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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

  • Written by David Delgado Shorter, Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles
imageSETI has been listening for markers that may indicate alien life -- but is doing so ethical?Donald Giannati via Unsplash

We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.

In February, President Joe Biden gave orders to shoot down three unidentified aerial phenomena – NASA’s title for UFOs. Then,...

Read more: First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

What is a target letter? 3 things to know about how the Justice Department notifies suspects, like Donald Trump, ahead of possible charges

  • Written by Gabriel J. Chin, Professor of criminal law, immigration and race and law, University of California, Davis
imageFormer President Donald Trump appears in July 2023 at a re-election campaign event in Florida. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on July 18, 2023, that he had received a letter from the Department of Justice, notifying him that that he was “a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury...

Read more: What is a target letter? 3 things to know about how the Justice Department notifies suspects, like...

Targeting Trump for prosecution – 4 essential reads on how the Jan. 6 investigation laid the groundwork for the special counsel

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Democracy Editor, The Conversation US
imageDonald Trump, left, may yet face off again in federal court against Jack Smith.Associated Press

With the news on July 18, 2023, that Special Counsel Jack Smith had informed former President Donald Trump that he was a target of the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the related Jan. 6, 2021, attack on...

Read more: Targeting Trump for prosecution – 4 essential reads on how the Jan. 6 investigation laid the...

Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here's the evidence for both sides of the debate

  • Written by Donald M. Lamkin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
imageThere isn't a debate, however, on the health benefits of regular exercise.Maryna Terletska/Moment via Getty Images

The global fitness industry will generate over US$80 billion in revenue in 2023, estimates suggest. And why not, given the many excellent reasons to exercise? Better cardiovascular health, lower risk of Type 2 diabetes, stronger immune...

Read more: Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here's the evidence for both sides...

Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data

  • Written by Joseph K. Nwankpa, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Analytics, Miami University
imageA refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo registers his fingerprints on a biometric machine in Uganda in 2022. Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images

The number of refugees worldwide reached record high levels in 2022. More than 108.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of violence or persecution. Meanwhile, governments...

Read more: Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches...

175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality

  • Written by Julie L. Holcomb, Professor of Museum Studies, Baylor University
imageThe Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where on July 19 and 20, 1848, the first women's rights conventions in the U.S. were held.Epics/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

On July 19, 1848, nearly 300 men and women gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, to begin the United States’ first public political meeting regarding women’s rights. The...

Read more: 175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic...

Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time

  • Written by Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Research Fellow, Climate Policy Lab, Tufts University
imageRetrofitting apartment buildings for energy efficiency and solar power can boost affordable housing and climate protection.AP Photo/Steven Senne

Green banks are starting to draw attention in the U.S., particularly since the federal government announced its first grant competitions under a national green bank program to bring clean technology and...

Read more: Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time

'Zombie fires' in the Arctic: Canada's extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future

  • Written by Patrick Louchouarn, Professor of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
imageThick smoke rises from a peat bog fire in June 2023.Bernd Wüstneck/picture alliance via Getty Images

The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across large parts of the U.S. and Canada in 2023 was a wake-up call, showing what climate change could feel like in the near future for millions of people.

Apocalyptic orange skies and air pollution...

Read more: 'Zombie fires' in the Arctic: Canada's extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a...

FTC probe of OpenAI: Consumer protection is the opening salvo of US AI regulation

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageThe FTC probe of ChatGPT maker OpenAI aligns with concerns that members of Congress have expressed.AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation of ChatGPT maker OpenAI for potential violations of consumer protection laws. The FTC sent the company a 20-page demand for information in the week of July 10, 2023. The...

Read more: FTC probe of OpenAI: Consumer protection is the opening salvo of US AI regulation

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  1. Returning to the Moon can benefit commercial, military and political sectors – a space policy expert explains
  2. Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike
  3. A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns – new research
  4. Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election – a cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes
  5. Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial
  6. What do astronomers say about Moon landing deniers? Batting down the conspiracy theory with an assist from the 1969 Miracle Mets
  7. What the US can learn from affirmative action at universities in Brazil
  8. International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans who landed on its docks
  9. Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible
  10. Impunity over Wagner mutiny signals further degradation of rule of law in Russia
  11. Democrats revive the Equal Rights Amendment from a long legal limbo -- facing an unlikely uphill battle to get it enshrined into law
  12. How I learned to stop worrying and love the doll – a feminist philosopher's journey back to Barbie
  13. As a summer heat wave pummels the US, an expert warns about the dangers of humidity – particularly for toddlers, young athletes and older adults
  14. Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen
  15. A US-Russia prisoner swap for reporter Evan Gershkovich could be tricky: 3 essential reads on the recent history
  16. Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs
  17. Curing America's loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs
  18. Drugs and religion have been a potent combination for millennia, from cannabis at ancient funerary sites to psychedelic retreats today
  19. Is the US being hypocritical in taking years to destroy its chemical weapons, while condemning other nations for their own chemical weapons programs? A political philosopher weighs in
  20. Female physicists aren't represented in the media – and this lack of representation hurts the physics field
  21. A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses
  22. A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses
  23. Children, like adults, tend to underestimate how welcome their random acts of kindness will be
  24. Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep blue sea
  25. Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by viruses – here are a few ways to know the difference
  26. Sawfish, guitarfish and more: Meet the rhino rays, some of the world's most oddly shaped and highly endangered fishes
  27. Liberal CEOs were more likely to exit Russia following its invasion of Ukraine than more conservative corporate leaders
  28. The 21st Century Cures Act requires that patients receive medical results immediately – and new research shows patients prefer it that way
  29. What's on the agenda as Biden heads to NATO summit: 5 essential reads as Western alliance talks expansion, Ukraine
  30. Tuberculosis on the rise for first time in decades after COVID-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality
  31. Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years
  32. Why putting off college math can be a good idea
  33. China's ties to Cuba and growing presence in Latin America raise security concerns in Washington, even as leaders try to ease tensions
  34. Science activism is surging – which marks a culture shift among scientists
  35. Aging is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way, and what this means for anti-aging interventions
  36. Police treatment in black and white – report on Minneapolis policing is the latest reminder of systemic racial disparities
  37. _E. coli_ is one of the most widely studied organisms – and that may be a problem for both science and medicine
  38. Christians in Pakistan risk greater persecution from blasphemy laws, while living in poverty
  39. Astro-tourism – chasing eclipses, meteor showers and elusive dark skies from Earth
  40. Human exposure to wildfires has more than doubled in two decades – who is at risk might surprise you
  41. The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South?
  42. Why are some Beanie Babies worth more than others? Prices for collectibles are about supply and demand
  43. A business can decline service based on its beliefs, Supreme Court rules – but what will this look like in practice?
  44. Now that President Biden's student loan cancellation program has been canceled, here's what's next
  45. Cambodia PM Hun Sen will shut down opposition on election day – even if he can no longer threaten voters on Facebook
  46. A subtle symphony of ripples in spacetime – astronomers use dead stars to measure gravitational waves produced by ancient black holes
  47. 'We the People' includes all Americans – but July 4 is a reminder that democracy remains a work in progress
  48. Military academies can still consider race in admissions, but the rest of the nation's colleges and universities cannot, court rules
  49. What Beijing's muted response to Wagner mutiny tells us about China-Russia relations – and what it doesn't
  50. Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered