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Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
imageWill the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

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Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington
imageWill the federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining order survive? iStock / Getty Images Plus

Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers?

That’s the question posed in one of...

Read more: Supreme Court considers whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers

What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams

  • Written by Cindi May, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
imageOwl chronotypes function better at night, while lark chronotypes are more energized in the morning.The Photo Matrix/Moment, nomis_g/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Timing is everything. For early risers and late-nighters alike, listening to your internal clock may be the key to success. From the classroom to the courtroom and beyond, people perform...

Read more: What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do...

What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams

  • Written by Cindi May, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
imageOwl chronotypes function better at night, while lark chronotypes are more energized in the morning.The Photo Matrix/Moment, nomis_g/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Timing is everything. For early risers and late-nighters alike, listening to your internal clock may be the key to success. From the classroom to the courtroom and beyond, people perform...

Read more: What's your chronotype? Knowing whether you're a night owl or an early bird could help you do...

Climate change hits indebted businesses hardest, new research suggests

  • Written by Huan Kuang, Assistant Professor of Finance, Bryant University
imageClimate change leads to investment droughts, too. mgstudyo/E+/Getty Images

Climate change poses the biggest risks to the most vulnerable people, and the same is true for businesses: Highly leveraged companies – those that have accumulated too much debt – are uniquely susceptible to climate shocks. That’s what we found in a...

Read more: Climate change hits indebted businesses hardest, new research suggests

Climate change hits indebted businesses hardest, new research suggests

  • Written by Huan Kuang, Assistant Professor of Finance, Bryant University
imageClimate change leads to investment droughts, too. mgstudyo/E+/Getty Images

Climate change poses the biggest risks to the most vulnerable people, and the same is true for businesses: Highly leveraged companies – those that have accumulated too much debt – are uniquely susceptible to climate shocks. That’s what we found in a...

Read more: Climate change hits indebted businesses hardest, new research suggests

As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious

  • Written by Anne Whitesell, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Miami University
imageRoman Catholic nuns pray with anti-abortion activists across the street from a Planned Parenthood clinic in New York in September 2023.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Abortion has become an increasingly polarized, political issue in the United States since 2022, when the Supreme Court overturnedRoe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right...

Read more: As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as...

As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious

  • Written by Anne Whitesell, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Miami University
imageRoman Catholic nuns pray with anti-abortion activists across the street from a Planned Parenthood clinic in New York in September 2023.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Abortion has become an increasingly polarized, political issue in the United States since 2022, when the Supreme Court overturnedRoe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right...

Read more: As Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as...

Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?

  • Written by Mary Kate Cary, Adjunct Professor of Politics and Director of Think Again, University of Virginia
imageDonald Trump, left, and Joe Biden, both photographed on Nov. 2, 2023, are two of the three oldest men ever to serve as president.Trump: Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Biden: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

When former President Bill Clinton showed up at the White House in early 2023, he was there to join President Joe Biden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the...

Read more: Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?

Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?

  • Written by Mary Kate Cary, Adjunct Professor of Politics and Director of Think Again, University of Virginia
imageDonald Trump, left, and Joe Biden, both photographed on Nov. 2, 2023, are two of the three oldest men ever to serve as president.Trump: Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Biden: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

When former President Bill Clinton showed up at the White House in early 2023, he was there to join President Joe Biden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the...

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  5. Searching for the right angle – students in this course shoot pool to learn about journalism
  6. It's not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media
  7. 4 razones por las que los adolescentes participan en retos en las redes sociales
  8. El ejercicio aeróbico y el entrenamiento de fuerza combinados pueden ser un elixir para mejorar la salud cerebral a los 80 y 90 años, según un nuevo estudio
  9. Israel-Hamas war puts China's strategy of 'balanced diplomacy' in the Middle East at risk
  10. When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco's PR playbook
  11. Defending space for free discussion, empathy and tolerance on campus is a challenge during Israel-Hamas war
  12. Biden's executive order puts civil rights in the middle of the AI regulation discussion
  13. Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies
  14. We analyzed over 3.5 million written teacher comments about students and found racial bias
  15. The world's boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
  16. Understanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds
  17. What is intersectionality? A scholar of organizational behavior explains
  18. NASA's robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday
  19. Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
  20. Biden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach
  21. Kristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a systematic antisemitism of laws and government violence
  22. Texas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements − the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries
  23. Secure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development
  24. How Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen's own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia
  25. Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes
  26. Friendship research is getting an update – and that's key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic
  27. Endometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it
  28. Despite his government's failure to anticipate Hamas' deadly attack, don't count Netanyahu out politically
  29. What exactly caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza? Without an independent, credible investigation, it will be hard for everyone to agree
  30. Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work
  31. Cancer has many faces − 5 counterintuitive ways scientists are approaching cancer research to improve treatment and prevention
  32. A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain
  33. American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to put their remains to rest
  34. Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
  35. 3 reasons the House GOP is not any more dysfunctional than the Democrats − even after the prolonged speaker chaos
  36. Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline
  37. Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level
  38. Trump’s violent rhetoric echoes the fascist commitment to a destructive and bloody rebirth of society
  39. From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage
  40. Workplace discrimination saps everyone's motivation − even if it works in your favor
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  42. Jewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief and fear
  43. Collaborative water management can be a building block for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
  44. Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
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  49. Violent and disturbing war images from the Mideast can stir deep emotions − a PTSD expert explains how to protect yourself and your kids from overexposure
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