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The lessons 'Moby-Dick' has for a warming world of rising waters

  • Written by Aaron Sachs, Professor of History and American Studies, Cornell University
image'Moby-Dick' inspired the Warner Brothers film starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab – and perhaps can inspire readers today amid the climate crisis. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

As an environmental historian and scholar of the 19th century, I spend a lot of time thinking about how the past can help us confront our current crises...

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Space law hasn't been changed since 1967 – but the UN aims to update laws and keep space peaceful

  • Written by Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
imageThe International Space Station is a great example of how space has, for the most part, been a peaceful and collaborative international arena.NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center/Flickr, CC BY-NC

On Nov. 15, 2021, Russia destroyed one of its own old satellites using a missile launched from the surface of the Earth, creating a massive debris cloud that...

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Art illuminates the beauty of science – and could inspire the next generation of scientists young and old

  • Written by Chris Curran, Professor and Director Neuroscience Program, Northern Kentucky University
imageThe annual BioArt competition highlights the hidden parts of biology revealed under a microscope.Todd Green/BioArt, CC BY-NC-ND

Scientists have often invited the public to see what they see, using everything from engraved woodblocks to electron microscopes to explore the complexity of the scientific enterprise and the beauty of life. Sharing these...

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Scientist at work: Endangered ocelots and their genetic diversity may benefit from artificial insemination

  • Written by Ashley Reeves, DVM, PhD Candidate in Comparative and Experimental Medicine, University of Tennessee
imageWild ocelots hunt alone at night.Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

The female ocelot lay anesthetized on the exam table, behind the scenes at the Albuquerque Biopark Zoo. As a veterinarian on the team preparing to artificially inseminate this animal, my palms were sweating at the thought of missing a step, dropping the sperm sample, or...

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The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to make a healthy shift in body ideals

  • Written by Janet J. Boseovski, Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
imageBehavioral science researchers have found that people tend to have more positive body self-images when they appreciate the body for what it can do – not just how it looks.Tempura/E+ via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyday life for many people in both trivial and profound ways. Embracing pants without a waistband, trying...

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Career-based classes keep students more engaged

  • Written by Jay Stratte Plasman, Assistant Professor in Workforce Development and Education at The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University
imageCareer technical education courses are linked to higher rates of school engagement for high schoolers from low-income backgrounds. Maskot/Getty Images

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

The big idea

Taking a STEM-related career and technical education course in high school makes low-income students more engaged in...

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A new ratings industry is emerging to help homebuyers assess climate risks

  • Written by Matthew E. Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
image A cabin is illuminated by firetruck lights as the Caldor Fire burns near Lake Tahoe in California on Aug. 31, 2021.Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

As climate change fuels large-scale natural disasters, wildfire evacuations in the West and flooding from the South to New York City and New England.

Buying a house is complicated enough...

Read more: A new ratings industry is emerging to help homebuyers assess climate risks

Why the oil industry's pivot to carbon capture and storage – while it keeps on drilling – isn't a climate change solution

  • Written by June Sekera, Senior Research Fellow, Visiting Scholar, The New School
imageMost carbon dioxide captured in the U.S. today is used to extract more oil.Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

After decades of sowing doubt about climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now shifting to a new strategy: presenting itself as the source of solutions. This repositioning...

Read more: Why the oil industry's pivot to carbon capture and storage – while it keeps on drilling – isn't a...

SUV tragedy in Wisconsin shows how vehicles can be used as a weapon of mass killing – intentionally or not

  • Written by Mia Bloom, Evidence Based Cyber Security Program, Georgia State University
imageDebris at the site where an SUV plowed into a Christmas paradeJim Vondruska/Getty Images

Police have yet to confirm what caused a driver to plow a red SUV into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Nov. 21, 2021, killing at least five people and injuring scores more. But one thing is clear: Vehicles can be a deadly weapon, whether used...

Read more: SUV tragedy in Wisconsin shows how vehicles can be used as a weapon of mass killing –...

