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Not everyone cheered the ancient Olympic games, but the sacred games brought together rival societies

  • Written by Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
imageThe modern Olympics share many things with the ancient games. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics started on July 23, 2021, amid a few different controversies. Beyond the question of whether it was safe enough to hold them despite rising hospitalizations from COVID-19 variants, there have been concerns about ongoing sexism, rac...

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The invasive spotted lanternfly is spreading across the eastern US – here's what you need to know about this voracious pest

  • Written by Frank A. Hale, Professor, Horticultural Crop Entomology, University of Tennessee
imageIn seven years, the lanternfly has spread from Berks County, northwest of Philadelphia, to large areas of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and both south and north.Penn State/E. Swackhamer

The spotted lanternfly was first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014 and has since spread to 26 counties in that state and at least six other eastern states. It’s...

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Lessons from segregated schools can help make today's classrooms more inclusive

  • Written by Sara Schley, Professor of Learning Sciences and Inclusive Pedagogy at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageBlack teachers comprise just 7% of U.S. public school teachers even though 16% of their students are Black. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

The intent of school desegregation is clear: Black and white children should attend the same schools, and Black children should not be relegated to inferior buildings, learning materials and...

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Millions of renters face eviction and homelessness: 3 essential reads about the CDC's expiring moratorium

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Senior Editor, Economy + Business
imageAn eviction crisis appears imminent. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

The White House and city officials across the country are scrambling to avoid an eviction crisis.

The federal housing eviction moratorium that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put in place in September 2020 expires on July 31, 2021. After that, millions of Americans who owe...

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Peru has a new president, its fifth in five years – who is Pedro Castillo?

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, International Editor | Politics Editor, The Conversation US
imageOn the campaign trail, Pedro Castillo often wore a straw-palm hat typical of Peru's rural Cajamarca region, where he is from. Ricardo Moreira/Getty Images

A 51-year-old farmer and teacher who wears a traditional Andean palm-straw hat takes office as Peru’s president on July 28, 2021, after a bitterly contested election.

Pedro Castillo was...

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‘Mega sequía’ en la frontera aviva las disputas entre EU y México por desabasto de agua

  • Written by Robert Gabriel Varady, Research Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Arizona
imageEl lago Mead, que abastece a siete estados de Estados Unidos y dos de México, se está secando.Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Estados Unidos y México están luchando por sus menguantes suministros de agua compartidos después de años de calor sin precedentes y lluvias insuficientes.

imageLa cuenca del río Colorado....

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Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences – it happened in the Little Ice Age

  • Written by Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University
imageThe Little Ice Age brought some bitter extremes.Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan. Heat and drought fanned wildfires in the North...

Read more: Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences – it happened in the Little Ice Age

Keeping nonprofit CEOs out of the room when boards decide what to pay them yields good results

  • Written by Ilona Babenko, Associate Professor of Finance, Arizona State University
imageIt's hard for boards to make good decisions about what to pay someone who has a seat at the table.Shannon Fagan/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Keeping nonprofit chief executive officers out of meetings when members of their boards discuss or vote on compensation can...

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Biden wants to crack down on bank mergers – here's why that could help consumers and the economy

  • Written by Jeremy Kress, Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Michigan
imageBiden directed regulators to find ways to limit bank mergers. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order on July 9, 2021, that aims to increase competition throughout the U.S. economy. In one of the order’s most significant provisions, he directed federal regulators to strengthen oversight of bank mergers.

As...

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Domestic violence 911 calls increased during lockdown, but official police reports and arrests declined

  • Written by Jillian B. Carr, Assistant Professor of Economics, Purdue University
imageShelter-in-place measures have made it more difficult for victims of domestic violence to escape from their abusers.Elizabeth Livermore/Moment via Getty Images

COVID-19 stay-at-home orders surely saved many lives, but a growing number of studies document that lockdowns led to more reports of domestic violence.

Even as 911 calls for police help...

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  4. Snow can disappear straight into the atmosphere in hot, dry weather
  5. New school planned by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine seeks to teach blend of skills to prepare students for real-world jobs
  6. What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule? A health law scholar explains
  7. 4 Haitian novels that beautifully blend history, memory and reality
  8. Worried about traveling with unvaccinated kids? 6 questions answered on how to manage the risks
  9. Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet
  10. COVID-19 could cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction – but vaccines do not
  11. Kids' grip strength is improving, but other measures of muscle fitness are getting worse
  12. Joy and grief will coexist as Americans return to pre-pandemic life – 'everyday memorials' will help
  13. What is unrestricted funding? Two philanthropy experts explain
  14. Why does gravity pull us down and not up?
  15. Sexual harassment cases at school: Appeals court ruling could change how schools judge complaints
  16. Surfing makes its Olympic debut – and the waves should be world-class thanks to wind, sand and a typhoon or two
  17. A winning edge for the Olympics and everyday life: Focusing on what you're trying to accomplish rather than what's going on with your body
  18. What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
  19. Extreme heat waves in a warming world don't just break records -- they shatter them
  20. Extreme heat waves in a warming world don't just break records – they shatter them
  21. Is climate change to blame for the recent weather disasters? 2 things you need to understand
  22. Why America has a debt ceiling: 5 questions answered
  23. How limiting Latin Mass may become the defining moment for Pope Francis
  24. In times of stress, turning to contemplation can be helpful – here's why religions emphasize rest
  25. There's a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battleground
  26. The Trump administration feuded with state and local leaders over pandemic response – now the Biden administration is trying to turn back a page in history
  27. This is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US until age 18
  28. Pandemic has teens feeling worried, unmotivated and disconnected from school
  29. DACA in doubt after court ruling: 3 questions answered
  30. Screentime can make you feel sick – here are ways to manage cybersickness
  31. Canceling student loan debt will barely boost the economy, but a targeted approach could help certain groups
  32. Should fully immunized people wear masks indoors? An infectious disease physician weighs in
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  34. Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
  35. AI spots shipwrecks from the ocean surface – and even from the air
  36. Afghanistan after the US withdrawal: The Taliban speak more moderately but their extremist rule hasn't evolved in 20 years
  37. US is split between the vaccinated and unvaccinated – and deaths and hospitalizations reflect this divide
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  39. Why Gil Scott-Heron's 'Whitey on the Moon' still feels relevant today
  40. Why women need male allies in the workplace – and why fighting everyday sexism enriches men too
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  42. Lawsuits over bans on teaching critical race theory are coming – here's what won't work, and what might
  43. COVID-19 recession: One of America's deepest downturns was also its shortest after bailout-driven bounceback
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  45. Why a 19th-century Russian anarchist is relevant to the mask and vaccine debate
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