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Cliches may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person's cliche is another's sliced bread

  • Written by Kirk Hazen, Professor of Linguistics, West Virginia University
imageWhen overrused phrases reach the point of aggravation, they become cliches.yongyuan/iStock/Getty Images Plus

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room better and send thoughts and prayers to...

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When and how was walking invented?

  • Written by Jan Simek, Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
imageThree upright walkers, including Lucy (center) and two specimens of *Australopithecus sediba*, a human ancestor from South Africa dating back nearly 2 million years.Image compiled by Peter Schmid and courtesy of Lee R. Berger/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAimage

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an...

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What the 'spiritual but not religious' have in common with radical Protestants of 500 years ago

  • Written by Christopher Schelin, Assistant Professor of Practical and Political Theologies, Starr King School for the Ministry
imageThe Reformation's leading figures had diverse views, and some might have recognized themselves in "spiritual but not religious" people today.Rijksmuseum

For over a decade, one of the biggest stories in American religion has been the rise of the “Nones”, a broad term for people who do not identify with a specific faith. The religiously...

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How AI is hijacking art history

  • Written by Sonja Drimmer, Associate Professor of Medieval Art, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageArt historians have long used traditional X-rays, X-ray fluorescence or infrared imaging to better understand artists' techniques.Metropolitan Museum of Art/Wikimedia Commons

People tend to rejoice in the disclosure of a secret.

Or, at the very least, media outlets have come to realize that news of “mysteries solved” and “hidden...

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How to meet America’s climate goals: 5 policies for Biden’s next climate bill

  • Written by Kelly Sims Gallagher, Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy and Director, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imagePresident Joe Biden wanted to have a clear plan before the U.N. climate conference starting Oct. 31 in Scotland.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s new climate strategy, announced after his original plan crumbled under opposition in Congress, will represent a historic investment in clean energy technology and infrastructure...

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The FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 – a pediatrician explains how the drug was tested for safety and efficacy

  • Written by Debbie-Ann Shirley, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
imageFor many parents, the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine authorization for younger kids can't come soon enough. Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images

Elementary school children in the United States will soon have one more layer of protection to keep them safe from COVID-19.

On Oct. 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of...

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Why taxing US billionaires’ wealth – as Biden tried to do – will never work

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageElon Musk is currently the world’s richest person.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

The speed with which a tax on billionaires came and went as a means to pay for President Joe Biden’s economic agenda shows why it’s so hard to tax wealth in the U.S.

Democrats unveiled their proposal on Oct. 27, 2021, and it was nixed that same day, replaced...

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A Catholic theologian argues for a death row inmate's right to have the pastor's touch in the execution chamber

  • Written by Dorian Llywelyn, President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePhysical touch at the end of life has a special significance in many cultures and offers solace.Valerie Winckler/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Nov. 9, 2021, in a case regarding a death row inmate’s plea that his Baptist pastor be allowed to lay hands on him in the execution chamber. The Supreme...

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Less than 2% of all US giving supports women's and girls' charities

  • Written by Tessa Skidmore, Research Associate of Philanthropy, Women's Philanthropy Institute; Doctoral student of Philanthropy, IUPUI
imageGirl Scout cookie sales include a charitable donation.Will Lester/MediaNews Group/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

The #MeToo movement gained traction in late 2017 and continued to grow the following year, as countless women shared their experiences with sexual harassment, abuse and assault. But donations to women’s and...

Read more: Less than 2% of all US giving supports women's and girls' charities

Breast cancer awareness campaigns can do a better job supporting women who've received a stage 4 diagnosis, instead of focusing only on early detection and 'beating cancer'

  • Written by Rachel Kraus, Professor of Sociology, Ball State University
imageMany women with metastatic breast cancer feel left out of annual 'Pinktober' awareness drives because these campaigns tend to focus on earlier, more curable stages of the disease.kali9/E+ via Getty Images

Since 1985, cancer-related nonprofits, along with pharmaceutical firms and other businesses, have sponsored an international campaign to observe...

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  7. Nearly half of all churches and other faith institutions help people get enough to eat
  8. New research suggests cat and dog 'moms' and 'dads' really are parenting their pets – here's the evolutionary explanation why
  9. State spending on anti-poverty programs could substantially reduce child abuse and neglect
  10. What's a 'miracle'? Here's how the Catholic Church decides
  11. The erosion of Roe v. Wade and abortion access didn't begin in Texas or Mississippi – it started in Pennsylvania in 1992
  12. What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
  13. How commercialization over the centuries transformed the Day of the Dead
  14. College cost calculators aren't precise, but they could easily be made better
  15. In Biden's visit with the pope, a page from Reagan's playbook?
  16. Climate change is muting fall colors, but it's just the latest way that humans have altered US forests
  17. Why student absences aren't the real problem in America's 'attendance crisis'
  18. A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other key terms
  19. What did billions in aid to Afghanistan accomplish? 5 questions answered
  20. The pandemic has made it even harder for one in three Americans to obtain healthy, affordable food
  21. From Black Death to COVID-19, pandemics have always pushed people to honor death and celebrate life
  22. Supreme Court rulings always include the perspective of a white male, but often exclude viewpoints of Black and Latina justices
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  29. How ethnic and religious divides in Afghanistan are contributing to violence against minorities
  30. Why do colleges use legacy admissions? 5 questions answered
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  34. Hollywood's love of guns increases the risk of shootings – both on and off the set
  35. Parents were fine with sweeping school vaccination mandates five decades ago – but COVID-19 may be a different story
  36. The future of work is hybrid – here's an expert's recommendations for success
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  38. Trump wants the National Archives to keep his papers away from investigators – post-Watergate laws and executive orders may not let him
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  42. Extreme rain heads for California's burn scars, raising the risk of mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like
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