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Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way

  • Written by Susan Ostermann, Assistant Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we rebuild sustainably and in a way that avoids the same damage, costs and trauma in future storms?

There are proven ways to strengthen homes that pay off in the long run, such as installing hurricane straps to tie down roofs in...

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Strength training early in life can set up kids and adolescents for a lifetime of health and well-being

  • Written by Zachary Gillen, Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
imageAn age-appropriate strength training program can have significant benefits for children and adolescents.The Good Brigade/DigitalVision via Getty Images

“Aren’t they a little young for that?”

This is a question I used to hear regularly from parents when I’d recommend strength training for the kids I worked with, whose ages...

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10 states had abortion measures on the ballot – where they passed, where they failed, and what it all means

  • Written by Katherine Drabiak, Professor of Health Law, Public Health Law and Medical Ethics, University of South Florida
imageWhen all the votes were tallied, Colorado voters approved a ballot measure establishing a right to abortion.Chet Strange/AP Photo

Voters in 10 states decided on measures relating to abortion on Nov. 5, 2024, many of which sought to expand access to abortion or expressly recognize a right to abortion in the state’s constitution.

Seven of the...

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Compassion amid chaos − how one of America’s greatest poets became a lifeline for wounded soldiers

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University

With over 40 armed conflicts now taking place around the world, the costs of warfare are immense and continue to mount with each passing day.

Russia’s war on Ukraine is estimated to have resulted in more than 600,000 Russian casualties, with estimates of total dead and injured on both sides as high as 1 million. The war between Israel and...

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The election is over − but what is a ‘lame duck’ anyway?

  • Written by Jordan Cash, Assistant Professor of Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, Michigan State University
imageThe term 'lame duck' has been around for hundreds of years, often referring to a person whose ability to exercise authority is limited for some reason.Planet Flem/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

The 2024 election has finally ended. What happens now?

There’s a 2½-month period between Election Day and Inauguration Day. It’s...

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Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually

  • Written by Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
imageAI is powerful technology, but that doesn't mean we should adopt it unquestioningly.SIphotography/iStock via Getty Images

Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable. Common themes are that AI is already here, it is indispensable, and people who...

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New Apostolic Reformation evangelicals see Trump as God’s warrior in their battle to win America from satanic forces and Christianize it

  • Written by Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
imagePresident-elect Donald Trump, joined by Melania Trump and Barron Trump, on Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

A growing movement believes President-elect Donald Trump is fighting a spiritual war against demonic forces within the United States. Trump himself stated in his acceptance speech on Nov. 6, 2024, that the reason...

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How Trump might target DACA recipients and other immigrant groups

  • Written by Jean Lantz Reisz, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
imageMigrants attempting to illegally cross the U.S. border from Mexico are detained by Border Patrol officers on June 4, 2024. Katie McTiernan/Anadolu via Getty Images

Donald Trump has promised voters that he would carry out a range of immigration actions, including deporting, with the help of the National Guard or military, millions of immigrants...

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How Trump won Pennsylvania − and what the numbers from key counties show about the future of a pivotal swing state

  • Written by Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
imagePeople gather at McGillin's Olde Ale House in Philadelphia as election results trickle in. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania was for months considered the key swing state that would decide the 2024 election. Candidates, political parties and advocacy groups spent over US$1 billion courting the commonwealth’s small number of...

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What Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can’t change

  • Written by Gautam Jain, Senior Research Scholar in Financing the Energy Transition, Columbia University
imageDonald Trump tours a liquefied natural gas terminal under construction in Louisiana in 2019.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

As the U.S. prepares for another Trump administration, one area unambiguously in the incoming president’s crosshairs is climate policy.

Although he has not released an official climate agenda, Donald Trump’s playbook from his...

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  2. Religions talk about the value of humility − but it can be especially hard for clergy to practice what they preach
  3. Ballot measures to legalize recreational use of cannabis fail in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota
  4. ‘Yellowstone’ highlights Montana’s long-forgotten connection to the Confederacy
  5. Military veterans are disproportionately affected by suicide, but targeted prevention can help reverse the tide
  6. Microplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate
  7. America’s glass ceiling remains − here are some of the reasons why a woman may have once again lost the presidency
  8. Iran’s currency was already tumbling − and then news of Trump’s victory broke
  9. Now the Electoral College votes for president – 4 essential reads
  10. What Buddhism can teach in this moment of deep divisions: No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken’
  11. This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking
  12. Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828
  13. What is ‘ballot curing’? Election expert explains the method for fixing errors made when voters cast their ballots
  14. 2024’s quick win for Trump will go down in the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 Election Day landslides
  15. Will the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
  16. Kristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom
  17. Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’
  18. Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals
  19. Only 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one − here’s what I learned
  20. Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity
  21. Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice
  22. How Native Americans guarded their societies against tyranny
  23. Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes
  24. The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality
  25. What poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day
  26. Political bickering and policy uncertainty take a toll on business investment, research shows
  27. I’m a Muslim immigrant and a psychiatrist living in Michigan – I haven’t decided how to vote yet
  28. How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
  29. As the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music
  30. Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds
  31. Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy
  32. The racist ‘one-drop rule’ lives on in how Trump talks about Black politicians and whiteness in America
  33. Undoing the ‘deep state’ means Trump would undo over a century of progress in building a federal government for the people and not just for rich white men
  34. Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress
  35. Massachusetts could be the next state to get rid of the ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers
  36. Massachusetts votes to keep its ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers
  37. Jobs report gives a final lackluster snapshot prior to election − but overall, the economy under Biden has been a tale of 2 eras
  38. US government tries to rein in an out-of-control subscription economy
  39. ‘Safe route’ or ‘sushi route’ − 2 strategies to turn yuck to yum and convince people to eat unusual foods
  40. How to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox
  41. St. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s
  42. The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean
  43. Monkeys know who will win the election – primal instincts humans share with them shape voters’ choices
  44. No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with over 23,000 jobs planned
  45. No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with thousands of jobs planned
  46. For one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’
  47. Elon Musk misses Philly court date, stalling ‘illegal lottery’ case against him − an expert on Philadelphia politics weighs in
  48. Trump’s Detroit insults are based on old narratives local media are rewriting every day
  49. Denver slaughterhouse ban could affect food systems in Colorado and beyond
  50. Denver voters reject slaughterhouse ban, allowing Superior Farms to continue selling lamb in Colorado and nationwide