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Creative arts therapy programs can help health care workers dance, write and draw their way through burnout and on-the-job stress

  • Written by Marc Moss, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageIf current trends continue, the U.S. could see a drastic shortage of health care workers over the next decade.LaylaBird/E+ via Getty Images

Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a family that their loved one is not going to survive. Yet health care professionals face the immense burden of tragedy, illness and dying in an intensely...

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Avian flu has infected dairy cows in more than a dozen states – a microbiologist explains how the virus is spreading

  • Written by Jenna Guthmiller, Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageAlthough H5N1 typically infects wild birds, the virus has spilled over into domesticated animal populations, like dairy cows.Peter Cade/Stone via Getty Images

The current strain of avian flu, H5N1, is responsible for the culling of millions of domestic birds and has sickened more than a dozen farmworkers in 2024, most recently in Colorado.

The...

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Black voters, Latino voters and other voters of color show solidarity at the ballot box

  • Written by Efrén Pérez, Professor of Political Science and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
imageVoters of color wait in line to cast their ballots in Atlanta in 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Shortly before Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, several national polls and primary voting results indicated that Donald Trump had peeled away one of the party’s most reliable voting blocs...

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Policy, shmolicy: Election Day weather and football victories could decide the election

  • Written by Mark Robert Rank, Professor of Social Welfare, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageBad weather, including rain or snow, tends to suppress voter turnout.Gregory Adams/Moment/Getty Images

The current presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is shaping up to be an extremely tight contest. Any number of last-minute factors might earn votes for one candidate or the other. Late-breaking economic news, international...

Read more: Policy, shmolicy: Election Day weather and football victories could decide the election

I documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma

  • Written by Gordon Coonfield, Associate Professor of Communication, Villanova University
imageA memorial to "Bough" in Kensington in North Philly. Gordon Coonfield/Kensington Remembers, CC BY-NC-ND

I was walking through the Kensington neighborhood in North Philadelphia when I noticed a shrine made from scraps of lumber and old furniture. Empty liquor bottles were arranged inside. A menagerie of stuffed animals, their fur matted by rain and...

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Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows

  • Written by Jessica Eise, Assistant Professor, Indiana University
imagePeople enjoy spending time in nature but don't always feel they have the ability to protect it.John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Image

Climate change has been in the news for more than 40 years. It’s typically covered as a scientific or political issue. However, social scientists like me have found that feelings and values are what drive...

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Job supervisors with disabilities can boost productivity, new research shows

  • Written by Dustin Cole, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Auburn University
imageIt can be easier to discuss your disability when your boss has one too.Westend61/Getty Images

Some large companies, such asWalgreens, Wells Fargo and Proctor & Gamble, are successfully integrating people with disabilities into their labor forces.

But other employers are not doing as good a job. That means they’re losing out on what the...

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When Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability

  • Written by Jaime Schultz, Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State

More than 4,000 athletes with physical, vision and intellectual impairments will compete in 22 sports during the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

Within those 22 sports, there will be 549 medal events. That number seems high because several sports include multiple “sport classes,” which are used to even the playing field for athletes...

Read more: When Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability

What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season

  • Written by Annalisa Bracco, Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageCooling streaks indicate the potential for two Niña's at once – Pacific and Atlantic, a rare event.NOAA Coral Reef Watch

The North Atlantic Ocean has been running a fever for months, with surface temperatures at or near record highs. But cooling along the equator in both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific may finally be starting to bring...

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How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality

  • Written by Anya Jabour, Regents Professor of History, University of Montana
imageIn the 1920s, many women became more comfortable in their skin. But the facts of life remained in short supply.George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress

American women still have fewer orgasms than men, according to new research that suggests that decades after the sexual revolution, the “orgasm gap” is still very much in...

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  4. In a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests
  5. Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of Earth’s climate – and how viruses adapt to climate change
  6. How US military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to readying for tensions and conflict with China and Russia
  7. What is mental imagery? Brain researchers explain the pictures in your mind and why they’re useful
  8. A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that
  9. All politicians change their minds – and have been flip-flopping on positions for hundreds of years
  10. From Kursk to Kursk: Putin’s attempt to project an image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been punctured throughout his 25 years in power
  11. Urban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants − losing these insects is a warning of bigger water problems
  12. In domestic violence cases, police are more likely to make arrests when pets are abused, too
  13. People with physical and mobility disabilities need to work out, but there are a lot of obstacles in their way
  14. South Sudan’s long-delayed election will be a landmark moment − but economic decline and political strife put vote at risk
  15. Kamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate
  16. ‘Coconut farmers for Harris,’ influencers and vertical signs – Smithsonian curators’ encounters at the Democratic National Convention
  17. Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for a commercial space program
  18. 4 ways Wissahickon Valley Park makes Philly more resilient against climate change
  19. The Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for a commercial space program
  20. No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s
  21. How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’
  22. US is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it
  23. What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism
  24. Gift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators fail to protect consumers − and how one 83-year-old fell into the ‘fear bubble’
  25. Why gift cards fall into a gap in the 2-tier banking regulation system − and a brief history of why that gap exists
  26. From thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak
  27. ‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for
  28. Italian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
  29. Can a political party get any attention when its rival holds a national convention? Yes, but it’s not easy
  30. How debt and taxes conspired to rob Nairobi’s slum-dwelling youth of the promise of a better life
  31. Treating Nord Stream blasts as a whodunit misses the point – and plays into Russia’s plan to distract and divide
  32. Want to fight gender inequality? A review of data from 118 counties shows that development aid works
  33. Want to fight gender inequality? A review of data from 118 countries shows that development aid works
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  40. America’s Iran policy is a failure − piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far
  41. Democratic Party’s embrace of organized labor in 2024 elections has long roots that had started to wither
  42. Los Angeles is in a 4-year sprint to deliver a car-free 2028 Olympics
  43. Politicians step up attacks on the teaching of scientific theories in US schools
  44. Do Charli XCX’s and Kid Rock’s endorsements make a difference? 19% of young people admit they might
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