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Can burying power lines protect storm-wracked electric grids? Not always

  • Written by Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
imageOutages left downtown New Orleans in the dark after Hurricane Ida made landfall on Aug. 29, 2021. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The good news when Hurricane Ida churned into Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021 was that levees held up – especially those that were strengthened after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans in...

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  2. How memories of Japanese American imprisonment during WWII guided the US response to 9/11
  3. Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world – and also to colonialism
  4. Slavery was the ultimate labor distortion – empowering workers today would be a form of reparations
  5. Al-Qaida, Islamic State group struggle for recruits
  6. Will having so many disasters happening at the same time affect donations? We asked an expert
  7. 5 reasons video games should be more widely used in school
  8. Dance and movement therapy holds promise for treating anxiety and depression, as well as deeper psychological wounds
  9. A subway flood expert explains what needs to be done to stop underground station deluges
  10. Hurricane Ida: 2 reasons for its record-shattering rainfall in NYC and the Northeast long after the winds weakened
  11. 'Get out now' – inside the White House on 9/11, according to the staffers who were there
  12. How Arctic warming can trigger extreme cold waves like the Texas freeze – a new study makes the connection
  13. Bitcoin will soon be 'legal tender' in El Salvador – here's what that means
  14. Bitcoin is now 'legal tender' in El Salvador – here's what that means
  15. Researchers trained mice to control seemingly random bursts of dopamine in their brains, challenging theories of reward and learning
  16. 'Work with hope' – a poet and classics scholar on facing the flood of bad news
  17. An entire generation of Americans has no idea how easy air travel used to be
  18. As Texas ban on abortion goes into effect, a religion scholar explains that pre-modern Christian attitudes on marriage and reproductive rights were quite different
  19. Education debates are rife with references to war – but have they gone too far?
  20. At my hospital, over 95% of COVID-19 patients share one thing in common: They’re unvaccinated
  21. When human life begins is a question of politics – not biology
  22. How the Purdue opioid settlement could help the public understand the roots of the drug crisis
  23. 20 years of 'forever' wars have left a toll on US veterans returning to the question: 'Did you kill?'
  24. Feds are increasing use of facial recognition systems – despite calls for a moratorium
  25. Zinc-infused proteins are the secret that allows scorpions, spiders and ants to puncture tough skin
  26. What's on the agenda when Ukraine president meets Biden?
  27. What are the Jewish High Holy Days? A look at Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and a month of celebrating renewal and moral responsibility
  28. State efforts to ban mask mandates in schools mirror resistance to integration
  29. Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
  30. Hurricane Ida turned into a monster thanks to a giant warm patch in the Gulf of Mexico – here’s what happened
  31. Even with the eviction moratorium, landlords continued to find ways to kick renters out
  32. Afghanistan has vast mineral wealth but faces steep challenges to tap it
  33. Microeconomics explains why people can never have enough of what they want and how that influences policies
  34. Refugees after the American Revolution needed money, homes and acceptance
  35. Do US teens have the right to be vaccinated against their parents' will? It depends on where they live
  36. Bilingual people with language loss due to stroke can pose a treatment challenge – computational modeling may help clinicians treat them
  37. Lessons about 9/11 often provoke harassment of Muslim students
  38. New gene therapies may soon treat dozens of rare diseases, but million-dollar price tags will put them out of reach for many
  39. Autonomous drones could speed up search and rescue after flash floods, hurricanes and other disasters
  40. What do Muslims believe and do? Understanding the 5 pillars of Islam
  41. Understanding Islam - a brief introduction to its past and present in the United States
  42. Why some Muslim women feel empowered wearing hijab, a headscarf
  43. Islam's deep traditions of art and science have had a global influence
  44. America's Muslims come from many traditions and cultures
  45. How much do you know about Islam?
  46. What is Sharia? Islamic law shows Muslims how to live, and can be a force for progress as well as tool of fundamentalists
  47. What happens when the COVID-19 vaccines enter the body – a road map for kids and grown-ups
  48. Breathing wildfire smoke can affect the brain and sperm, as well as the lungs
  49. Drink less, exercise more and take in the air – sage advice on pandemic living from a long-forgotten, and very long, 18th-century poem
  50. What is Wicca? An expert on modern witchcraft explains.