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Coastal gentrification in Puerto Rico is displacing people and damaging mangroves and wetlands

  • Written by Carlos G. García-Quijano, Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
imageTourism-driven development is threatening one of Puerto Rico's greatest draws: its rural coastlines.R9 Studios FL/Flickr, CC BY

As world travel rebounds after two years of COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions, marketers and the media are promoting Puerto Rico as an accessible hot spot destination for continental U.S. travelers. The commonwealth set...

Read more: Coastal gentrification in Puerto Rico is displacing people and damaging mangroves and wetlands

Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too

  • Written by Kris Manjapra, Professor of History, Tufts University
imageEmancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in 'East Woods' on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas.Austin History Center

The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were speeches, sermons and shared meals, mostly held at Black...

Read more: Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...

Trump-endorsed candidates would generally win even without his support – and that's usually the case with all political endorsements

  • Written by Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageOhio GOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance won his primary after Trump endorsed him. AP Photo/Joe Maiorana

Over the past few months, many journalists and pundits have credited the power of Donald Trump’s endorsements with determining the winners of Republican primaries.

Trump has made 203 candidate endorsements in the 2022 election cycle so far,...

Read more: Trump-endorsed candidates would generally win even without his support – and that's usually the...

International courts prosecuting leaders like Putin for war crimes have a mixed record – but offer clues on how to get a conviction

  • Written by Victor Peskin, Associate professor of politics and global studies, Arizona State University
imageA sign reading 'Putin, murderer' is shown during a protest in Krakow, Poland, on May 8, 2022. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

There have been mounting calls from Ukrainian and other activists and political leaders to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine, including authorizing attacks on civilians. There has...

Read more: International courts prosecuting leaders like Putin for war crimes have a mixed record – but offer...

Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research

  • Written by Eric Klopack, Postdoctoral Researcher in Gerontology, University of Southern California
imageImmunosenescence, or immune aging, can lead to less effective responses to vaccines and greater vulnerability to invading pathogens.Kudryavtsev Pavel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune system, called immunosenescence, may be an important part of such age-related healt...

Read more: Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research

Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers' mental health, leading to family conflict

  • Written by Joyce Y. Lee, Assistant Professor of Social Work, The Ohio State University
imageMost research on poverty has focused on the effects on mothers, but a new study shows the importance of turning increased attention to fathers' mental health.kieferpix/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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

The big idea

For families on low incomes, difficulty paying utility bills, rent,...

Read more: Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers' mental health, leading to family conflict

How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today's words could shape tomorrow's reality and who benefits from it

  • Written by Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
imageThe metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around for several decades.Screen capture from Second Life by Tom Boellstorff, CC BY-ND

Quick, define the word “metaverse.”

Coined in 1992 by science fiction author Neal Stephenson, the relatively obscure term exploded in popularity...

Read more: How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today's words could shape tomorrow's reality...

The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped for

  • Written by Marcia Rieke, Regents Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
imageThe mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and producing incredibly sharp images, like this test image of a star.NASA/STScI via Flickr

NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They’ll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb – the largest...

Read more: The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more...

Privacy isn't in the Constitution – but it's everywhere in constitutional law

  • Written by Scott Skinner-Thompson, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder
imageWho's allowed to watch what you do and say?Shannon Fagan/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Almost all American adults – including parents, medical patients and people who are sexually active – regularly exercise their right to privacy, even if they don’t know it.

Privacy is not specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. But for...

Read more: Privacy isn't in the Constitution – but it's everywhere in constitutional law

Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their chosen pronouns

  • Written by Genny Beemyn, Director, Stonewall Center, UMass Amherst
imageTrans student rights often hang in the balance.Maskot/Getty Images

In Tennessee, a proposed law would let public school teachers refuse to call transgender students by the pronouns they use for themselves.

At Shawnee State University – a public university in Ohio – a professor got paid US$400,000 to settle a lawsuit that he filed against...

Read more: Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their...

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  2. Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on
  3. Tumblr's enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web's cultural memory
  4. EU law would require Big Tech to do more to combat child sexual abuse, but a key question remains: How?
  5. Fertilizer prices are soaring – and that's an opportunity to promote more sustainable ways of growing crops
  6. Satellites zoom in on cities' hottest neighborhoods to help combat the urban heat island effect
  7. Where the witches were men: A historian explains what magic looked like in early modern Russia
  8. When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music
  9. Russians with diverse media diet more likely to oppose Ukraine war
  10. Elder abuse comes in many forms – appropriate Adult Protective Services referrals can help reduce mistreatment
  11. Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal
  12. From 'dada' to Darth Vader – why the way we name fathers reminds us we spring from the same well
  13. 'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime
  14. There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains
  15. Could steam-powered cars decrease the CO2 in the atmosphere?
  16. Alcohol is becoming more common in sexual assault among college students
  17. Grassroots mojo and 4 other reasons Starbucks workers have been so successful unionizing
  18. Immigrants are only 3.5% of people worldwide – and their negative impact is often exaggerated, in the U.S. and around the world
  19. Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities
  20. Inflation hits fresh 40-year high, pushing Fed to get more aggressive with interest rates – and the 'Beveridge curve' should give it courage to do so
  21. Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room
  22. What 'grassroots humanitarians' eager to travel to Ukraine or its borders should know before dashing off
  23. Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?
  24. Decades after special education law and key ruling, updates still languish
  25. What is chronic wasting disease? A wildlife scientist explains the fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America
  26. Biden just declared heat pumps and solar panels essential to national defense – here's why and the challenges ahead
  27. Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide – two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it
  28. Jan. 6 hearing gives primetime exposure to violent footage and dramatic evidence – the question is, to what end?
  29. Blaming 'evil' for mass violence isn’t as simple as it seems – a philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word
  30. Newly discovered fast radio burst challenges what astronomers know about these powerful astronomical phenomena
  31. Regardless of seditious conspiracy charges' outcome, right-wing groups like Proud Boys seek to build a white nation
  32. What is 'committed warming'? A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue after emissions end
  33. Imposing penalties can deter rule breakers – but the timing needs to be right
  34. Migration to the US is on the rise again – but it's unlikely to be fully addressed during the Summit of the Americas, or anytime soon
  35. Nations are pledging to create ocean preserves – how do those promises add up?
  36. ADHD: Medication alone doesn't improve classroom learning for children – new research
  37. 'Jurassic World' scientists still haven't learned that just because you can doesn't mean you should – real-world genetic engineers can learn from the cautionary tale
  38. People overestimate groups they find threatening – when 'sizing up' others, bias sneaks in
  39. Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here's what the data tells us
  40. Conservative Supreme Court justices disagree about how to read the law
  41. How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the future
  42. No, Latinos don't actually have less heart disease – a new large study refutes the longstanding 'Latino paradox'
  43. US tragedies from guns have often – but not always – spurred political responses
  44. Why can't you remember being born, learning to walk or saying your first words? What scientists know about 'infantile amnesia'
  45. Primaries are getting more crowded with candidates, and that's good news for extremists and bad news for voters
  46. What triggers the 'trigger laws' that could ban abortions?
  47. How a public hearing is different from an investigation – and what that means for the Jan. 6 committee
  48. As one of Vladimir Putin's closest advisers on Ukraine, Nicolai Patrushev spreads disinformation and outlandish conspiracy theories
  49. Biden throws US solar industry a lifeline with tariff relief, but can incentives bring manufacturing back?
  50. Biden throws US solar installers a lifeline with tariff relief, but can incentives bring manufacturing back?