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Moderna's experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn't prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it works

  • Written by Mark R. O'Brian, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
imageModerna is testing an mRNA vaccine in combination with pembrolizumab to treat melanoma.Javier Zayas Photography/Moment via Getty Images

Mediaoutlets have reported the encouraging findings of clinical trials for a new experimental vaccine developed by the biotech company Moderna to treat an aggressive type of skin cancer called melanoma.

Although...

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New Israeli power broker seeks to rewrite history to justify violence against Palestinians

  • Written by Curtis Hutt, Executive Director, Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Center for Human Rights, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageRight-wing Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir has a long history of anti-Palestinian efforts.AP Photo/Oded Balilty

A right-wing Israeli politician is trying to recast a key part of American history.

That’s not a usual subject for an Israeli Cabinet member. But Itamar Ben-Gvir is trying to make his anti-Palestinian movement seem less extremist...

Read more: New Israeli power broker seeks to rewrite history to justify violence against Palestinians

Allegations that the charity George Santos claims to have run was fake highlight how scams divert money from worthy causes

  • Written by Sarah Webber, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
imageDid he run an animal rescue?Win McNamee/Getty Images

Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican whose 2022 election to the House of Representatives flipped a seat previously held by a Democrat, faces pressure to resign for having reportedly lied extensively about his education, employment history and religious heritage. He also faces allegations...

Read more: Allegations that the charity George Santos claims to have run was fake highlight how scams divert...

Deep seabed mining plans pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
imageDeep sea sponges and other creatures live on and among valuable manganese nodules like this one that could be mined from the seafloor.ROV KIEL 6000/GEOMAR

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining...

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'The most dangerous Negro': 3 essential reads on the FBI's assessment of MLK's radical views and allies

  • Written by Howard Manly, Race + Equity Editor, The Conversation US
imageRev. Martin Luther King Jr. relaxes at home in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use of the FBI to spy on civil rights leaders for most of the 20th century.

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the targets.

As secret FBI...

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Voters have few options to remove George Santos from Congress – aside from waiting until the next election

  • Written by Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
imageRep. George Santos leaves the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 12, 2023, followed by reporters. Win McNamee/Getty Images

There are mounting calls from both politicians and voters to force the newly elected apparent fabulist U.S. Rep. George Santos from Congress following revelations he fabricated his background and other details of his life.

But New...

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Special counsels, like those examining Biden's and Trump's handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely

  • Written by Joshua Holzer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
imageAttorney General Merrick Garland, right, announces his appointment of a special counsel to investigate handling of classified materials in Joe Biden's possession.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

Attorney General Merrick Garland has now appointed two veteran prosecutors as special counsels to oversee investigations into how President Joe Biden and...

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Marriage provides health benefits – and here's why

  • Written by Libby Richards, Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
imageIn relationships, women tend to take the lead in promoting healthy behaviors.Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

The new year is traditionally a time when many people feel a renewed commitment to create healthy habits, such as exercising regularly, drinking more water or eating more healthfully.

It turns out that when it comes to health,...

Read more: Marriage provides health benefits – and here's why

What the FDA's accelerated approval of a new Alzheimer's drug could mean for those with the disease – 5 questions answered about lecanemab

  • Written by James E. Galvin, Professor of Neurology, University of Miami
imageAlzheimer's disease is an incapacitating, progressive brain disorder that affects the lives of more than 6.5 million Americans. PamelaJoeMcFarlane/E+ via Getty Images

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the medication lecanemab, sold under the brand name Leqembi, on Jan. 6, 2023, through an “accelerated approval pathway” that...

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  1. What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social and governance standards and principles are
  2. Native eastern fence lizards changed their bodies and behavior in response to invasive red imported fire ants
  3. Bringing manufacturing back to the US requires political will, but success hinges on training American workers
  4. Sitting all day is terrible for your health – now, a new study finds a relatively easy way to counteract it
  5. Inflation report is a mixed bag – an economist explains why some items are rising faster than others
  6. How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
  7. What is the FAA's NOTAM? An aviation expert explains how the critical safety system works
  8. Reunions can be nostalgic and painful as well as happy – as the ancient Greek heroes Achilles and Odysseus show us
  9. US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady
  10. Meditation and mindfulness offer an abundance of health benefits and may be as effective as medication for treating certain conditions
  11. Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable
  12. Congress investigates presidents, the military, baseball and whatever it wants – a brief modern history of oversight
  13. Trump is facing various criminal charges – here's what we can learn from legal cases against Nixon and Clinton
  14. ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process
  15. Dead billionaires whose foundations are thriving today can thank Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
  16. NASA's busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array of missions in 2022
  17. How does a child become a shooter? Research suggests easy access to guns and exposure to screen violence increase the risk
  18. China looms large as President Biden and Japan's PM Kishida sit down to discuss defense shift, regional tensions
  19. Consumers often can't detect fake reviews – and underestimate how many negative reviews might be fakes
  20. What is racial battle fatigue? A school psychologist explains
  21. AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers
  22. 5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence
  23. What the FDA's rule changes allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed by pharmacies mean in practice – 5 questions answered
  24. Triggering cancer cells to become normal cells – how stem cell therapies can provide new ways to stop tumors from spreading or growing back
  25. College students who work more hours are less likely to graduate
  26. 2022's billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make it US's 3rd most expensive year on record
  27. Global economy 2023: COVID-19 turned global supply chains upside down – 3 ways the pandemic forced companies to rethink and transform how they source their products
  28. Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like
  29. DOJ probes Biden document handling – what is classified information, anyway?
  30. Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline
  31. The safer you feel, the less safely you might behave – but research suggests ways to counteract this tendency
  32. China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation -- should the US be worried?
  33. 30 years on, Czechoslovakia's 'velvet divorce' is not a model for Scottish independence from the UK
  34. Remote work has made developing relationships with colleagues harder – here's what workers and bosses need now
  35. God and guns often go together in US history – this course examines why
  36. Human actions created the Salton Sea, California's largest lake – here's how to save it from collapse, protecting wild birds and human health
  37. Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important piece of history – here's why art historians teach them
  38. How to unlock your creativity – even if you see yourself as a conventional thinker
  39. Russia's war in Ukraine threatens students daily and forces teachers to improvise
  40. How cancer cells move and metastasize is influenced by the fluids surrounding them – understanding how tumors migrate can help stop their spread
  41. What's a 'gig' job? How it's legally defined affects workers' rights and protections
  42. Israel's new hard-line government has made headlines – the bigger demographic changes that caused it, not so much
  43. Democracy under attack in Brazil: 5 questions about the storming of Congress and the role of the military
  44. First grader who shot teacher in Virginia is among the youngest school shooters in US history
  45. First grader who shot teacher in Virginia is among the youngest school shooters in nation's history
  46. Kevin McCarthy voted Speaker of the House on 15th vote — we had some questions about the chaotic week in Congress and got a few answers
  47. How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific
  48. Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography
  49. Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate consumption is associated with many harmful effects
  50. Visualizing the inside of cells at previously impossible resolutions provides vivid insights into how they work