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Is drinking good for you in any way? If not, why is alcohol legal for adults?

  • Written by Margie Skeer, Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine; Weiner Hailey Family Professor, Tufts University
imageBeer, wine and hard liquor are causing nearly 100,000 U.S. deaths a year.AP Photo/Rick Bowmerimage

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Is alcohol consumption of any benefit to humans? If not, why aren’t we thinking about banning...

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People living with HIV face harmful stigma daily – DaBaby's rant was just more public than most

  • Written by Sannisha Dale, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Miami
imageHIV stigma manifests in many ways, including microaggressions that could lead to a higher risk of depression, PTSD and suicidality.ASphotowed/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Rapper DaBaby drew sharp criticism after he delivered a rant during a concert on July 25, 2021, insulting people living with HIV or sexually transmitted illnesses. He not only...

Read more: People living with HIV face harmful stigma daily – DaBaby's rant was just more public than most

The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding

  • Written by Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageExtreme downpours and flooding like northern England experienced in 2015 can put lives at risk.Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

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The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died in the...

Read more: The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense...

IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth's oceans and ice – a lead author explains what the warnings mean

  • Written by Robert Kopp, Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and Director, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
imageWhat might seem like small changes, like a degree of warming, can have big consequences.AP Photo/John McConnico

Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns in a...

Read more: IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth's oceans and ice – a lead author...

3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic Greenville, California

  • Written by Bart Johnson, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
imageThe Dixie Fire devastated rural Greenville, California, a town of 800 residents, on Aug. 4, 2021.Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

A wildfire burning in dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, on Aug. 4, reducing neighborhoods and the historic downtown to charred rubble. Hours earlier, the sheriff had warned...

Read more: 3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic Greenville, California

Why Andrew Cuomo's job is more vulnerable to scandal than Donald Trump's was

  • Written by Monika L. McDermott, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
imageNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a press conference in June, 2021.Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Riding high in politics frequently means you simply have further to fall – just ask sitting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Cuomo went from being talked about as a potential presidential candidate in the spring of 2020 – thanks in large part...

Read more: Why Andrew Cuomo's job is more vulnerable to scandal than Donald Trump's was

¿Creías que el trabajo en la oficina murió? Estas son las razones por las que regresarás a tu escritorio

  • Written by Beth Humberd, Associate Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts Lowell
image¿Volverá la cultura de la oficina?AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Nota del editor: El futuro de la oficina se ha convertido en una pregunta abierta después de que el bloqueo de coronavirus obligó a miles de millones de personas a trabajar desde casa. ¿Volverán los oficinistas a sus cubículos con...

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How parents can help kids deal with back-to-school anxiety

  • Written by Elizabeth Englander, Professor of Psychology, Bridgewater State University
imageAnxiety may affect many more children than usual this fall. Cavan Images/Cavan Collection via Getty Images

As a child, I had a great deal of anxiety. If you’ve ever seen me speak in public, that might surprise you. But anxiety among children is extremely common and affects almost all children, to varying degrees.

During pre-pandemic times,...

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Forget the American Dream – millions of working Americans still can't afford food and rent

  • Written by Jeffrey Kucik, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona
imageRetail employees such as cashiers are among the least-paid U.S. workers.AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

The Biden administration is likely celebrating a better-than-expected jobs report, which showed surging employment and wages. However, for millions of working Americans, being employed doesn’t guarantee a living income.

As scholars interested in the we...

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Machine learning plus insights from genetic research shows the workings of cells – and may help develop new drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases

  • Written by Shang Gao, Doctoral student in Bioinformatics, University of Illinois at Chicago
imageThe subtleties of how genes are transcribed into RNA molecules like the one depicted here are key to understanding the inner workings of cells.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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

The big idea

We combined a machine learning algorithm with knowledge gleaned from...

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  4. Making peace between Israelis and Palestinians – is now the time for a different approach?
  5. Why condos caught on in America
  6. We used peanuts and a climbing wall to learn how squirrels judge their leaps so successfully – and how their skills could inspire more nimble robots
  7. Tracking anniversaries of Black deaths isn't memorializing victims – it's objectifying them
  8. From CRISPR to glowing proteins to optogenetics – scientists' most powerful technologies have been borrowed from nature
  9. What is decentralized finance? An expert on bitcoins and blockchains explains the risks and rewards of DeFi
  10. 3 takeaways from Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott teaming up to fund women's and girls' causes
  11. 234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming IPCC climate report – here's what you need to know and why it's a big deal
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  13. 234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the IPCC climate report – here's what you need to know and why it's a big deal
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  15. Change to college application represents a step forward in how colleges can better support trans students
  16. Por qué los CDC de Estados Unidos recomiendan a los vacunados usar mascarilla
  17. Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history – new research resolves mystery sparked by rocks brought back on Apollo
  18. Giant sea bass are thriving in Mexican waters – scientific research that found them to be critically endangered stopped at the US-Mexico border
  19. Formerly incarcerated teens share their research and ideas on how to improve the juvenile justice system
  20. 4 low-cost ways to create safe public spaces where all kids can play
  21. Lyme disease protection: No vaccine yet, but an antibody shot could soon provide a season of immunity
  22. Biden moves to protect the Tongass, North America's largest rainforest, from logging and road building
  23. Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how it's warming the climate
  24. Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how that's warming the climate
  25. 5 ways Americans often misunderstand Cuba, from Fidel Castro's rise to the Cuban American vote
  26. With abortion heading back to the Supreme Court, is it time to retire the 'my body, my choice' slogan?
  27. Understanding evangelicalism in America today
  28. Does a Trump endorsement make a difference? Yes, but not the way a candidate hopes it will
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  30. 98% of emperor penguin colonies could be extinct by 2100 as ice melts -- can Endangered Species Act protection help them?
  31. 98% of emperor penguin colonies could be extinct by 2100 as ice melts – can Endangered Species Act protection save them?
  32. Expansion of Second Chance Pell Grants will let more people in prison pursue degrees
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  34. House committee investigating Capitol insurrection has a lot of power, but it's unclear it can force Trump to testify
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  37. Climate change is already disrupting US forests and coasts – here's what we're seeing at 5 long-term research sites
  38. 5 simple tips for parents who will still be co-teachers when kids go back to school
  39. How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
  40. 4 ways extreme heat hurts the economy
  41. New endorsement laws could create pitfalls for college athletes
  42. 70 years ago Walter Plywaski fought for atheists' right to become citizens – here's why his story is worth remembering
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