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3 takeaways from the NATO summit – and where it leaves the military alliance

The leaders of the 31 nations that comprise NATO made their way home on July 12, 2023, after concluding two days of highest-level diplomatic...

FDA approves first daily over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill – a pharmacist and public health expert explain this new era in contraception

On July 13, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drugmaker’s application for the first daily over-the-counter birth control pill for people...

How the shooting of Ralph Yarl demonstrates the fiction of a colorblind society in America

Given the gunshot wounds to his head and arm, the fact that Ralph Yarl was able to celebrate his 17th birthday on May 7,...

Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step toward justice for Native Americans in Northern California

The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep,...

Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep blue sea

When OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration enterprise, created a promotional video for its ill-fated US$250,000-per-head trip to see the wreck of the Titanic, it told...

Children, like adults, tend to underestimate how welcome their random acts of kindness will be

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. From expressing gratitude to surprising someone with a mug of hot chocolate on...

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are...

Female physicists aren’t represented in the media – and this lack of representation hurts the physics field

Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Oppenheimer,” set for release July 21, 2023, depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic...

Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by viruses – here are a few ways to know the difference

“My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody’s.” So declares Mary to Anne in “Persuasion,” Jane Austen’s 1817 book. Most of us...

Putting a price on exoskeleton assistance puts users in the driver’s seat of honing the tech

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. My colleagues and I have used a tool from economics to measure the...

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