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Inflation report is a mixed bag – an economist explains why some items are rising faster than others

  • Written by Edouard Wemy, Assistant Professor of Economics, Clark University
imageOeuf! Egg prices are rising faster than a souffle.Getty Images

Economists worried about soaring inflation got some good news to start the year: The rate of inflation has eased. The first report card of 2023 on consumer prices, released on Jan. 12, showed that the overall cost of goods and services decelerated to an annual pace of 6.5% in December,...

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How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society

  • Written by Hajar Yazdiha, Assistant Professor of Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a cheering crowd in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 27, 1965. Bettmann/Getty Images

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to judge a person on character and not race.

In the protracted battle to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as...

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What is the FAA's NOTAM? An aviation expert explains how the critical safety system works

  • Written by Brian Strzempkowski, Interim Director, Center for Aviation Studies, The Ohio State University

Late in the evening of Jan. 10, 2023, an important digital system known as NOTAM run by the Federal Aviation Administration went offline. The FAA was able to continue getting necessary information to pilots overnight using a phone-based backup, but the stopgap couldn’t keep up with the morning rush of flights, and on Jan. 11, 2022, the FAA...

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Reunions can be nostalgic and painful as well as happy – as the ancient Greek heroes Achilles and Odysseus show us

  • Written by Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
imageA painting showing Odysseus recognizing Achilles, who is disguised as a woman.Paris, Musée Du Louvre. DeAgostini/Getty Images

Celebrations are a joyous time of reuniting with family and friends. But afterward, people can sometimes be left uneasily mulling over their relationships. Annual returns home can induce an uncomfortable nostalgia in...

Read more: Reunions can be nostalgic and painful as well as happy – as the ancient Greek heroes Achilles and...

US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady

  • Written by Sarah Hayford, Professor of Sociology; Director, Institute for Population Research, The Ohio State University
imageMore one-and-done families influence the overall birth rate.Maskot via Getty Images

Birth rates are falling in the U.S. After the highs of the Baby Boom in the mid-20th century and the lows of the Baby Bust in the 1970s, birth rates were relatively stable for nearly 50 years. But during the Great Recession, from 2007-2009, birth rates declined...

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Meditation and mindfulness offer an abundance of health benefits and may be as effective as medication for treating certain conditions

  • Written by Hilary A. Marusak, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
imagePeople of any age or walk of life can access and benefit from meditation.Daniel de la Hoz/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Many people look to diet trends or new exercise regimens – often with questionable benefit – to get a healthier start on the new year. But there is one strategy that’s been shown time and again to boost both mood...

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Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable

  • Written by Blake Earle, Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University
imageLobster fishing uses a lot of rope, and whales can die after becoming entangled in it. MyLoupe/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Maine lobster fishermen received a Christmas gift from Congress at the end of 2022: A six-year delay on new federal regulations designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The rules would...

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Congress investigates presidents, the military, baseball and whatever it wants – a brief modern history of oversight

  • Written by Claire Leavitt, Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
imageSpeaker of the House Kevin McCarthy walks to the speaker's ceremonial office at the Capitol on Jan. 9, 2023. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

After regaining a slim majority in the House of Representatives in the November 2022 midterm elections, Republicans unveiled their plans for a series of investigations into the Biden administration.

The new...

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Trump is facing various criminal charges – here's what we can learn from legal cases against Nixon and Clinton

  • Written by Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageDonald Trump waves to people during a New Year's event at his Mar-a-Lago home in December 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A Georgia special grand jury has finished its work investigating whether former president Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes when trying to overturn the 2020 election results.

While special grand juries cannot themselves...

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ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process

  • Written by Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
imageDoes the moment of imagination carry more value than the work of making something real?DeAgostini/Getty Images

In 2022, OpenAI – one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence research laboratories – released the text generator ChatGPT and the image generator DALL-E 2. While both programs represent monumental leaps in natural...

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  4. China looms large as President Biden and Japan's PM Kishida sit down to discuss defense shift, regional tensions
  5. Consumers often can't detect fake reviews – and underestimate how many negative reviews might be fakes
  6. What is racial battle fatigue? A school psychologist explains
  7. AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers
  8. 5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence
  9. What the FDA's rule changes allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed by pharmacies mean in practice – 5 questions answered
  10. Triggering cancer cells to become normal cells – how stem cell therapies can provide new ways to stop tumors from spreading or growing back
  11. College students who work more hours are less likely to graduate
  12. 2022's billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make it US's 3rd most expensive year on record
  13. 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
  14. Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like
  15. DOJ probes Biden document handling – what is classified information, anyway?
  16. Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline
  17. The safer you feel, the less safely you might behave – but research suggests ways to counteract this tendency
  18. China now publishes more high-quality science than any other nation -- should the US be worried?
  19. 30 years on, Czechoslovakia's 'velvet divorce' is not a model for Scottish independence from the UK
  20. Remote work has made developing relationships with colleagues harder – here's what workers and bosses need now
  21. God and guns often go together in US history – this course examines why
  22. Human actions created the Salton Sea, California's largest lake – here's how to save it from collapse, protecting wild birds and human health
  23. Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad are an important piece of history – here's why art historians teach them
  24. How to unlock your creativity – even if you see yourself as a conventional thinker
  25. Russia's war in Ukraine threatens students daily and forces teachers to improvise
  26. How cancer cells move and metastasize is influenced by the fluids surrounding them – understanding how tumors migrate can help stop their spread
  27. What's a 'gig' job? How it's legally defined affects workers' rights and protections
  28. Israel's new hard-line government has made headlines – the bigger demographic changes that caused it, not so much
  29. Democracy under attack in Brazil: 5 questions about the storming of Congress and the role of the military
  30. First grader who shot teacher in Virginia is among the youngest school shooters in US history
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  34. Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography
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