Supreme Court could redefine when a fetus becomes a person, upholding abortion limits while preserving the privacy right under Roe v. Wade

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageThe Supreme Court hears a case on Dec. 1, 2021, regarding a Mississippi abortion law that poses a legal challenge to Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images

Since the Supreme Court recognized a constitutional right to abortion almost 50 years ago, a powerful legal movement has sought to overturn the ruling, while abortion rights...

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  2. How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high
  3. Project Veritas and the mainstream media: Strange allies in the fight to protect press freedom
  4. Americans support climate change policies, especially those that give them incentives and clean up the energy supply
  5. Infrastructure law's digital equity goals are key to smart cities that work for everyone
  6. Adoptees nationwide may soon gain access to their original birth certificates
  7. Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops)
  8. The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America's origin story – but what happened in Virginia four months later mattered much more
  9. Why are barns painted red?
  10. Rittenhouse verdict flies in the face of legal standards for self-defense
  11. Jerome Powell keeps his job at the Fed, where he'll be responsible for preventing inflation from spiraling out of control – without tanking the economy
  12. Meet the person responsible for keeping inflation from spiraling out of control – without tanking the economy
  13. Could oral antiviral pills be a game-changer for COVID-19? An infectious disease physician explains why these options are badly needed
  14. 4 reasons why museums aren't cashing in on NFTs yet
  15. Cuba's post-revolution architecture offers a blueprint for how to build more with less
  16. Tick management programs could help stop Lyme disease, but US funding is inadequate
  17. Monitor or talk? 5 ways parents can help keep their children safe online
  18. Conspiracies about a 'catastrophic takeover' by Jews have long been an American problem
  19. Misremembering might actually be a sign your memory is working optimally
  20. Why Moderna won't share rights to the COVID-19 vaccine with the government that paid for its development
  21. Why do frozen turkeys explode when deep-fried?
  22. Ethiopia on the brink as crisis threatens 'peace and stability' of region -- but what has fueled the conflict and criticism of Biden's response?
  23. Ethiopia on the brink as crisis threatens 'peace and stability' of region – but what has fueled the conflict and criticism of Biden's response?
  24. Foods high in added fats and refined carbs are like cigarettes – addictive and unhealthy
  25. Mapping how the 100 billion cells in the brain all fit together is the brave new world of neuroscience
  26. Trouble on the Belarus-Poland border: What you need to know about the migrant crisis manufactured by Belarus' leader
  27. Entrepreneurship classes aren't just for business majors
  28. 5 ways to break into the video game industry
  29. What Americans hear about social justice at church – and what they do about it
  30. Joe Exotic channels the spirit of America's 19th-century tiger kings
  31. US vaccine rollout was close to optimal at reducing deaths and infections, according to a model comparing 17.5 million alternative approaches
  32. A lab-stage mRNA vaccine targeting ticks may offer protection against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases
  33. After COP26, the hard work begins on making climate promises real: 5 things to watch in 2022
  34. COP26 left the world with a climate to-do list: Here are 5 things to watch for in 2022
  35. An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice
  36. Infrastructure law: High-speed internet is as essential as water and electricity
  37. 'Off-label' use is common in medicine – a bioethicist and legal philosopher explain why the COVID-19 vaccines are different
  38. As climate change parches the Southwest, here's a better way to share water from the shrinking Colorado River
  39. How my family makes holiday decisions that work for everyone, according to a negotiation expert
  40. How to make voting districts fair to voters, not parties
  41. What Americans can learn from other cultures about the language of gratitude
  42. Want to take an online course? Here are 4 tips to make sure you get the most out of it for your career
  43. Russian anti-satellite weapon test: What happened and what are the risks?
  44. Cancers are in an evolutionary battle with treatments – evolutionary game theory could tip the advantage to medicine
  45. Congress is waiting on the CBO for its Build Back Better report – but how did fiscal scorekeepers come to be so powerful in politics?
  46. Journalism in middle America got communities through the pandemic
  47. The concrete effects of body cameras on police accountability
  48. How getting kids to make grocery lists and set the table can improve their vocabulary and willingness to learn
  49. Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complex
  50. Infrastructure matters for wildlife too – here's how aging culverts are blocking Pacific salmon migration