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Becoming a parent through surrogacy can have ethical challenges – but it is a positive experience for some

  • Written by Danielle Tumminio Hansen, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology & Spiritual Care, Emory University, Emory University
imageNurses holding babies born to Ukrainian surrogate mothers in capital city, Kyiv.Sergei Supinsky/ AFP via Getty Images

In her new book, actress Gabrielle Union became the latest celebrity to discuss her decision to become a parent via surrogacy. She joins the ranks of household names such as Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Kidman, Kim Kardashian, all of...

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As American independence rang, a sweeping lockdown and mass inoculations fought off a smallpox outbreak

  • Written by Woody Holton, Professor of History, University of South Carolina
imageThe first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Boston, July 18, 1776.Tichnor Brothers Collection, Boston Public Library via Digital Commonwealth

Many Americans of the founding era denounced government tyranny, celebrated the Declaration of Independence – and favored lockdowns and mass inoculations to combat a viciously contagious...

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4 trends in public school enrollment due to COVID-19

  • Written by Tareena Musaddiq, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
imageU.S. public school enrollment overall decreased by 3% in the fall of 2020, but kindergarten enrollment dropped 9%.Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When schools began the fall semester of 2020 – six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – many of them reported a significant decline in student...

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Winners of 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics built mathematics of climate modeling, making predictions of global warming and modern weather forecasting possible

  • Written by David Randall, University Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
imageThe Earth's weather and climate interactions form one of the most complex systems imaginable. NASA/Joshua Stevens/Earth Observatory via Flickr, CC BY-NC

As a climate scientist myself, I was excited to learn that Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics. I first met Manabe when I was a...

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The 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine helps unravel mysteries about how the body senses temperature and pressure

  • Written by Steven D. Munger, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida
imageDavid Julius, one of the two recipients of the 2021 medicine Nobel Prize, used the active component in chile peppers to study how the brain senses heat.Anton Eine/EyeEm via Getty Images

Humans rely on our senses to tell us about the world. Which way is that waterfall? Is it day or night? Is that food fresh or spoiled?

Such questions are harder to...

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What's in the Pandora Papers? And why does South Dakota feature so heavily?

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageWhy the super-rich are targeting the Mount Rushmore state.Dean Alberga/Handout/World Archery Federation via Getty Images

A trove of confidential documents outlining how global elites squirrel away their wealth to avoid tax has been laid bare in the “Pandora Papers.”

Consisting of around 12 million documents, the data was obtained by the I...

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The Pandora Papers: why does South Dakota feature so heavily?

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageWhy the super-rich are targeting the Mount Rushmore state.Dean Alberga/Handout/World Archery Federation via Getty Images

A trove of confidential documents outlining how global elites squirrel away their wealth to avoid tax has been laid bare in the “Pandora Papers.”

Consisting of around 12 million documents, the data was obtained by the I...

Read more: The Pandora Papers: why does South Dakota feature so heavily?

Why improvisation is the future in an AI-dominated world

  • Written by Rich Pellegrin, Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
imageRobotic orchestra conductor 'Yumi' performs on stage with the Orchestra Filarmonica di Lucca in Italy in 2017.Laura Lezza/Getty Images

In his autobiography, Miles Davis complained that classical musicians were like robots.

He spoke from experience – he’d studied classical music at Juilliard and recorded with classical musicians even...

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How Theranos' faulty blood tests got to market – and what that shows about gaps in FDA regulation

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
imageTheranos promised that a drop of blood could yield many health secrets. RapidEye/E+ via Getty Images

One of the most high-profile trials of the year is underway to decide whether Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes defrauded patients and investors.

Her blood testing startup, once valued at almost US$10 billion, was based on a seemingly revolutionary...

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Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans

  • Written by Eric Bellone, Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, Suffolk University
imageIn Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, the flags of the U.S. and its territory fly side by side.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The 4 million inhabitants of five U.S. territories – Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – do not have the full protection of the Constitution, because of a series of...

