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The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide

  • Written by Nicholas P. Sullivan, Senior Research Fellow, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program, and Senior Fellow, Council on Emerging Market Enterprises, Tufts University
imageA researcher at the advocacy group Oceana uses GPS data to trace the activity of fishing boats. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images

People in the world’s developed nations live in a post-industrial era, working mainly in service or knowledge industries. Manufacturers increasingly rely on sensors, robots, artificial intelligence and machine...

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The FDA approved a new drug to treat Alzheimer's, but Medicare won't always pay for it – a doctor explains what researchers know about Biogen's Aduhelm

  • Written by Andrew Williams, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
imageAn illustration of amyloid plaques within the human brain, characteristic features of Alzheimer's. By 2060, approximately 14 million Americans are expected to have the disease.Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Medicare finalized its decision to restrict its coverage of Aduhelm, Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug, on...

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A decade of science and trillions of collisions show the W boson is more massive than expected – a physicist on the team explains what it means for the Standard Model

  • Written by John Conway, Professor of Physics, University of California, Davis
imageMeasuring the mass of W bosons took 10 years – and the result was not what physicists expected.PM Images/Digital Vision via Getty Images

“You can do it quickly, you can do it cheaply, or you can do it right. We did it right.” These were some of the opening remarks from David Toback, leader of the Collider Detector at Fermilab, as...

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Police presence on school grounds poses potential risks to kids

  • Written by Elizabeth K. Anthony, Associate Professor of Social Work, Arizona State University
imageEvidence shows that students are being arrested for minor misbehavior. Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images

In fall 2020, I got an email from the Phoenix Elementary School District #1, a K-8 school district, requesting feedback on whether to continue using school resource officers in seven of the...

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Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient

  • Written by Tok Thompson, Professor of Anthropology and Communication, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageChildren celebrating Easter, with their Easter Bunnies and Easter eggs.Sanja Radin/Collection E+ via Getty Images

The Easter Bunny is a much celebrated character in American Easter celebrations. On Easter Sunday, children look for hidden special treats, often chocolate Easter eggs, that the Easter Bunny might have left behind.

As a folklorist,...

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News media heeding call to limit naming perpetrators in mass shootings

  • Written by Thomas J. Hrach, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Strategic Media, University of Memphis
imageAt times taking their lead from police, journalists are naming shooters less often and less prominently.Brad Vest/Getty Images

The day after a man opened fire at a Collierville, Tennessee, grocery store, killing one person and wounding 13 others before turning the gun on himself, local police conducted an impromptu news conference to identify the...

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What is the Sikh festival of Baisakhi and why is it so sacred?

  • Written by Simranjit Khalsa, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Memphis
imageSikh men and women during a prayer service during the Baisakhi festival.Giovanni Mereghetti/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Sikhs all over the world celebrate the festival of Baisakhi, a holiday with a special religious significance, observed each year on April 13 or 14. In 2022, Baisakhi falls on April 14.

As a sociologist...

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What's next for Pakistan after Imran Khan's ouster?

  • Written by Ayesha Jalal, Professor of History, Tufts University
imageSupporters of Imran Khan take to the streetsFarooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images)

A protracted political drama in Pakistan turned a page on April 10, 2022, with Prime Minister Imran Khan being removed from office following a vote of no confidence in the country’s Parliament.

He was replaced by opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif. But that is...

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El problema de las viviendas ecológicas que Brad Pitt donó para los sobrevivientes del huracán Katrina

  • Written by Judith Keller, International Research Scholar of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageBrad Pitt, en 2008, con una de las primeras casas construidas en Nueva Orleans por su fundación, Make It Right.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

La Fundación Make It Right de Brad Pitt construyó 109 casas llamativas y accesibles en Nueva Orleans para una comunidad donde muchas personas fueron desplazadas por los daños causados por el...

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How a coffee company and a marketing maven brewed up a Passover tradition: A brief history of the Maxwell House Haggadah

  • Written by Kerri Steinberg, Department Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Otis College of Art and Design
imageA Jewish family welcomes home their Navy man and gathers for a Passover Seder at their home in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1943.Minnesota Historical Society/CORBIS/Corbis Historical via Getty Images

For more than a millennium, the haggadah has been the centerpiece of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The book sets out the ceremony for the Seder meal, when...

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  10. Russia isn't likely to use chemical weapons in Ukraine – unless Putin grows desperate
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  13. Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that flourished in ancient Sudan
  14. Abusive bosses often blame a worker's lack of effort or care for poor performance when it's their own biases that may be the problem
  15. Thawing permafrost is roiling the Arctic landscape, driven by a hidden world of changes beneath the surface as the climate warms
  16. Raising cattle on native grasses in the eastern U.S. benefits farmers, wildlife and the soil
  17. Monkeys can sense their own heartbeats, an ability tied to mental health, consciousness and memory in humans
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  24. Water fights, magical decapitated heads and family reunions – the Southeast Asian festival of Songkran has it all
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  30. UN Security Council is powerless to help Ukraine – but it's working as designed to prevent World War III
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  34. Pope Francis apologized for the harm done to First Nations peoples, but what does a pope’s apology mean?
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  42. The forgotten story of Black soldiers and the Red Ball Express during World War II
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