Editor's note
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School shootings like the one that took place in Santa Fe, Texas, on May 18 often trigger calls for beefed up security. But F. Chris Curran, a school safety expert at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, argues that a school’s culture is an important but often overlooked aspect to school security.
As American Jews celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month, Michigan State’s Kirsten Fermaglich revisits the stories of supposed coercive name-changing at Ellis Island to explain the reasons behind why this portrait emerged and how it relates to the Jewish struggle with identity in America.
Clothing retailers see a new opportunity in 3D scanning: better-fitting clothes for customers who let themselves be scanned. But Jessica Ridgway, a Florida State scholar of the retail industry, explains why her research suggests that customers who see scans of themselves may no longer be in a buying mood.
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Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Education Editor
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A student retrieves her belongings from Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, where a gunman opened fire on May 18 and killed 10 people.
David J. Phillip/AP
F. Chris Curran, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
School climate and culture are just as important, if not more, than security measures when it comes to preventing school violence, a scholar argues.
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Immigrants and inspectors in the registry room for legal inspections at Ellis Island.
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
Thousands of Jewish immigrants and their children changed their names in America – but not at Ellis Island. The reasons are complicated and part of the Jewish struggle with their identity in America.
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What does a machine see when it looks at you?
Jessica Ridgway
Jessica Ridgway Clayton, Florida State University
When people see their bodies in 3D, they feel worse about themselves and more negative in general. That might not put shoppers in a buying mood even for clothes that fit better.
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Health + Medicine
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Joyce Sakamoto, Pennsylvania State University; Shelley Whitehead, Pennsylvania State University
The CDC recently announced an uptick in diseases spread by vectors such as mosquitoes and ticks. Here's why and what you can do to lower your risk.
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Martin Schiller, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
You should be aware of the amount of genetic information you might disclose in a research study – and what the benefits and risks will be.
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Science + Technology
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Sarah Catherine Nelson, University of Washington
Data and privacy issues are tangled up in the DNA reports consumers get from big genetic testing companies – and the third-party sites they turn to in order to glean more from their raw DNA.
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Xiaofeng Feng, University of Central Florida
Producing ammonia, which is a key ingredient in fertilizers, is one of the world's most energy-intensive chemical manufacturing processes. Now there's a new low energy option in development.
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Jennell Vick, Case Western Reserve University
Where you come down on the latest internet hullabaloo depends on how your brain fills in gaps in the sounds you hear.
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Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
As part of preparing students to live in a democracy, schools should teach students how to engage in political dissent, a philosophy of education scholar argues.
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Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University
This Speed Read makes the case why you should be nice to spiders you encounter in your home and consider a live-and-let-live policy.
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