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Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap's widespread influence

  • Written by Nick Lehr, Arts + Culture Editor
imageHip-hop culture spread quickly – to places like London, seen here in 1984.Kerstin Rodgers/Redferns

On the evening of Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc attended a block party in the South Bronx. Armed with two record players and a mixer, he created an extended percussive break while others rhymed over the beats. Hip-hop was born.

Well, that’s...

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Building relationships is key for first-year college students – here are 5 easy ways to meet new friends and mentors

  • Written by Leo M. Lambert, President Emeritus and Professor of Education, Elon University
imageResearch shows that campus employment and relationships with peers help college students succeed. Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images

What’s the best advice you can give to a new college student? Connections are everything.

Research for decades has shown that the relationships students cultivate in college – with professors,...

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Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government's initial response when disasters strike islands

  • Written by Ivis García, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
imageA wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii, on Aug. 9, 2023. AP Photo/Ty O'Neil

Wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian tourist town of Lahaina on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, leaving many of its roughly 13,000 residentshomeless. Fires also burned in other areas on Maui, Hawaii’s second-largest island, and its Big Island. President Joe Biden issued a disaster...

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Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities of art and design

  • Written by Audrey G. Bennett, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
imageArtist AbdulAlim U-K (Aikin Karr) combines the fractal structure of traditional African architecture with emerging technologies in computer graphics.AbdulAlim U-K, CC BY-ND

The model of democracy in the 1920s is sometimes called “the melting pot” – the dissolution of different cultures into an American soup. An update for the...

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US losing Fitch's top AAA credit rating may portend future economic weakness

  • Written by Hakan Yilmazkuday, Professor of Economics, Florida International University
imageMoney doesn't grow on trees for governments either.imagedepotpro/E+ via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

The formerly pristine reputation of the U.S. government’s debt lost a little more luster after another prominent rating agency demoted Uncle Sam from its AAA perch.

What does a downgrade of U.S. creditworthiness like this actually mean?

While the...

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San Jose and the reemergence of the donut city

  • Written by Mark Davidson, Professor of Geography, Clark University
imageAmerican downtowns were facing headwinds even before the pandemic began.Mark Davidson, CC BY-ND

The specter of downtown decline is again haunting American cities.

After many decades of reinvestment and repopulation, some American downtowns are now showing signs of hollowing out again.

The COVID-19 pandemic certainly bears some of the blame.

The...

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Beyoncé has a prenup − but do you need one if you're not a millionaire?

  • Written by Allison Anna Tait, Professor of Law, University of Richmond
imageA prenup allows couples to separate their debt from the debts of their spouse.Kevin Mazur via Getty Images

A prenuptial agreement can seem like something only high-profile people like Jeff Bezos – with his US$138 billion fortune to protect – actually need.

But prenups – contracts entered into before marriage that detail how assets...

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'Uncivil obedience' becomes an increasingly common form of protest in the US

  • Written by Kristina M. Lee, Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
imageProtesters in Utah demonstrate against a school district's ban on the Bible for having 'vulgarity and violence' unfit for young children.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

When Utah legislators passed a bill requiring the review and removal of “pornographic or indecent” books in school libraries, they likely did not imagine the law would be used to...

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Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? A nutritionist explains the science behind 'functional' foods

  • Written by Janet Colson, Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Middle Tennessee State University
imageWhile apples aren't considered a superfood, they are considered a functional food.Caterina Oltean/500px Prime via Getty Images

We’ve all heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but how true is that?

Apples are not high in vitamin A, nor are they beneficial for vision like carrots. They are not a great source of vitamin C and...

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Lab-grown ‘ghost hearts' work to solve organ transplant shortage by combining a cleaned-out pig heart with a patient’s own stem cells

  • Written by Doris Taylor, Regenerative Medicine Lecturer, University of New Hampshire
imageA 'ghost heart' is a pig's heart prepared so that it can be transplanted into people.Provided by Doris Taylor

Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.9 million people lose their lives to it each year, accounting for 32% of global deaths.

Doris Taylor is a scientist working in...

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  3. Air travel is in a rut – is there any hope of recapturing the romance of flying?
  4. AI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023's summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods too
  5. The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat
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  7. Researchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter
  8. A brief illustrated guide to 'scissors congruence' − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical research
  9. Women get far more migraines than men – a neurologist explains why, and what brings relief
  10. Despite giving students chances to cheat, unsupervised online exams gauge student learning comparably to in-person exams
  11. Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment
  12. Donald Trump is right − he is getting special treatment, far better than most other criminal defendants
  13. Kamala Harris has tied the record for the most tie-breaking votes in Senate history – a brief overview of what vice presidents do
  14. Yellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance as riding the Tour de France
  15. Medical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles
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  17. Re-imagining democracy for the 21st century, possibly without the trappings of the 18th century
  18. Contacting your legislator? Cite your sources – if you want them to listen to you
  19. US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement
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  21. Trump may try to delay his first federal trial – it's a common legal strategy to fend off a criminal conviction
  22. Myanmar crisis highlights limits of Indonesia's 'quiet diplomacy' as it sets sights on becoming a 'great regional power'
  23. Ending affirmative action does nothing to end discrimination against Asian Americans
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  25. Trump indicted in Jan. 6 case – but his 3 upcoming trials may not keep him off the campaign trail
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  27. Trump facing multiple criminal charges, investigations: 44 articles explain what you need to know
  28. Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers – here's how the US could reduce their risk
  29. Is Congress on a witch hunt? 5 ways to judge whether oversight hearings are legitimate or politicized
  30. Sinead O'Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking
  31. Millions across the world live with low back pain, but addressing major risk factors like smoking, obesity and workplace ergonomics could curb the trend, research shows
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  33. Giuliani claims the First Amendment lets him lie – 3 essential reads
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  36. Alabama is not the first state to defy a Supreme Court ruling: 3 essential reads on why that matters
  37. Federal government is challenging Texas's buoys in the Rio Grande – here’s why these kinds of border blockades wind up complicating immigration enforcement
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  45. Sen. Tuberville's blockade of US military promotions takes a historic tradition to a radical new level – and could go beyond Congress' August break
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  47. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts uses conflicting views of race to resolve America's history of racial discrimination
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