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Installing solar-powered refrigerators in developing countries is an effective way to reduce hunger and slow climate change

  • Written by Abay Yimere, Postdoctoral Scholar in International Environment and Resource Policy, Tufts University
imagePeople buy produce at a wholesale market in Nakuru, Kenya, on Dec. 24, 2022.James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it makes economies less productive and leaves people hungry.

It also harms Earth’s climate by generating...

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Prince Harry's portrayal of war in 'Spare' is making headlines – but combat decision-making is more complex than his words suggest

  • Written by Neil Shortland, Director, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies; Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imagePrince Harry sits on an Apache helicopter at the British-controlled flight line in Afghanistan on Dec. 12, 2012.John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images

The last few weeks have seen a steady stream of news related to the new memoir written by Prince Harry, titled “Spare.” While much of the media attention has focused on his relationship...

Read more: Prince Harry's portrayal of war in 'Spare' is making headlines – but combat decision-making is...

How Edgar Allan Poe became the darling of the maligned and misunderstood

  • Written by Scott Peeples, Professor of English, College of Charleston
imageCould the pugnacious writer ever have imagined that he would one day become a cult hero?Nick Lehr/The Conversation via DALL-E 2, CC BY-SA

Edgar Allan Poe, who would have turned 214 years old on Jan. 19, 2023, remains one of the world’s most recognizable and popular literary figures.

His face – with its sunken eyes, enormous forehead and...

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Lo que la Biblia realmente dice sobre el aborto puede sorprenderte

  • Written by Melanie A. Howard, Associate Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies, Fresno Pacific University
imageLos abortos eran conocidos y practicados en tiempos bíblicos, aunque los métodos diferían significativamente de los modernos.Win McNamee via Getty Images

En los días transcurridos desde que la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos anuló Roe v. Wade, que habia establecido el derecho constitucional al aborto hecho 50...

Read more: Lo que la Biblia realmente dice sobre el aborto puede sorprenderte

Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows

  • Written by Jyoti Mishra, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
imageThe 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings in and around Paradise, Calif.Marcus Yam /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Psychological trauma from extreme weather and climate events, such as wildfires, can have long-term impacts on survivors’...

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Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal – counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society

  • Written by Feng Wang, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
imageWill an aging, shrinking population put the brakes on economic growth?CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images.

Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin.

So news that the Chinese population is now in decline, and will sometime later this year be surpass...

Read more: Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal – counting the social, economic and political costs...

A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters

  • Written by Rebecca Weber, Associate Professor Library, Oklahoma State University
imageThere's a small but growing number of books for younger readers that feature main characters with disabilities.Wavebreakmedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

Disability representation is slowly increasing in books geared toward children and teens.

In 2019 the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...

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Flood forecasts in real-time with block-by-block data could save lives – a new machine learning method makes it possible

  • Written by Valeriy Ivanov, Professor of Hydrosystems Engineering, University of Michigan
imageDriving into floodwater, as this vehicle did in Sonoma County, Calif., on Jan. 5, 2023, can be extremely dangerous.Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

The extreme flooding and mudslides across California in recent weeks took many drivers by surprise. Sinkholes swallowed cars, highways became fast-moving rivers of water, entire neighborhoods were...

Read more: Flood forecasts in real-time with block-by-block data could save lives – a new machine learning...

Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas for heating too

  • Written by Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
imageIndustry wants to keep people cooking with gas.Jamie Grill, Tetra Images via Getty Images

Gas stoves are a leading source of hazardous indoor air pollution, but they emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why, then, have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics?

This debate reignited on Jan. 9, 2023, when...

Read more: Why gas stoves matter to the climate – and the gas industry: Keeping them means homes will use gas...

Fictional newsman Ted Baxter was more invested in fame than in good journalism – but unlike today's pundits, he didn't corrupt the news

  • Written by Heather Hendershot, Professor of Film and Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
imageFictional anchorman Ted Baxter, center, flanked by newsroom boss Lou Grant and colleague Mary Richards, on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' in 1970.Bettmann/Getty

Pundits are commonplace in today’s cable news environment, with politically tilted news coverage coming from both left and right. Particularly dangerous are characters like Tucker...

