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3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet

  • Written by William A. Masters, Professor of Food Economics and Policy, Tufts University
imageEating well takes money – and also time, wise choices and cooking skills.Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused price spikes for corn, milk, beans and other commodities, but even before the pandemic about 3 billion people could not afford even the cheapest options for a healthy diet.

Recent analysis of glo...

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The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites

  • Written by Christopher Ruf, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
imagePlastic fragments washed onto Schiavonea beach in Calabria, Italy, in a 2019 storm. Alfonso Di Vincenzo/KONTROLAB /LightRocket via Getty Images

Plastic is the most common type of debris floating in the world’s oceans. Waves and sunlight break much of it down into smaller particles called microplastics – fragments less than 5 millimeters...

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Before Shark Week and 'Jaws,' World War II spawned America's shark obsession

  • Written by Janet M. Davis, University Distinguished Teaching Professor of American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageA painting for the U.S. Army's Stars and Stripes newspaper shows a downed pilot fending off sharks with a knife.Ed Vebell/Getty Images

Every summer on the Discovery Channel, “Shark Week” inundates its eager audiences with spectacular documentary footage of sharks hunting, feeding and leaping.

Debuting in 1988, the television event was...

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Trump can't beat Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in court – but the fight might be worth more than a win

  • Written by Frank LoMonte, Director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida
imageDonald Trump at a press conference to announce a class action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their CEOs. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

From condo salesman to reality TV host to leader of the free world, Donald Trump has occupied several lifetimes’ worth of identities over a remarkable career of reinventions. Even so, the...

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America's founders believed civic education and historical knowledge would prevent tyranny – and foster democracy

  • Written by Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino
imageThe founders believed education was crucial to democracy. Here, a one-room schoolhouse in Breathitt County, Ky.Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott/Library of Congress

The majority of Americans today are anxious; they believe their democracy is under threat.

In fact, democracies deteriorate easily. As was feared since the times of Greek philosopher...

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As South Sudan turns 10, questions over the role of the church emerge amid anti-clerical violence

  • Written by Christopher Tounsel, Assistant Professor of History and African Studies, Penn State
imageReligious identity played a role in liberation struggle.Ali Ngethi/AFP via Getty Images)

On July 9, 2021, South Sudan will celebrate its 10th anniversary of independence – but it does so amid concern over violence in the young nation.

Recent attacks on two Catholic priests have also put a focus on the role of the church in South Sudan. The...

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Political frustration in Northern Ireland has heightened tension around 'marching season'

  • Written by Ger FitzGerald, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, George Mason University
imageA diminished voice in the union?Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

In Northern Ireland every year, a monthslong “marching season” sees members of a Protestant organization called the Orange Order don suits and bowler hats and take to the streets armed with banners and drums.

The parades commemorate the military victory of Dutch Protestant...

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Haiti's president assassinated: 5 essential reads to give you key history and insight

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, International Editor | Politics Editor, The Conversation US
imageHaitian police patrol outside the presidential residence in Port-au-Prince on July 7, 2021, after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated. Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP via Getty Images

The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse risks destabilizing the Caribbean country, which was already in crisis over alarmingly high violence and...

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From flying boats to secret Soviet weapons to alien visitors – a brief cultural history of UFOs

  • Written by Greg Eghigian, Professor of History, Penn State
imageThe worldwide fascination with UFOs started in the late 1940s after a few incidents made the news in the U.S. David Zaitz/The Image Bank via Getty Images

On June 25, 2021, the U.S. government released a nine–page preliminary report on UFOs, or, as it is now calling them, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs. The report is the latest notable...

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Do I need a COVID-19 booster shot? 6 questions answered on how to stay protected

  • Written by William Petri, Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageA booster shot may be necessary to maintain COVID-19 immunity.Daniel Schludi/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

The increasing prevalence of new coronavirus variants is raising questions about how well protected those who’ve already had their COVID-19 shots are against evolving forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, microbiology and infectious disease...

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