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Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance

  • Written by Danielle K. Brown, Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
imageProtest leaders at Columbia University are interviewed.AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively.

For protesters, demonstrations are usually the result of meticulous planning by advocacy groups and leaders aimed at getting a message out to a wider world or to...

Read more: Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance

What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

  • Written by Jordan Frith, Pearce Professor of Professional Communication, Clemson University
imageA VIN is a unique string of 17 characters assigned to vehicles. welcomia/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Every vehicle built after 1981 has a unique vehicle identification number, or VIN. The location of this string of letters and numbers varies, but it’s located somewhere on every car, SUV, motorcycle and truck – typically on a small...

Read more: What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll

  • Written by Ryan Shandler, Professor of Cybersecurity and International Relations, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe conflict between Israel and Hamas is happening online as well as on the ground.Gwengoat/iStock / Getty Images Plus

The news about the Israel-Hamas war is filled with reports of Israeli families huddling in fear from relentless rocket attacks, Israeli tanks and artillery flattening buildings in the Gaza Strip, hundreds of kidnapped hostages impri...

Read more: A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll

Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s still room to improve

  • Written by Todd M. Freeberg, Professor and Associate Head of Psychology, University of Tennessee
imageWhat you expect can influence what you think you see.Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of physical contact in cattle herds of different...

Read more: Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s...

Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing them

  • Written by Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
imageWhat's the future of democracy in the U.S.?Richard Sharrocks/Moment/Getty

Americans, it seems, can both value the idea of democracy and not support it in practice.

Since 2016, academics and journalists have expressed concerns that formerly secure democracies are becoming less democratic. Different measures of democracy, such as scores produced by...

Read more: Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing them

On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

  • Written by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageThe Mantua neighborhood in West Philadelphia is undergoing rapid gentrification.Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-NC-ND

Society Hill, where Sixers star Joel Embiid recently put his penthouse condo on the market for US$5.5 million, has long been one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive neighborhoods.

It’s a distant cry from what the...

Read more: On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at 200: Revolutionary work of art has spawned two centuries of joy, goodwill and propaganda

  • Written by Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
imageSymphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven's remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY

In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning the great composer to reconsider his plans to premiere his latest work in Berlin and instead debut the symphony in Vienna.

Beethoven had...

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Boeing’s Starliner launch – delayed again – will be an important milestone for commercial spaceflight

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
imageBoeing's Starliner spacecraft on approach to the International Space Station during an uncrewed test in 2022. Bob Hines/NASA

Already years late, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft continues to face delays as it prepares to launch NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams into space. The latest delay came as a problem with its ride to orbit,...

Read more: Boeing’s Starliner launch – delayed again – will be an important milestone for commercial...

Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless – a dentist explains why and how best to protect them

  • Written by Samer Zaky, Research Assistant Professor in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
imageHealthy teeth are truly priceless.Moncherie/E+ via Getty Images

At an auction in England in 2011, one of John Lennon’s teeth sold for just over US$31,000.

How much are your teeth worth?

Teeth are amazing little miracles. They light up our smiles, we use them to speak and we chew with them more than 600 times at every meal.

Yet, in a society...

Read more: Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless – a dentist explains why and how best to protect them

High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

  • Written by Christopher Decker, Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks to reporters on May 1, 2024.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level – a 23-year high – for at...

Read more: High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

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  4. What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
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  6. To reduce Black-on-Black crime, two criminal justice experts explain why offering monthly stipends to people at risk makes sense
  7. The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in Wonderland
  8. Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people for decades
  9. For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond
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  11. Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are within reach
  12. Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025
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  14. New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal
  15. Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
  16. Third parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning
  17. ‘It’s a deep emotional ride’ – 12 young people in Philly’s toughest neighborhoods explain how violence disrupts their physical and mental health
  18. ‘What is a fact?’ A humanities class prepares STEM students to be better scientists
  19. Sourdough under the microscope reveals microbes cultivated over generations
  20. Electric vehicles are usually safer for their occupants – but not necessarily for everyone else
  21. US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed
  22. How famines are formed: In Gaza and elsewhere, an underlying pattern that can lead to hunger and death
  23. International prosecution of Israeli or Hamas leaders wouldn’t bring quick justice − and even bringing them to court will be difficult
  24. Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds
  25. Greater Detroit is becoming more diverse and less segregated – but Asians and Hispanics increasingly live in their own neighborhoods
  26. Midwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Niño has to do with violent storms in the central US
  27. Japan’s diplomatic charm offensive in US aims to keep Washington in committed relationship
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  30. College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right
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  33. Under the influence and under arrest − what happens if you’re drunk in the interrogation room?
  34. Philadelphia has a lot more deadly shootings than expected for a big city − and NYC is much safer, new study says
  35. Trump trial reveals details about how the former president thinks about, and exploits, the media
  36. Trump’s immunity arguments at Supreme Court highlight dangers − while prosecutors stress larger danger of removing legal accountability
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  38. The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system
  39. Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
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  44. Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
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