Read more: Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans

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  1. California's latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewide
  2. Police killings of civilians in the US have been undercounted by more than half in official statistics
  3. The brutal trade in enslaved people within the US has been largely whitewashed out of history
  4. Why prescription drugs can work differently for different people
  5. Dangerous urban heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s, with the poor most at risk
  6. In cities, dangerous heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s, with the poor most at risk
  7. Puerto Rico has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a clean energy grid – but FEMA plans to spend $9.4 billion on fossil fuel infrastructure instead
  8. Cherry-picking the Bible and using verses out of context isn't a practice confined to those opposed to vaccines – it has been done for centuries
  9. How did white students respond to school integration after Brown v. Board of Education?
  10. How education reforms can support teachers around the world instead of undermining them
  11. Five years after largest marine heatwave on record hit northern California coast, many warm–water species have stuck around
  12. Why some college sports are often out of reach for students from low-income families
  13. Tylenol could be risky for pregnant women – a new review of 25 years of research finds acetaminophen may contribute to ADHD and other developmental disorders in children
  14. Britney’s conservatorship is one example of how the legacy of eugenics in the US continues to affect the lives of disabled women
  15. David Chase might hate that 'The Many Saints of Newark' is premiering on HBO Max – but it's the wave of the future
  16. Monsoons make deserts bloom in the US Southwest, but climate change is making these summer rainfalls more extreme and erratic
  17. To swim like a tuna, robotic fish need to change how stiff their tails are in real time
  18. Americans are in a mental health crisis – especially African Americans. Can churches help?
  19. A major new workplace safety initiative targets dangerous heat on the job, but what about chronic heat exposure?
  20. A major federal response to occupational extreme heat is here at last
  21. Britney Spears gets free of father's conservatorship – but many others remain shackled by the easily abused legal arrangement
  22. US Supreme Court gets set to address abortion, guns and religion
  23. Havana syndrome fits the pattern of psychosomatic illness – but that doesn't mean the symptoms aren't real
  24. As heat waves intensify, tens of thousands of US classrooms will be too hot for students to learn in
  25. 50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles' record company
  26. Why charter schools are not as 'public' as they claim to be
  27. Who pays and who benefits from a massive expansion of solar power?
  28. What happened during the last government shutdown: 4 essential reads
  29. SNAP benefits are rising for millions of Americans, thanks to a long-overdue 'Thrifty Food Plan' update
  30. The music of proteins is made audible through a computer program that learns from Chopin
  31. Combining an HIV vaccine with immunotherapy may reduce the need for daily medication
  32. Facebook sabe que Instagram está dañando la mente de los adolescentes... y decide callar
  33. Ancient Americans made art deep within the dark zones of caves throughout the Southeast
  34. Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other
  35. An autonomous robot may have already killed people – here's how the weapons could be more destabilizing than nukes
  36. New NCAA endorsement rules could benefit women more than men
  37. Francis Scott Key: One of the anti-slavery movement's great villains
  38. Walt Disney's radical vision for a new kind of city
  39. Why Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg may be in hot water with the SEC
  40. The Supreme Court's immense power may pose a danger to its legitimacy
  41. R. Kelly was aided by a network of complicity – common in workplace abuse – that enabled crimes to go on for decades
  42. Trillions in infrastructure spending could mean hundreds of billions in fraud
  43. Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking
  44. Could Apple's child safety feature backfire? New research shows warnings can increase risky sharing
  45. Looking for transformative travel? Keep these six stages in mind
  46. 'The Activist' reality TV show sparked furor, but treating causes as commodities with help from celebrities happens all the time
  47. Can healthy people who eat right and exercise skip the COVID-19 vaccine? A research scientist and fitness enthusiast explains why the answer is no
  48. How better funding can increase the number and diversity of doctoral students
  49. More guns, pandemic stress and a police legitimacy crisis created perfect conditions for homicide spike in 2020
  50. How Sen. Joe Manchin's support for natural gas could derail Biden's US climate plan