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The United States has a child care crisis, yet the issue remains largely invisible in the farm sector. 

To limit the damage of extreme weather, communities need to know who is at risk and how they can be better prepared, an expert says.

The NRA has shored up its financial position over the last few years. However, the way in which that financial recovery came about risks hemorrhaging the NRA’s core supporters.

While no one is going to turn into a zombie from eating pancakes in real life, flour is often contaminated with fungi that can produce mycotoxins that make people sick.

A food scientist at Ohio State answers some of the most frequent questions she hears about this unique and complex treat.

President Joe Biden announced that he intends to end both the national emergency and the public health emergency declarations related to COVID-19 on May 11, 2023. Here is what that means for the nation....

China is now no longer an imitator nor producer of only low-quality science. China is now a scientific power on par with the U.S. and Europe, both in quantity and in quality.

The NOTAM system is about safety. When the system is down, pilots can’t fly as safely. It is for good reason that planes don’t go anywhere unless the NOTAM system is up and running.

What drove the child at an elementary school in Virginia to shoot his teacher is something that is not publicly known. But what the research clearly shows is that exposure to gun violence in media and easy access to firearms around the home all serve...

In its coverage of Damar Hamlin’s injury, ESPN was a sound and responsible broadcaster during one of football’s darkest on-field moments, a media expert says.

Reducing wasted food could protect natural resources, save consumers money, reduce hunger and slow climate change. But there’s no ready elegant solution to the problem.

The Respect for Marriage Act has various limitations that have not received a lot of public attention. That means it may not lead to legal protection and equality for all.

The FTX collapse  highlights the inherent risks charities face when they hold onto crypto assets and engage with these largely unregulated markets. 

The Cold War was not an actual war. Unlike the two world wars, there were no physical battles between the major adversaries. It was, instead, an extended competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, along with their respective allies....

Views of evangelicals on campus are interesting, since they highlight the complexities of social privilege: how individuals can feel discriminated against, even when their community as a whole is influential....

Looking at other kinds of truth commissions in different countries provides insight into what the Jan. 6 committee’s legacy might be – chiefly, it can help develop a narrative of what American democracy means....

When computer science courses are delivered through career and technical education in high school, the courses can help students with learning disabilities feel better about their ability to succeed in STEM....

While devices such as smart thermostats and security systems are widely used in homes today, the commercial use of household robots is still in its infancy.

Belonging to one or more groups with long-standing social and economic disadvantages increases the risk of cancer diagnoses and death, according to our review of 28 cancer studies published between 2012 and 2021....

The enzymes in the microorganisms that break down biodegradeable materials don’t recognize the bonds that hold together the polymers in plastics  – so they will last for hundreds of thousands of years....

We are nonprofit scholars who have been researching sexual harassment in fundraising for several years. We’ve found that about 76% of fundraisers report experiencing some form of work-based sexual harassment in their careers. ...

Beginning July 16, 2022, people struggling with mental health crises can call 988, a new number focused on providing lifesaving suicide prevention and crisis services. But 988 is not just a shorter, easier-to-remember replacement for the current suic...

Overall there is little empirical evidence that  security measures such as metal detectors, lock-down policies, “run, hide, fight” training and surveillance cameras decrease the likelihood of school shootings....

Using genetic analysis and artificial intelligence, we were able to disentangle hidden species that have been lumped together in a single group and predict where and what types they might be....

While many people may think that the political arguments over abortion now are fresh and new, scholars of women’s, medical and legal history note that this debate has a long history in the U.S.

Taxes on guns and ammunition sales provide a growing share of budgets for state fish and game agencies. But we have found that the growth in conservation funding driven by exploding guns sales presents at least three critical moral and ethical issues...

A missed delivery of weapons to the Ukraine military  doesn’t just mean a dissatisfied customer. It means that a sovereign nation may not be able to defend itself.

When farmers spray dicamba on hot days, it tends to vaporize and drift off target, spreading to fields and farms that often are not planted with crops genetically engineered to tolerate it. 

More than six months after non-fungible tokens began disrupting the art world, museums have generally engaged very little with NFTs. Two experts explain why.

We have studied the growing prevalence of firearms on screen and believe that the more guns there are in movies, the more likely it is that a shooting will occur – both in the “reel” world and in the “real” world. ...