US’s terrorist listing of European far-right group signals fears of rising threat − both abroad and at home
  43. Knowing when to call it quits takes courage and confidence - 3 case studies
  44. Supreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’
  45. How camping bans − like the one the Supreme Court just upheld − can fit into ‘hostile design’: Strategies to push out homeless people
  46. Supreme Court makes prosecution of Trump on obstruction charge more difficult, with ruling to narrowly define law used against him and Jan. 6 rioters
  47. ICE detainees suffer preventable deaths − Q A with a medical researcher about systemic failures
  48. Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
  49. ChatGPT and the movie ‘Her’ are just the latest example of the ‘sci-fi feedback loop’
  50. ‘Authentic’ ayahuasca rituals sought by tourists often ignore Indigenous practices and spiritual grounding