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Dance and movement therapy holds promise for treating anxiety and depression, as well as deeper psychological wounds

  • Written by Lana Ruvolo Grasser, Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Fellow, Wayne State University
imageDance and movement therapy not only holds promise for treatment of trauma, anxiety and depression but can also contribute lifelong coping skills.kate_sept2004/E+ via Getty Images

A few years ago, framed by the skyline of Detroit, a group of about 15 children resettled as refugees from the Middle East and Africa leapt and twirled around, waving...

Read more: Dance and movement therapy holds promise for treating anxiety and depression, as well as deeper...

A subway flood expert explains what needs to be done to stop underground station deluges

  • Written by Klaus Hans Jacob, Professor of Geophysics, Columbia University
imageUnderground and underwater.David Dee Delgado/Getty Images via Getty Images

Subway stations in New York were inundated with water following heavy rain on Sept. 1, 2021. But the Big Apple isn’t alone – over the last year we have seen similar images in other major cities, including London and Zhengzhou in China.

We spoke with Klaus Hans...

Read more: A subway flood expert explains what needs to be done to stop underground station deluges

Hurricane Ida: 2 reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and the Northeast long after the winds weakened

  • Written by Russ Schumacher, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
imagePhiladelphia's Manayunk neighborhood was flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.AP Images/Matt Rourke

Record downpours from Hurricane Ida overwhelmed cities across the Northeast on Sept. 1, 2021, hitting some with more than 3 inches of rain an hour. Water poured into subway stations in New York City, and streets flooded up to the rooftops of cars...

Read more: Hurricane Ida: 2 reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and the Northeast long after...

'Get out now' – inside the White House on 9/11, according to the staffers who were there

  • Written by Anita McBride, Fellow in Residence, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, Department of Government, American University
imageStaff members were rushed into the White House Mess – then rushed out when they were told a plane was heading for the White House. Tina Hager/George W. Bush Presidential Center

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I anticipated a busy but relatively calm day at the White House.

I was the special assistant to the president for management and...

Read more: 'Get out now' – inside the White House on 9/11, according to the staffers who were there

How Arctic warming can trigger extreme cold waves like the Texas freeze – a new study makes the connection

  • Written by Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageTemperatures in normally warm Texas plunged into the teens in February 2021, knocking out power for a population unaccustomed to cold, with deadly consequences. Thomas Shea / AFP via Getty Images

In February 2021, in the midst of rapidly warming global temperatures, an exceptionally severe cold wave hit large parts of North America, from Canada to...

Read more: How Arctic warming can trigger extreme cold waves like the Texas freeze – a new study makes the...

Bitcoin will soon be 'legal tender' in El Salvador – here's what that means

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
imageIt's all legal tender.Steven Puetzer/The Image Bank via Getty Images

On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador will become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender.

The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, known as...

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Bitcoin is now 'legal tender' in El Salvador – here's what that means

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
imageIt's all legal tender.Steven Puetzer/The Image Bank via Getty Images

On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin legal tender.

The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, known as...

Read more: Bitcoin is now 'legal tender' in El Salvador – here's what that means

Researchers trained mice to control seemingly random bursts of dopamine in their brains, challenging theories of reward and learning

  • Written by David Kleinfeld, Professor of Physics and Neurobiology, University of California San Diego
imageThe brains of mice randomly produce large bursts of dopamine that could produce feelings of hope.Julia Kuhl, CC BY-ND

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

The big idea

My colleagues and I recently found that we were able to train mice to voluntarily increase the size and frequency of seemingly random dopamine impulses...

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'Work with hope' – a poet and classics scholar on facing the flood of bad news

  • Written by Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
imageWhat, more depressing news?Rolling Camera/ iStock / Getty Images Plus

Patience is wearing thin. Not only are we all bone-weary of the pandemic; rising hopes have made the current precarious state of confusion and fear, vigorous variants and stubborn vaccine rejection all the more frustrating.

We thought we were almost out of the woods, but...

Read more: 'Work with hope' – a poet and classics scholar on facing the flood of bad news

An entire generation of Americans has no idea how easy air travel used to be

  • Written by Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton
imageAirplane passengers line up for TSA security screenings at Denver International Airport in 2019.Robert Alexander/Getty Images

During the mid-1990s I traveled between Dayton, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., twice a month during the school year as half of a commuting couple. I could leave Dayton by 5:15 p.m., drive nearly 80 miles to the Columbus airport...

