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Journalists Dig Into Vaccine Debate and America’s Obesity Rates KFF Health News
KFF Health News senior correspondent Arthur Allen discussed the fragility of our vaccine infrastructure on The Atlantic’s “Radio Atlantic” on...
Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening Author: Aswathy Ammothumkandy, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Southern California
Regenerating neurons may be one way to improve cognition. stanislavgusev/RooM via Getty Images Your brain can still make new neurons...
Georgia Said It Would Fix Care for the Disabled Years Ago. It’s Still Not Done. KFF Health News Sam Whitehead
In recent decades, the Justice Department has sued several states for unnecessarily confining people with disabilities in places such as...
Venice: Where Dreams Float on Water
Imagine a city where streets are rivers, cars are boats, and history whispers from every corner. Venice isn’t just a...
Protests, sectarian violence and a growing spat with India: Bangladesh’s new leaders are beset with challenges to its democracy Author: Manoj Misra, Associate Professor of Sociology, Western Connecticut State University
When student-led, anti-government protests in Bangladesh snowballed into the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year-long autocratic rule in August 2024, many...
What is the ‘way of the warrior’? Students investigate the arts of war and peace in this course about virtue and the ethics of violence Author: Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Hamilton College
A painting by Yoshifusa Utagawa shows the famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi, left, fighting Sasaki Kojiro. Artelino via Wikimedia Commons Uncommon...
Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive Author: Valerie M. Fridland, Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno
Did your head literally explode? No, but you can say it did. John Lund/Stone via Getty Images Few words so...
Trump attacks diversity, but a fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − worked to represent all Americans in a multiracial democracy Author: Sandhya Shukla, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, University of Virginia
Vito Marcantonio appears in front of his office on First Avenue in New York City in 1948. The New York...
What is Salt Typhoon? A security expert explains the Chinese hackers and their attack on US telecommunications networks Author: Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer, CSEE & Assistant Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The U.S. says Chinese hackers have penetrated America's phone networks – and are still inside them. Anton Petrus/Moment via Getty...
