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The Constitution doesn’t have a problem with mask mandates

John E. FinnJanuary 23, 2021 GMT

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John E. Finn, Wesleyan University

The year the West was burning: How the 2020 wildfire season got so extreme

Mojtaba SadeghNovember 30, 2020 GMT

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How QAnon uses satanic rhetoric to set up a narrative of ‘good vs. evil’

Paul ThomasOctober 20, 2020 GMT

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If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s health care order is not enough to replace it

Simon F. HaederOctober 6, 2020 GMT

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Faked videos shore up false beliefs about Biden’s mental health

Dustin CarnahanSeptember 18, 2020 GMT

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Trump’s law-and-order campaign relies on a historic American tradition of racist and anti-immigrant politics

Austin SaratSeptember 14, 2020 GMT

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What – or who – is antifa?

Stanislav VysotskySeptember 4, 2020 GMT

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Stanislav Vysotsky, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Jerry Falwell Jr. will leave behind a very different legacy from his influential father

Richard FloryAugust 26, 2020 GMT

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I’m a lung doctor testing the blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors as a treatment for the sick – a century-old idea that could be a fast track to treatment

Jeffrey M. SturekAugust 24, 2020 GMT

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Latin American women are disappearing and dying under lockdown

Lynn Marie StephenAugust 24, 2020 GMT

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Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness the CDC just issued a warning about?

Jay DesaiAugust 5, 2020 GMT

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Jay Desai,

Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms

Hardy MurphyJuly 31, 2020 GMT

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The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

Anna Swartwood HouseJuly 28, 2020 GMT

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Should you avoid meat for good health? How to slice off the facts from the fiction

Dariush MozaffarianDecember 27, 2019 GMT

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Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat

Cornelius (Neil) J. ClancyNovember 19, 2019 GMT

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With anti-Semitism on the rise again, there are steps everyone can take to counter it

Jamie Levine DanielOctober 25, 2019 GMT

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On Yom Kippur, remembering Mosul’s rich and diverse past

Stephennie MulderOctober 7, 2019 GMT

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Vaping likely has dangers that could take years for scientists to even know about

Ilona JaspersSeptember 11, 2019 GMT

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What Myanmar’s bizarre capital tells us about the future of travel

David BockinoSeptember 9, 2019 GMT

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David Bockino, Elon University

Berkeley, Milo Yiannopoulos and the lessons of free speech

Erwin ChemerinskyJuly 1, 2019 GMT

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Accelerating exoplanet discovery using chemical signatures of stars

Natalie HinkelJune 28, 2019 GMT

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Natalie Hinkel, Arizona State University

The Trebek effect: The benefits of well wishes

Richard GundermanJune 17, 2019 GMT

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Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington

What the Industrial Revolution really tells us about the future of automation and work

Moshe Y. VardiAugust 29, 2018 GMT

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From our partner: The Conversation

The Constitution doesn’t have a problem with mask mandates

The year the West was burning: How the 2020 wildfire season got so extreme

How QAnon uses satanic rhetoric to set up a narrative of ‘good vs. evil’

If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s health care order is not enough to replace it

Faked videos shore up false beliefs about Biden’s mental health

Trump’s law-and-order campaign relies on a historic American tradition of racist and anti-immigrant politics

What – or who – is antifa?

Jerry Falwell Jr. will leave behind a very different legacy from his influential father

I’m a lung doctor testing the blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors as a treatment for the sick – a century-old idea that could be a fast track to treatment

Latin American women are disappearing and dying under lockdown

Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness the CDC just issued a warning about?

Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

Should you avoid meat for good health? How to slice off the facts from the fiction

Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat

With anti-Semitism on the rise again, there are steps everyone can take to counter it

On Yom Kippur, remembering Mosul’s rich and diverse past

Vaping likely has dangers that could take years for scientists to even know about

What Myanmar’s bizarre capital tells us about the future of travel

Berkeley, Milo Yiannopoulos and the lessons of free speech

Accelerating exoplanet discovery using chemical signatures of stars

The Trebek effect: The benefits of well wishes

India’s Prime Minister Modi pursues politics of Hindu nationalism – what does that mean?

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate

The Freddie Mercury story that goes untold in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

What the Industrial Revolution really tells us about the future of automation and work