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Traditional Buddhist teachings exclude LGBTQ people from monastic life, but change is coming slowly

  • Written by Jue Liang, Assistant Professor, Denison University
imageNovice Buddhist monks during a mass ordination at Dhamagaya Temple in central Thailand in 2010.AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong

The symbolic image of the silently meditating nun or chanting monk often embodies the Buddhist religion. Such representation may make it appear that Buddhist teachings and practices are grounded in heterosexual norms. However,...

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People can have food sensitivities without noticeable symptoms – long-term consumption of food allergens may lead to behavior and mood changes

  • Written by Kumi Nagamoto-Combs, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota
imageAsymptomatic sensitization may lead people to continue consuming food allergens, causing hidden neurological issues.Garetsworkshop/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The prevalence of food allergies is increasing worldwide, approaching an epidemic level in some regions. In the U.S. alone, approximately 10% of children and adults suffer from food...

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World Cup's 'middle income trap' – why breaking into soccer's elite is so hard to do (as Morocco might soon find out)

  • Written by Stefan Szymanski, Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
imageRising above Spain is one thing ... but can Morocco repeat the feat again and again and again? Liu Lu/VCG via Getty Images

Every World Cup produces surprises.

In the group stage in Qatar, Japan delighted almost everyone by defeating both Germany and Spain, Saudi Arabia upset Argentina, Morocco felled Belgium, and South Korea shocked Portugal.

Even mig...

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What are Iran's morality police? A scholar of the Middle East explains their history

  • Written by Pardis Mahdavi, Provost and Executive Vice President, The University of Montana
imageProtestors are pressing the Iranian regime for changes since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.AP Photo/Emrah Gurel

Until recently, most people outside of Iran had never heard of the country’s morality police, let alone followed their wider role in the region. But on Sept. 16, 2022, the death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked widespread protests...

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Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – here's the proof, captured by high-powered lasers

  • Written by John Crimaldi, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
imageAerosol plumes from commercial toilets can rise 5 feet above the bowl.John Crimaldi/Scientific Reports, CC BY-NC-ND

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in public restrooms to contagious...

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Georgia runoff: Candidate quality meant fewer Republicans turned out for Walker

  • Written by Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
imageWhen it came down to it, some Republicans couldn't vote for Herschel Walker.AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

Runoff elections tend to be races of attrition. Turnout will most likely be lower, as voters are less accustomed to turning out for off-cycle elections. Candidates, then, must try to minimize attrition among their supporters, and the one with the...

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Mosquitoes are not repelled by vitamins and other oral supplements you might take

  • Written by Matan Shelomi, Associate Professor of Entomology, National Taiwan University
imageIt's only wishful thinking that you can ward off mosquitoes from within.frank600/iStock via Getty Images Plus

A longstanding medical myth suggests that taking vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, can make your body repel mosquitoes.

A “systemic repellent” that makes your whole body unappealing to biting insects certainly sounds good. Even...

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Russian troops' poor performance and low morale may worsen during a winter of more discontent

  • Written by Liam Collins, Founding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point
imageA man walks amid buildings damaged by Russian missiles in Ukraine on Nov. 28, 2022.Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

With Russian troops digging trenches to prepare for an expected winter standoff, it would be easy to conclude that fighting will slow in Ukraine until after the ground thaws in the spring.

But evidence from the Ukrainian...

Read more: Russian troops' poor performance and low morale may worsen during a winter of more discontent

Biden signs marriage equality bill into law – but the Respect for Marriage Act has a few key limitations

  • Written by Dorian Rhea Debussy, Lecturer of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
imageThe Respect for Marriage Act will reverse the 1996 law that defines marriage as one between heterosexual couples.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden signed theRespect for Marriage Act on Dec. 13, 2022, protecting the federal right to same-gender marriage, which is often referred to as same-sex marriage.

The U.S. House of...

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Harnessing the brain's immune cells to stave off Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases

  • Written by Kristine Zengeler, Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience, University of Virginia
imageMicroglia (colored green) play several essential roles in maintaining brain health and function. Gerry Shaw/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA

Many neurodegenerative diseases, or conditions that result from the loss of function or death of brain cells, remain largely untreatable. Most available treatments target just one of the multiple processes that...