Read more: An entire generation of Americans has no idea how easy air travel used to be

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  1. As Texas ban on abortion goes into effect, a religion scholar explains that pre-modern Christian attitudes on marriage and reproductive rights were quite different
  2. Education debates are rife with references to war – but have they gone too far?
  3. At my hospital, over 95% of COVID-19 patients share one thing in common: They’re unvaccinated
  4. When human life begins is a question of politics – not biology
  5. How the Purdue opioid settlement could help the public understand the roots of the drug crisis
  6. 20 years of 'forever' wars have left a toll on US veterans returning to the question: 'Did you kill?'
  7. Feds are increasing use of facial recognition systems – despite calls for a moratorium
  8. Zinc-infused proteins are the secret that allows scorpions, spiders and ants to puncture tough skin
  9. What's on the agenda when Ukraine president meets Biden?
  10. What are the Jewish High Holy Days? A look at Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and a month of celebrating renewal and moral responsibility
  11. State efforts to ban mask mandates in schools mirror resistance to integration
  12. Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
  13. Hurricane Ida turned into a monster thanks to a giant warm patch in the Gulf of Mexico – here’s what happened
  14. Even with the eviction moratorium, landlords continued to find ways to kick renters out
  15. Afghanistan has vast mineral wealth but faces steep challenges to tap it
  16. Microeconomics explains why people can never have enough of what they want and how that influences policies
  17. Refugees after the American Revolution needed money, homes and acceptance
  18. Do US teens have the right to be vaccinated against their parents' will? It depends on where they live
  19. Bilingual people with language loss due to stroke can pose a treatment challenge – computational modeling may help clinicians treat them
  20. Lessons about 9/11 often provoke harassment of Muslim students
  21. New gene therapies may soon treat dozens of rare diseases, but million-dollar price tags will put them out of reach for many
  22. Autonomous drones could speed up search and rescue after flash floods, hurricanes and other disasters
  23. What do Muslims believe and do? Understanding the 5 pillars of Islam
  24. Understanding Islam - a brief introduction to its past and present in the United States
  25. Why some Muslim women feel empowered wearing hijab, a headscarf
  26. Islam's deep traditions of art and science have had a global influence
  27. America's Muslims come from many traditions and cultures
  28. How much do you know about Islam?
  29. What is Sharia? Islamic law shows Muslims how to live, and can be a force for progress as well as tool of fundamentalists
  30. What happens when the COVID-19 vaccines enter the body – a road map for kids and grown-ups
  31. Breathing wildfire smoke can affect the brain and sperm, as well as the lungs
  32. Drink less, exercise more and take in the air – sage advice on pandemic living from a long-forgotten, and very long, 18th-century poem
  33. What is Wicca? An expert on modern witchcraft explains.
  34. Data privacy laws in the US protect profit but prevent sharing data for public good – people want the opposite
  35. Is it a crime to forge a vaccine card? And what’s the penalty for using a fake?
  36. Why is it so difficult to fight domestic terrorism? 6 experts share their thoughts
  37. Hurricane Ida: 4 essential reads about New Orleans' high hurricane risk and what climate change has to do with the storms
  38. The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy
  39. CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: 4 questions about its impact answered by a housing law expert
  40. Poison ivy can work itchy evil on your skin – here's how
  41. TikTok, #BamaRush and the irresistible allure of mocking Southern accents
  42. How public health partnerships are encouraging COVID-19 vaccination in Mississippi, Michigan, Indiana and South Carolina
  43. Assassinations and invasions – how the US and France shaped Haiti's long history of political turmoil
  44. The invasive emerald ash borer has destroyed millions of trees – scientists aim to control it with tiny parasitic wasps
  45. Do I need a booster shot if I got the Johnson Johnson vaccine? A virologist answers 5 questions
  46. Vaccines could affect how the coronavirus evolves - but that's no reason to skip your shot
  47. What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban
  48. Racial income and wealth gaps are huge – but the Fed doesn't have the right tools to fix them
  49. American religious groups have a history of resettling refugees – including Afghans
  50. Do star athletes who want to play for the NBA really need college? What LaMelo Ball got right – and wrong – about why they don't