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The good-guy image police present to students often clashes with students’ realityChris Curran, Aaron Kupchik and Benjamin W. Fisher

Eight days after George Floyd was killed during an encounter with Minneapolis police in an incident that sparked protests around the world, Minneapolis Public Schools terminated its contract for the Minneapolis police to provide officers in schools.
Senator John Fetterman

When does clinical depression become an emergency? 4 questions answered — John B. Williamson

The news that Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb....
An illustration of greenwashing involves giving false impressions about a company’s impact on the environment

Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it’s more about greenwashing than helping the climate — Sehoon Kim

Carbon offsets have become big business as more companies make promises to protect the climate but can’t meet the goals...
An image of a a California teacher taking part in a demonstration in September 2023 to support the rights of transgender people.

Biases behind transgender athlete bans are deeply rooted — George B. Cunningham and Kelsey Garrison

In 2023, 24 states had laws or regulations in place prohibiting transgender students from participating on public school athletic teams consistent with...
Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads — Matt Williams, Alexis Karteron, Bev-Freda Jackson, Margaret M.Russell and Sharon D. Wright Austin

Shortly after noon on June 30, 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson took the judicial oath and officially became a Supreme Court Justice of...
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Prostate cancer treatment is not always the best option – a cancer researcher walks her father through his diagnosis — Luisel Ricks-Santi

“Me encontraron càncer en la pròstata,” my father told me. They found cancer in my prostate. As a cancer researcher who knows...
A multiple-exposure photograph of insects circling a light at night.

The surprising reason why insects circle lights at night: They lose track of the sky — Samuel Fabian, Jamie Theobald and Ash Sondhi

It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of...
An image of footprints in the sand.

You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy — Jenny Whilde and Jessica Alice Farrell

Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like...
An image of a soldier with the American flag in the background.

Is the National Guard a solution to school violence? — F. Chris Curran

Every now and then, an elected official will suggest bringing in the National Guard to deal with violence that seems...
An image of two people using a Palestinian keffiyeh to show their support during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington on Nov. 4, 2023.

How the keffiyeh – a practical garment used for protection against the desert sun – became a symbol of Palestinian identity — Armin Langer

An image of Betty Smith and others looking at a novel.

Betty Smith enchanted a generation of readers with ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ − even as she groused that she hoped Williamsburg would be flattened — Rachel Gordan

Eighty years ago, in the winter and spring of 1944, Brooklyn-born author Betty Smith was entering a new chapter of life....
A graphic of two mice representing one mouse's fear and another mouse's calmness towards gut bacteria.

Bacteria in your gut can improve your mood − new research in mice tries to zero in on the crucial strains — Andrea Merchak

Probiotics have been getting a lot of attention recently. These bacteria, which you can consume from fermented foods, yogurt or even...
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