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A pediatrician explains a spike in ear infections this summer after COVID-19 restrictions lifted

  • Written by Abigail Kumral, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
imageWith a beam of light, an otoscope allows a clinician to examine the ear canal and eardrum.SolStock/E+ via Getty Images

Ear pain is one of the most common reasons that young children go to the doctor, and acute otitis media – which means “middle ear infection” – is the most frequent cause for the use of antibiotics in...

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You may soon be able to buy hearing aids over the counter at your local pharmacy

  • Written by Lucas Berenbrok, Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
imageThe FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 designated a new class of OTC hearing aids.Johner Images/Getty Images

Over-the-counter hearing aids may soon be hitting the shelves of community pharmacies nationwide.

We are a pharmacist and audiologist who study the potential ways OTC hearing aids could be distributed and managed. In a market dominated by only a...

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More people are eating bugs – but is it ethical to farm insects for food?

  • Written by Matan Shelomi, Associate Professor of Entomology, National Taiwan University
imageAn entovegan might happily eat an insect burger like this one, believing that their diet is both sustainable and ethical.Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images

What is the life of a cricket worth?

Insect farming is a rapidly growing industry, with hundreds of companies worldwide rearing insects at industrial scales. The global value of insect farming is...

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Global shortage of shipping containers highlights their importance in getting goods to Amazon warehouses, store shelves and your door in time for Christmas

  • Written by Anna Nagurney, Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageThe global economy depends on shipping containers. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Take a look around you.

Perhaps you’re snacking on a banana, sipping some coffee or sitting in front of your computer and taking a break from work to read this article. Most likely, those goods – as well as your smartphone, refrigerator and virtually every other...

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Afghanistan's war rug industry distorts the reality of everyday trauma

  • Written by Jamal J. Elias, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
imageThe rug designs tend to contain symbols – AK-47s, 9/11 and drones – that reflect an outsider’s understanding of war.Kevin Sudeith, courtesy of WarRug.com, CC BY-SA

The end of the U.S.-led military intervention in Afghanistan has resulted in the withdrawal of most foreign aid workers and contractors.

It may well also spell the...

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Latest parliamentary win by Putin's United Russia has been years in the manufacturing

  • Written by Regina Smyth, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
imageVladimir Putin's anti-opposition tactics helped pull off the parliamentary win.Alexey Druzhinin/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

President Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party defied economic concerns and a recent slump in support to retain a parliamentary majority – to the surprise of almost no one.

The official tally announced by Rus...

Read more: Latest parliamentary win by Putin's United Russia has been years in the manufacturing

Artificial intelligence can help highway departments find bats roosting under bridges

  • Written by Tianshu Li, Research Assistant in Systems Engineering, University of Virginia
imageCrowds gather at dusk in Austin, Texas, to watch some 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge to feed from their roost under the Congress Avenue Bridge.Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Photographs and computer vision techniques using artificial intelligence are able...

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Cómo los atardeceres rojos de Hawái permitieron a un científico aficionado descubrir las corrientes en chorro

  • Written by Kevin Hamilton, Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii
imageThe eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 sent volcanic dust and gases circling the Earth, creating spectacular sunsets captured by artists.William Ashcroft via Houghton Library/Harvard University

Durante la tarde del 5 de septiembre de 1883, la gente de Honolulu presenció una espectacular puesta de sol seguida de un periodo crepuscular descrito como...

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More companies pledge 'net-zero' emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

  • Written by Amrou Awaysheh, Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Executive Director, Business Sustainability Lab, Indiana University
imageThe world's pledges so far aren't enough to stop climate change, U.N. data show.Metamorworks via Getty Images

You’ll probably hear the term “net-zero emissions” a lot over the coming weeks as government leaders and CEOs, under pressure, talk about how they’ll reduce their countries’ or businesses’ impact on...

Read more: More companies pledge 'net-zero' emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?

China is financing infrastructure projects around the world – many could harm nature and Indigenous communities

  • Written by Blake Alexander Simmons, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boston University
imageChinese engineers pose after welding the first seamless rails for the China-Laos railway in Vientiane, Laos, June 18, 2020.Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua via Getty Images

China is shaping the future of economic development through its Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious multi-billion-dollar international push to better connect itself to the rest of...

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