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Commencement isn’t just about awarding degrees – and cancellations leave students disconnected and disillusioned

  • Written by Dimitris Xygalatas, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
imageRites of passage, such as graduation ceremonies, celebrate the transition to a new state. JC Olivera/Getty Images

Following the wave of protests over the war in the Gaza Strip, several U.S. universities have decided to cancel or ramp down commencement ceremonies. More are expected to follow.

Announcing their decision, these institutions cited...

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5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests

  • Written by Steve Friess, Independent writer and editor, University of Michigan
imagePolice have been summoned to break up pro-Palestinian encampments of protesters at colleges throughout the U.S.Scott Olson for Getty Images

Every so often, a cause ignites a sustained fury on college campuses across the nation. In 2020, it was Black Lives Matter. In 2011, it was Occupy Wall Street. In the 1980s, it was apartheid in South Africa....

Read more: 5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests

Pet-owners: watch out for foxtail seed pods that can harm your dog or cat this summer

  • Written by Erik Olstad, Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
imageA foxtail seed pod. Dario Argenti/Moment via Getty Images

Across much of the United States, spring is in full force. With warmer weather, people are taking their furry family members out on longer walks and spending more time outside. Alongside blooming flowers and trees, your pet might run into a small, unassuming grass seed pod known as a foxtail....

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Section 702 foreign surveillance law lives on, but privacy fight continues

  • Written by Peter Swire, Professor of Law and Ethics, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., houses the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.AP Photo/ Evan Vucci

What would you do if you had to vote in Congress on a crucial national security program, when you also knew that the FBI had systematically ignored privacy safeguards in the program for years? That was the...

Read more: Section 702 foreign surveillance law lives on, but privacy fight continues

Playing with the kids is important work for chimpanzee mothers

  • Written by Zarin Machanda, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Biology, Tufts University
imageChimp mothers take on the critical role of playmate with their young.Kris Sabbi

Wild chimpanzees have been studied for more than 60 years, but they continue to delight and surprise observers, as we found during the summer of 2017 in Kibale National Park in Uganda.

We were observing young chimpanzees’ play to better understand how they grow up....

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Arizona’s now-repealed abortion ban serves as a cautionary tale for reproductive health care across the US

  • Written by Swapna Reddy, Clinical Associate Professor in Health Policy, Arizona State University
imageAbortion rights supporters gather outside the Arizona Capitol building in Phoenix.AP Photo/Matt York

When the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on April 9, 2024, that the state’s Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions was enforceable, it brought into stark reality the potential impacts of leaving reproductive rights up to the states to...

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Justice Sotomayor’s health isn’t the real problem for Democrats − winning elections is

  • Written by Kevin J. McMahon, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science, Trinity College
imageWinning on Election Day is the best path for any political party to remake the Supreme Court.Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images

It almost sounds like a bad joke: What did the 78-year-old male senator say to the 69-year-old female justice?

“RETIRE!”

That’s effectively what happened recently when U.S....

Read more: Justice Sotomayor’s health isn’t the real problem for Democrats − winning elections is

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP − and it’s not all about Donald Trump

  • Written by Daniel Martinez HoSang, Professor of Ethnicity, Race & Migration, Yale University
imageDonald Trump speaks at the Black Conservative Federation Gala on Feb. 23, 2024. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former president’s base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino voters.

Several...

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Exoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail – this unique feature is helping scientists like me learn more about how planets evolve

  • Written by Dakotah Tyler, Ph.D. Candidate in Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles
imageWASP-69b closely orbits its sun. W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes that shape planets across the galaxy. The star it orbits is baking and stripping away the planet’s atmosphere, and that escaped...

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Everyday life and its variability influenced human evolution at least as much as rare activities like big-game hunting

  • Written by Cara Wall-Scheffler, Professor and Chair of Biology at Seattle Pacific University and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington
imageCollecting water and caring for kids are daily necessities.Three Lions/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Think about taking a walk: where you need to go, how fast you need to move to get there, and whether you need to bring something along to carry the results of your errand.

Are you going on this walk with someone else? Does walking with a friend...

Read more: Everyday life and its variability influenced human evolution at least as much as rare activities...

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  4. What America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation
  5. Could Biden stop Netanyahu’s plans? A national security expert looks at Israel’s attack on Rafah
  6. War games risk stirring up troubled waters as Philippines − emboldened by US − squares up to Beijing at sea
  7. As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’
  8. How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false
  9. Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them
  10. Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and screening could save many lives − if more people could access it
  11. Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first
  12. Homeschooled kids face unique college challenges − here are 3 ways they can be overcome
  13. Artists created images of Christ that focused not on historical accuracy but on reflecting different communities − a scholar of religious history explains
  14. 3 reasons the UAW is having success in organizing Southern workers – with two Mercedes plants in Alabama the next face-off
  15. Palestinian writers have long explored the horrors of amputation
  16. Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early planet’s habitability
  17. Neediest areas are being shortchanged on government funds − even with programs designed to benefit poor communities
  18. Trump promises to deport all undocumented immigrants, resurrecting a 1950s strategy − but it didn’t work then and is less likely to do so now
  19. Paying caregivers more could boost Nebraska’s economy − new research
  20. Unlicensed teachers now dominate new teacher hires in rural Texas schools
  21. The number of religious ‘nones’ has soared, but not the number of atheists – and as social scientists, we wanted to know why
  22. ‘Hidden mother’ photos don’t erase moms − rather, they reveal the labor and love that support the child
  23. I analyzed 3,356 signs to see how language use is changing in three Latino neighborhoods in Philly
  24. What are nanoplastics? An engineer explains concerns about particles too small to see
  25. Houston’s flood problems offer lessons for cities trying to adapt to a changing climate
  26. Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance
  27. What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint
  28. A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll
  29. Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s still room to improve
  30. Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing them
  31. On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods
  32. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at 200: Revolutionary work of art has spawned two centuries of joy, goodwill and propaganda
  33. Boeing’s Starliner launch – delayed again – will be an important milestone for commercial spaceflight
  34. Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless – a dentist explains why and how best to protect them
  35. High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why
  36. Why universities turn to the police to end student protests − and why that can spiral out of control
  37. Power outages linked to heat and storms are rising, and low-income communities are most at risk – NYC maps show the impact
  38. Mexico emerges as a destination for Americans seeking reproductive health services – not for the first time
  39. What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
  40. Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within
  41. To reduce Black-on-Black crime, two criminal justice experts explain why offering monthly stipends to people at risk makes sense
  42. The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in Wonderland
  43. Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people for decades
  44. For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond
  45. Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop
  46. Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are within reach
  47. Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025
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  49. New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal
  50. Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’