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New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

  • Written by Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
imageU.S. President Joe Biden, with presidential climate envoy John Kerry, opened the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22, 2021, by announcing new U.S. targets.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

President Joe Biden announced an ambitious new national climate target at the world leaders’ climate summit on April 22. He pledged to cut U.S. carbon emissions in...

Read more: New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?

The other George Floyd story: How media freedom led to conviction in his killer's trial

  • Written by Michael J. Socolow, Associate Professor, Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
imageDarnella Frazier is third from right, recording the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.Minneapolis Police Department via AP

When 17-year-old Darnella Frazier started recording video of Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd, she initiated a series of historic events that led to Chauvin’s...

Read more: The other George Floyd story: How media freedom led to conviction in his killer's trial

Why corporate America appears to be drifting away from the Republican Party

  • Written by M. K. Chin, Assistant Professor of Management, Indiana University
imagePublic protests over Georgia's voting law likely contributed to many companies' taking a strong stand. AP Photo/Jeff Amy

There’s a growing rift between corporate America and the GOP – two groups that have long been bedfellows.

The latest incident involves a restrictive voting law passed in Georgia – with dozens of other states...

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Money alone can't fix Central America – or stop migration to US

  • Written by Luis Guillermo Solis, Distinguished Professor, Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
imageChildren play in Las Flores village, Comitancillo, Guatemala, home of a 22-year-old migrant murdered in January 2021 on his journey through Mexico.Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

To stem migration from Central America, the Biden administration has a US$4 billion plan to “build security and prosperity” in Honduras, Guatemala and El...

Read more: Money alone can't fix Central America – or stop migration to US

Best schools often out of reach for disadvantaged students in choice programs

  • Written by Danielle Sanderson Edwards, Ph.D. Candidate of Education Policy, Michigan State University
imageJust 1 in 10 choice students from Detroit attend high-performing schools.Kayla Ruble for The Washington Post via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Although school choice policies are often presented as a way to let families select the best schools for their children, my research found that...

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You don't have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences

  • Written by Lise Eliot, Professor of Neuroscience, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
imageBrain sex isn't a thing.Sunny/Stone via Getty Images

Everyone knows the difference between male and female brains. One is chatty and a little nervous, but never forgets and takes good care of others. The other is calmer, albeit more impulsive, but can tune out gossip to get the job done.

These are stereotypes, of course, but they hold surprising...

Read more: You don't have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence...

Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?

  • Written by Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageResearchers have grown mammal embryos later into development than ever before in an artificial womb.Vitalii Kyryk/WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SA

In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel “Brave New World,” people aren’t born from a mother’s womb. Instead, embryos are grown in artificial wombs until they are brought into the world, a...

Read more: Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?

What Homer's 'Odyssey' can teach us about reentering the world after a year of isolation

  • Written by Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
imageGreek hero Odysseus reunites with his wife, Penelope, upon his return to Ithaca, in an illustration from Homer's epic.Culture Club/Getty Images

In the ancient Greek epic “The Odyssey,” Homer’s hero, Odysseus, describes the wild land of the Cyclops as a place where people don’t gather together in public, where each person...

Read more: What Homer's 'Odyssey' can teach us about reentering the world after a year of isolation

Shakespeare's musings on religion are like curious whispers – they require deep listening to be heard

  • Written by Anthony D. Baker, Professor of Systematic Theology, Seminary of the Southwest
imageCaliban implores his fellow island dwellers to listen to the noises in "The Tempest."The Print Collector/Getty Images

William Shakespeare’s role as a religious guide is not an obvious one.

While the work of the bard, whose birthday is celebrated on April 23, has been scoured at various times over the past four centuries for coded messages...

Read more: Shakespeare's musings on religion are like curious whispers – they require deep listening to be...

Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of water a day? An exercise scientist explains why your kidneys say 'no'

  • Written by Tamara Hew-Butler, Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
imageExercising can increase your need to drink water, but there's no need to overdo it. The Great Brigade/Getty Images

The warmer weather and longer days have inspired reminders to “stay hydrated” and drink eight glasses of water – or about two liters – a day.

Not to burst anyone’s water bottle, but healthy people can...

Read more: Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of water a day? An exercise scientist explains why your...

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  2. Environmental DNA – how a tool used to detect endangered wildlife ended up helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic
  3. Vaccine mandates aren't the only – or easiest – way for employers to compel workers to get their shots
  4. Yes, online communities pose risks for young people, but they are also important sources of support
  5. Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes
  6. Famine in the Bible is more than a curse: It is a signal of change and a chance for a new beginning
  7. Misinformation, disinformation and hoaxes: What’s the difference?
  8. Why this trial was different: Experts react to guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin
  9. How parents can support a child who comes out as trans – by conquering their own fears, following their child's lead and tolerating ambiguity
  10. The ups and downs of European soccer are part of its culture – moving to a US-style 'closed' Super League would destroy that
  11. Hydrogen is one future fuel oil execs and environmentalists could both support as rival countries search for climate solutions
  12. The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
  13. Domestic violence calls for help increased during the pandemic – but the answers haven't gotten any easier
  14. No visits and barely any calls – pandemic makes separation even scarier for people with a family member in prison
  15. Student loan debt is costing recent grads much more than just money
  16. Why it's good for kids to have friends from different socioeconomic backgrounds
  17. There are plenty of moral reasons to be vaccinated – but that doesn’t mean it’s your ethical duty
  18. An advantage of the government's new payments for families: Not humiliating poor people
  19. What's next for Cuba and the United States after Raul Castro's retirement
  20. From haute cuisine to hot dogs: How dining out has evolved over 200 years – and is innovating further in the pandemic
  21. Democratic bill attempts to undo voter restrictions of past 15 years
  22. Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate
  23. Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon
  24. Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn't prepared to counter Russia
  25. Has any US president ever served more than eight years?
  26. No, vaccine side effects don't tell you how well your immune system will protect you from COVID-19
  27. Forget the debate over public health versus jobs – the same people suffer the most either way
  28. Are America's schools safe for Asian Americans?
  29. Biden administration's $39 billion child care strategy: 5 questions answered
  30. Being skeptical of sources is a journalist's job – but it doesn't always happen when those sources are the police
  31. Sikhs in America: A religious community long misunderstood is mourning deaths in Indianapolis mass shooting
  32. How many _Tyrannosaurus rex_ walked the Earth?
  33. Cuba's economic woes may fuel America's next migrant crisis
  34. You're not imagining it – 3 ways COVID-19 has been extra hard on American parents
  35. Fatal police violence may be linked to preterm births in neighborhoods nearby
  36. America goes back to school – 5 essential reads on parenting in the pandemic
  37. I’m a pediatrician who cares for transgender kids – here’s what you need to know about social support, puberty blockers and other medical options that improve lives of transgender youth
  38. 6 ways recent college graduates can enhance their online job search
  39. 80% of fatal e-scooter crashes involve cars – new study reveals where and why most collisions occur
  40. As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns
  41. Prolonged brain dysfunction in COVID-19 survivors: A pandemic in its own right?
  42. French row over mosque isn't simply about state financing – it runs deep into Islamophobia and French secularism
  43. How Baptists hold differing views on the resurrection of Christ and why this matters
  44. What former foster children went through when the COVID-19 pandemic closed college campuses
  45. Scientists are on a path to sequencing 1 million human genomes and use big data to unlock genetic secrets
  46. Why Wall Street investors' trading California water futures is nothing to fear – and unlikely to work anyway
  47. Nearly 60 million Americans don't drink their tap water, research suggests – here's why that's a public health problem
  48. Infrastructure? Or jobs? Controversy over name of Biden proposal highlights long tradition in politics
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  50. How to get COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries – and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers