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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has Kremlin battling for hearts and minds at home

  • Written by Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
imageThe Kremlin has exerted tight control over news and social media in an effort to control the information Russians receive about the Ukraine war.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Russian President Vladimir Putin is locked in a vicious struggle not only to subjugate Ukraine, but also to keep his own citizens united in support of Kremlin...

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Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s Russia

  • Written by Lena Surzhko Harned, Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
imageRussian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow. Andrey Rusov, Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

A curious new church was dedicated on the outskirts of Moscow in June 2020: The Main Church of the Russian Armed Forces. The massive, khaki-colored cathedral in a...

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Solar storms can destroy satellites with ease – a space weather expert explains the science

  • Written by Piyush Mehta, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
imageThe Sun occasionally ejects large amounts of energy and particles into space that can smash into Earth.NASA/GSFC/SDO via WikimediaCommons

On Feb. 4, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet project, most of which burned up in the atmosphere days later. The cause of this more than US$50 million failure was a...

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Why your kid won't put down the smartphone – it's not your fault

  • Written by Meghan Owenz, Assistant Teaching Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, Penn State
imageIt's important to know how technology affects the human brain.John M Lund Photography Inc/Stone via Getty Images

Nearly three-quarters of parents are concerned that their kids’ use of mobile devices may be harmful to them or to family relationships – and that was from research done before the pandemic.

But it’s not parents’...

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'Freedom will triumph over tyranny': Biden's first State of the Union echoes themes from the Cold War

  • Written by Allison M. Prasch, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imagePresenting a unified front.Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images

It was a familiar scene.

The president of the United States strode down the aisle of the U.S. House of Representatives to deliver the State of the Union address, the only constitutionally mandated instance of presidential speech. Usually, it serves to lay out the White House’s policy...

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Why Zelenskyy’s ‘selfie videos’ are helping Ukraine win the PR war against Russia

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageVolodymyr Zelenskyy’s iPhone selfies quickly went viral. Still of YouTube video

It seems straight out of an action movie: As the capital city becomes a war zone, the defiant president looks into the camera and delivers a clear and compelling message: “I am here. We will not lay down any weapons.”

That’s exactly what...

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What the Montreux Convention is, and what it means for the Ukraine war

  • Written by Alpaslan Ozerdem, Dean of The Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
imageA Russian warship, the Patrol Ship Dmitry Rogachev, travels through the Dardanelles on Feb. 15, 2022.Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

As bad as the Ukraine war is so far, an international agreement signed in 1936 is preventing it from getting even worse.

The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits gives Turkey control over the water...

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The power to save the planet is inside us all – how to get past despair to powerful action on climate change

  • Written by Thomas S. Bateman, Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior, University of Virginia
imagePersonal action is important. Collective action that encourages systemic change can go even farther.Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images

Our species is in a race with climate change, and a lot of people want to know, “Can I really make a difference?”

The question concerns what’s known as agency. Its meaning is complex, but in a nutshell...

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Intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare, electronic warfare – what they are and how Russia is using them in Ukraine

  • Written by Justin Pelletier, Professor of Practice of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageRussian forces have the capability to jam signals from satellites, affecting communications and navigation.Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA

Russia has one of the most capable and technological militaries on the planet. They have advanced intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare and electronic warfare capabilities.

Russia has used...

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College could take place in the metaverse, but these problems must be overcome first

  • Written by Nir Eisikovits, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
imageQuestions abound about what it means to go to college in the metaverse.Iryna Veklich/ Getty Images

Higher education in the United States is in trouble. Spiraling tuition costs and a student debt crisis threaten to make college unaffordable to all but the wealthy.

In an attempt to cut spending and control tuition hikes, American universities are...

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  4. Putin is on a quest for historical significance by invading Ukraine and gambling on his own and Russia's glory
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  11. Ordinary Russians are already feeling the economic pain of sanctions over Ukraine invasion
  12. Ukraine war follows after decades of warnings that NATO expansion into Eastern Europe could provoke Russia
  13. Ukraine war follows decades of warnings that NATO expansion into Eastern Europe could provoke Russia
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  17. Transformational change is coming to how people live on Earth, UN climate adaptation report warns: Which path will humanity choose?
  18. Putin's claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially absurd given its history
  19. Targeting Putin’s inner circle and keeping Europe on board: Why Biden’s sanctions may actually work to make Russia pay for invading Ukraine
  20. US-EU sanctions will pummel the Russian economy – two experts explain why they are likely to stick and sting
  21. A new Cold War emerging as Russia launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine
  22. Putin's claims that Ukraine is committing genocide are baseless, but not unprecedented
  23. How much damage could a Russian cyberattack do in the US?
  24. Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court: 7 questions answered
  25. Beyond NATO, new alliances could defend democracy and counter Putin
  26. Transgender youth on puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones have lower rates of depression and suicidal thoughts, a new study finds
  27. Russian invasion of Ukraine and resulting US sanctions threaten the future of the International Space Station
  28. Can churches be protectors of public health?
  29. A second look at the blue-eyes, brown-eyes experiment that taught third-graders about racism
  30. International law says Putin's war against Ukraine is illegal. Does that matter?
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  32. How a Black writer in 19th-century America used humor to combat white supremacy
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  34. What are false flag attacks – and did Russia stage any to claim justification for invading Ukraine?
  35. Military experts react to Ukraine invasion, assess potential for widespread aggression and risks to US
  36. Ukraine conflict brings cybersecurity risks to US homes, businesses
  37. A historian corrects misunderstandings about Ukrainian and Russian history
  38. America’s cost of 'defending freedom' in Ukraine: Higher food and gas prices and an increased risk of recession
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