Read more: Harnessing the brain's immune cells to stave off Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases

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  1. Congress codifies marriage equality – but the Respect for Marriage Act has a few key limitations
  2. Asexual Latter-day Saints face an added dilemma: Finding their place in a tradition focused on marriage
  3. Risers, founders, planners and fillers: 4 career paths to get to the top at nonprofits
  4. Cherokee Nation wants to send a delegate to the House – it's an idea older than Congress itself
  5. How to deal with holiday stress, Danish-style
  6. For Indonesia's transgender community, faith can be a source of discrimination – but also tolerance and solace
  7. Native Hawaiians believe volcanoes are alive and should be treated like people, with distinct rights and responsibilities
  8. Early and mail-in voting: Research shows they don't always bring in new voters
  9. What’s really driving ‘climate gentrification’ in Miami? It isn’t fear of sea-level rise
  10. Supreme Court signals sympathy with web designer opposed to same-sex marriage in free speech case
  11. Georgia runoff elections are exciting, but costly for voters and democracy
  12. How does a television set work?
  13. Shorter days affect the mood of millions of Americans – a nutritional neuroscientist offers tips on how to avoid the winter blues
  14. Pharma's expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation
  15. Text-to-image AI: powerful, easy-to-use technology for making art – and fakes
  16. A judge in Texas is using a recent Supreme Court ruling to say domestic abusers can keep their guns
  17. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights after the Civil War
  18. Orthodox Judaism can still be a difficult world for LGBTQ Jews – but in some groups, the tide is slowly turning
  19. This course takes college students out of this world – and teaches them what it takes to become space pioneers
  20. Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss
  21. The 4 biggest gift-giving mistakes, according to a consumer psychologist
  22. How fake foreign news fed political fervor and led to the American Revolution
  23. Jobs are up! Wages are up! So why am I as an economist so gloomy?
  24. Religious freedom and LGBTQ rights are clashing in schools and on campuses – and courts are deciding
  25. Nurses' attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination for their children are highly influenced by partisanship, a new study finds
  26. Brain-computer interfaces could allow soldiers to control weapons with their thoughts and turn off their fear – but the ethics of neurotechnology lags behind the science
  27. Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
  28. Protecting 30% of Earth's surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far
  29. Student 'slave auctions' illustrate the existence of a hidden culture of domination and subjugation in US schools
  30. 3 ways cryptocurrency is changing the way colleges do business with students and donors
  31. Genocides persist, nearly 70 years after the Holocaust – but there are recognized ways to help prevent them
  32. Jiang Zemin propelled China's economic rise in the world, leaving his successors to deal with the massive inequality that followed
  33. EU plans to set up a new court to prosecute Russia's war on Ukraine – but there's a mixed record on holding leaders like Putin accountable for waging wars
  34. Twitter lifted its ban on COVID misinformation – research shows this is a grave risk to public health
  35. How parents can play a key role in the prevention and treatment of teen mental health problems
  36. Who's giving Americans spiritual care? As congregational attendance shrinks, it's often chaplains
  37. Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
  38. Resounding success of 'Black Panther' franchise says little about the dubious state of Black film
  39. Healthy democracy requires trust -- these 3 things could start to restore voters' declining faith in US elections
  40. Protests in China are not rare -- but the current unrest is significant
  41. Ancient DNA from the teeth of 14th-century Ashkenazi Jews in Germany already included genetic variations common in modern Jews
  42. Oath Keepers convictions shed light on the limits of free speech – and the threat posed by militias
  43. Where Mauna Loa’s lava is coming from – and why Hawaii’s volcanoes are different from most
  44. Pregnancy is a genetic battlefield – how conflicts of interest pit mom's and dad's genes against each other
  45. What's a polycule? An expert on polyamory explains
  46. Beware of 'Shark Week': Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male 'experts' named Mike
  47. Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future
  48. Black Twitter's expected demise would make it harder to publicize police brutality and discuss racism
  49. Fatherhood changes men's brains, according to before-and-after MRI scans
  50. More than 4 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths are preventable in the US, and mental health is the leading cause