By Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Bake Off is back and Nigella is judging. We’re also recommending a host of books from non-fiction on British food history to a fiction book about gay Jamaicans.
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By Kendall Medford, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Africana Research Center, Penn State
Haitians have moved to the neighboring Dominican Republic in large numbers over the last century, which has made Creole the second-most widely spoken language there.
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By Cara Giovanetti, Postdoctoral Researcher in Physics, University of California, Berkeley
The early universe was kind of like a big game of musical chairs – scientists are figuring out how many particles were able to find ‘seats’ to understand the cosmos.
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By Mark Louie Ramos, Assistant Research Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State
Scientific studies, and news coverage about them, often declare that a study “controlled” for certain variables.
For example, the Washington Post reported on a study of GLP-1 drugs and a hormonal disorder. The article noted that “women on GLP-1s lost more weight than those in control groups.”
A couple months earlier, the Post reported on a…
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By Crystal Cederna, Associate Professor of Public Health, Michigan State University
Teens in southeast Michigan go to school carrying with them far more than backpacks, books and water bottles.
Many are shouldering economic hardship, exposure to adversity and discrimination, family responsibilities, uncertainty about the future and social pressures.
These sentiments were shared with our research teams repeatedly during focus groups we held in Detroit in 2024 and during 2026 community advisory meetings in Flint.
I am a pediatric psychologist,…
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By Fengxiu Zhang, Associate Professor of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Saba Siddiki, Professor of Citizenship and Democracy, Syracuse University
The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. But even they are resisting new developments. And they have specific wishes for how to regulate them.
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By Rebecca Smullin Dawson, Associate Professor of Biology, Allegheny College
Mold spores, 90-degree classrooms and aging pipes: An environmental health expert explains why Pennsylvania’s old schools are harder on kids than adults.
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By David Edward DeMatthews, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin
Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource.
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By Jeff LeBlanc, Learning Facilitator for Online Master of Business Administration, Boston University
Gen Z workers don’t communicate better or worse than previous generations, but they learned to do so under very different circumstances.
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By Marina Miron, Postdoctoral Researcher, War Studies Department, King's College London
Rod Thornton, Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Defence and Security., King's College London
Ukraine is struggling to defend its cities against aerial attack as Russia introduces a new, long-range drone to the war.
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