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How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else?

  • Written by Beverly Law, Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
imageFuture notebook paper?Not4rthur/Flickr, CC BY-SAimage

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How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else? – Cooper H., age 6, St. Louis, Missouri

Paper is an important part...

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How lifting children out of poverty today will help them tomorrow

  • Written by Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Professor of Education and Social Policy; Director of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
imageKeeping kids above the poverty line contributes to their stability in adulthood.Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty Images

As part of the latest COVID-19 relief package, the federal government has expanded the child tax credit and made it available to all families with children except those with the highest incomes. Families will get US$3,000 per kid...

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How Biden's request for more education funding would shift more power to the federal government

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
imageThe new budget aims to financially assist school districts with high percentages of low-income students. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

The president has called on Congress to make a “historic investment” in the Title I grant program. The program provides financial assistance to school districts that have high...

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US landmarks bearing racist and Colonial references are renamed to reflect Indigenous values

  • Written by Sarah Dees, Assistant Professor of American Religions, Iowa State University
imageIn Ames, Iowa, a creek previously named after an offensive term for Native American women is now called Ioway Creek.Sarah Dees, CC BY-NC-ND

A creek running through the city of Ames in central Iowa was officially renamed from Squaw Creek to Ioway Creek in February 2021, after a yearlong process that involved local and federal agencies. The previous...

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Restart of the Johnson Johnson COVID-19 vaccine: A doctor explains why benefits far outweigh risks

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageA dose of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at a vaccination event at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in South Los Angeles on March 11, 2021.Mario Tama/Getty Images

Editor’s Note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration lifted the pause on the Johnson & Johnson...

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Warp drives: Physicists give chances of faster-than-light space travel a boost

  • Written by Mario Borunda, Associate Professor of Physics, Oklahoma State University
imageFaster than light travel is the only way humans could ever get to other stars in a reasonable amount of time. Les Bossinas/NASA/Wikimedia Commons

The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away, or about 25 trillion miles (40 trillion km). The fastest ever spacecraft, the now- in-space Parker Solar Probe will reach...

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This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar cycle is masking effects of sea level rise

  • Written by Brian McNoldy, Senior Research Associate, University of Miami
imageApril's super full moon was known as the pink moon because it heralds the arrival of spring flowers.Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Another “super full moon” is coming May 26, 2021, and coastal cities like Miami know that means one thing: a heightened risk of tidal flooding.

Exceptionally high tides...

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How Richard Nixon's obsession with Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers sowed the seeds for the president's downfall

  • Written by Christian Appy, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageDaniel Ellsberg appears before the press on June 28, 1971.Bettmann via Getty Images

When Richard Nixon picked up the Sunday New York Times on June 13, 1971, he must have lingered on the smiling image of himself escorting Tricia – his “ethereal blond daughter,” as the paper described her – to her wedding in the White...

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Asian American young adults are the only racial group with suicide as their leading cause of death, so why is no one talking about this?

  • Written by Amelia Noor-Oshiro, Ph.D. Candidate, Public Health: Social & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
imageDeath by suicide is the number one cause of death for young adult Asian Americans. Kelvin Murray/Getty Images

Racially motivated violence looks like the mass shootings that killed Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Chung Park, Hyun Grant and Suncha Kim in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. Racially motivated violence also looks like suicide, which is defined as a...

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GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist in Asia

  • Written by Neil Carter, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan
imageA tiger crosses a road in India's Ranthambore National Park.Aditya Singh/AFP via Getty Images

More than 100,000 tigers ranged across Asia a century ago, from the Indian subcontinent to the Russian Far East. Today they are endangered, with only about 4,000 tigers left in the wild. The greatest threats they face are habitat loss and degradation,...

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  3. Declaring racism a public health crisis brings more attention to solving long-ignored racial gaps in health
  4. New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen?
  5. The other George Floyd story: How media freedom led to conviction in his killer's trial
  6. Why corporate America appears to be drifting away from the Republican Party
  7. Money alone can't fix Central America – or stop migration to US
  8. Best schools often out of reach for disadvantaged students in choice programs
  9. You don't have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences
  10. Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?
  11. What Homer's 'Odyssey' can teach us about reentering the world after a year of isolation
  12. Shakespeare's musings on religion are like curious whispers – they require deep listening to be heard
  13. Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of water a day? An exercise scientist explains why your kidneys say 'no'
  14. Chauvin conviction: 2 things to know about jury bias and 2 ways to reduce it
  15. Environmental DNA – how a tool used to detect endangered wildlife ended up helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic
  16. Vaccine mandates aren't the only – or easiest – way for employers to compel workers to get their shots
  17. Yes, online communities pose risks for young people, but they are also important sources of support
  18. Why our dislikes should be celebrated as much as our likes
  19. Famine in the Bible is more than a curse: It is a signal of change and a chance for a new beginning
  20. Misinformation, disinformation and hoaxes: What’s the difference?
  21. Why this trial was different: Experts react to guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin
  22. How parents can support a child who comes out as trans – by conquering their own fears, following their child's lead and tolerating ambiguity
  23. The ups and downs of European soccer are part of its culture – moving to a US-style 'closed' Super League would destroy that
  24. Hydrogen is one future fuel oil execs and environmentalists could both support as rival countries search for climate solutions
  25. The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
  26. Domestic violence calls for help increased during the pandemic – but the answers haven't gotten any easier
  27. No visits and barely any calls – pandemic makes separation even scarier for people with a family member in prison
  28. Student loan debt is costing recent grads much more than just money
  29. Why it's good for kids to have friends from different socioeconomic backgrounds
  30. There are plenty of moral reasons to be vaccinated – but that doesn’t mean it’s your ethical duty
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  32. What's next for Cuba and the United States after Raul Castro's retirement
  33. From haute cuisine to hot dogs: How dining out has evolved over 200 years – and is innovating further in the pandemic
  34. Democratic bill attempts to undo voter restrictions of past 15 years
  35. Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate
  36. Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon
  37. Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn't prepared to counter Russia
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  39. No, vaccine side effects don't tell you how well your immune system will protect you from COVID-19
  40. Forget the debate over public health versus jobs – the same people suffer the most either way
  41. Are America's schools safe for Asian Americans?
  42. Biden administration's $39 billion child care strategy: 5 questions answered
  43. Being skeptical of sources is a journalist's job – but it doesn't always happen when those sources are the police
  44. Sikhs in America: A religious community long misunderstood is mourning deaths in Indianapolis mass shooting
  45. How many _Tyrannosaurus rex_ walked the Earth?
  46. Cuba's economic woes may fuel America's next migrant crisis
  47. You're not imagining it – 3 ways COVID-19 has been extra hard on American parents
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