A long-brewing crisis of housing instability in the U.S. threatens to mar the public health response…
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Life on welfare isn't what most people think it is
When Americans talk about people receiving public assistance—food stamps, disability, unemployment payments and other government help—they…
Opposition to sexual- and gender-minority rights linked to support for Christian dominance
,Many Christian and political conservatives in the U.S. support legislation to deny sexual and gender minorities…
Could the answer to groundwater resources come from high in the sky?
Groundwater makes up 30 to 50 percent of California’s water supply, but until recently there were…
Matrix imaging: an innovation for improving ultrasound resolution
In conventional ultrasounds, variations in soft tissue structure distort ultrasound wavefronts. They blur the image and…
City compost programs turn garbage into 'black gold' that boosts food security and social justice
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many Americans’ relationships with food. To relieve some of…
Paying for coronavirus will have to be like war debt – spread over generations
The macroeconomic shock to the world economy from the COVID-19 pandemic is arguably unprecedented in modern…
Adding women to corporate boards improves decisions about medical product safety
Medical supply companies with boards that included at least two women recalled life-threatening products almost a…
Going online due to COVID-19 this fall could hurt colleges' future
When the California State University system decided to conduct all of its classes online this coming…
Globalization really started 1,000 years ago
Viking ships touched down on the Canadian island of Newfoundland around the year 1000, at what…