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The story of Nearest Green, America's first known Black master distiller

  • Written by Stefanie Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Retail, Hospitality, and Tourism Management, University of Tennessee
imageGeorge Green – the son of distiller Nathan 'Nearest' Green – was one of seven generations of the Green family who worked for the Jack Daniel's distillery.Wikimedia Commons

When you hear the name Jack Daniel, whiskey probably comes to mind.

But what about the name Nathan “Uncle Nearest” Green?

In 2016, The New York Times publi...

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An AI expert explains why it's hard to give computers something you take for granted: Common sense

  • Written by Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
imageCommon sense includes an intuitive understanding of basic physics – something computers lack.d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

Imagine you’re having friends over for lunch and plan to order a pepperoni pizza. You recall Amy mentioning that Susie had stopped eating meat. You try calling Susie, but when she doesn’t pick up, you decide...

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When the NCAA permitted colleges to pay stipends to student-athletes, the colleges also raised their estimated expenses

  • Written by Willis A. Jones, Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Miami
imageGiving personal expense stipends to student-athletes may lead to higher costs of attendance for college students overall.Andy Lyons/Getty Images

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When colleges with big-time sports programs began to offer living expense stipends to their student-athletes back in 2015, the...

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As Colorado River Basin states confront water shortages, it's time to focus on reducing demand

  • Written by Robert Glennon, Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Arizona
imageWater flows into a canal that feeds farms in Casa Grande, Ariz.AP Photo/Darryl Webb

The U.S. government announced its first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on Aug. 16, 2021, triggering future cuts in the amount of water states will be allowed to draw from the river. The Tier 1 shortage declaration followed the U.S. Bureau of...

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Afghans' lives and livelihoods upended even more as US occupation ends

  • Written by Abdulkader Sinno, Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University
imageForced from their homes by fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces, thousands of families seek refuge in a Kabul park.Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The United States invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 with the goal of destroying al-Qaida and its Taliban hosts and, supposedly, establishing a democratic Afghan state a...

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Schools can reopen safely – an epidemiologist describes what works and what's not worth the effort

  • Written by Brandon Guthrie, Associate Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology, University of Washington
imageMasks are an important tool for slowing the spread of COVID-19 in schools.Malte Mueller via Getty Images

Just when schools were getting ready to reopen for the new school year, cases of COVID-19 started surging in the United States, driven in large part by the more contagious delta variant. School administrators around the country are working to...

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Rat poison is just one of the potentially dangerous substances likely to be mixed into illicit drugs

  • Written by C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageImpurities are often added to recreational drugs to mask poor quality.Sebastian Leesch/EyeEm via Getty Images

Over 150 people in Illinois started bleeding uncontrollably after using synthetic cannabis-based products – including fake marijuana, Spice and K2 – that contained the rat poison brodifacoum in March and April 2018. By the end...

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Vladimir Putin plans to win Russia's parliamentary election no matter how unpopular his party is

  • Written by Regina Smyth, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
imagePresident Vladimir Putin addresses his United Russia party at its June 2021 convention, where members convened to choose candidates and draft a strategy for the country's upcoming election. Grigory Sysoyev\TASS via Getty Images

Despite its dismal approval rating, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ruling political party can – and likely...

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How a volcano and flaming red sunsets led an amateur scientist in Hawaii to discover jet streams

  • Written by Kevin Hamilton, Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii
imageThe eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 sent volcanic dust and gases circling the Earth, creating spectacular sunsets captured by artists.William Ashcroft via Houghton Library/Harvard University

On the evening of Sept. 5, 1883, people in Honolulu witnessed a spectacular sunset followed by a period of extended twilight described as a “singular lurid...

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