Read more: Fictional newsman Ted Baxter was more invested in fame than in good journalism – but unlike...

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  2. Kicking off the new year by cleansing your body with a detox diet? A dietitian unpacks the science behind these fads
  3. Vaccination to prevent dementia? New research suggests one way viral infections can accelerate neurodegeneration
  4. Dozens of US schools, universities move to ban TikTok
  5. Why aren't there any legal protections for the children of influencers?
  6. US military spending in Ukraine reached nearly $50 billion in 2022 – but no amount of money alone is enough to end the war
  7. This lunar year will be the Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat, depending on where you live
  8. 50 years after Roe, many ethics questions shape the abortion debate: 4 essential reads
  9. Sex, drugs and alcohol are the top reasons that Texas teachers get in trouble, but overall, such cases are rare
  10. Parents in the US had alarmingly high rates of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic – and that has a direct effect on kids
  11. Moderna's experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn't prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it works
  12. New Israeli power broker seeks to rewrite history to justify violence against Palestinians
  13. Allegations that the charity George Santos claims to have run was fake highlight how scams divert money from worthy causes
  14. Deep seabed mining plans pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier
  15. Stopping the cancer cells that thrive on chemotherapy – research into how pancreatic tumors adapt to stress could lead to a new treatment approach
  16. 'The most dangerous Negro': 3 essential reads on the FBI's assessment of MLK's radical views and allies
  17. Voters have few options to remove George Santos from Congress – aside from waiting until the next election
  18. Special counsels, like those examining Biden's and Trump's handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely
  19. Marriage provides health benefits – and here's why
  20. What the FDA's accelerated approval of a new Alzheimer's drug could mean for those with the disease – 5 questions answered about lecanemab
  21. What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social and governance standards and principles are
  22. Native eastern fence lizards changed their bodies and behavior in response to invasive red imported fire ants
  23. Bringing manufacturing back to the US requires political will, but success hinges on training American workers
  24. Sitting all day is terrible for your health – now, a new study finds a relatively easy way to counteract it
  25. Inflation report is a mixed bag – an economist explains why some items are rising faster than others
  26. How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
  27. What is the FAA's NOTAM? An aviation expert explains how the critical safety system works
  28. Reunions can be nostalgic and painful as well as happy – as the ancient Greek heroes Achilles and Odysseus show us
  29. US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady
  30. Meditation and mindfulness offer an abundance of health benefits and may be as effective as medication for treating certain conditions
  31. Lobsters versus right whales: The latest chapter in a long quest to make fishing more sustainable
  32. Congress investigates presidents, the military, baseball and whatever it wants – a brief modern history of oversight
  33. Trump is facing various criminal charges – here's what we can learn from legal cases against Nixon and Clinton
  34. ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process
  35. Dead billionaires whose foundations are thriving today can thank Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
  36. NASA's busiest year in decades – an astronomer sums up the dizzying array of missions in 2022
  37. How does a child become a shooter? Research suggests easy access to guns and exposure to screen violence increase the risk
  38. China looms large as President Biden and Japan's PM Kishida sit down to discuss defense shift, regional tensions
  39. Consumers often can't detect fake reviews – and underestimate how many negative reviews might be fakes
  40. What is racial battle fatigue? A school psychologist explains
  41. AI and the future of work: 5 experts on what ChatGPT, DALL-E and other AI tools mean for artists and knowledge workers
  42. 5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence
  43. What the FDA's rule changes allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed by pharmacies mean in practice – 5 questions answered
  44. Triggering cancer cells to become normal cells – how stem cell therapies can provide new ways to stop tumors from spreading or growing back
  45. College students who work more hours are less likely to graduate
  46. 2022's billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make it US's 3rd most expensive year on record
  47. 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
  48. Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like
  49. DOJ probes Biden document handling – what is classified information, anyway?
  50. Organ-on-a-chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real-life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline