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Working out in high temperatures is tough on any body. That’s why it’s important for young athletes to start slowly and safely building up stamina before intensive team practices begin in the summer heat.
Athletic trainer Samantha Scarneo-Miller of West Virginia University explains the physiology and the best practices for teams as players acclimatize to the heat during the first weeks of practice. She also flags the warning signs of heat illness to watch for in athletes of any age.
More than 50 high school football players died from heat-related illnesses between 1996 and 2022. As team practices start amid this summer’s record temperatures, it’s important to be prepared so everyone stays safe in the heat. That goes for marching band practice, too.
This week, we also liked articles about audiobooks, the massive IT outage and JD Vance’s religious beliefs.
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The first two weeks of practice are hardest as the body acclimatizes.
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Samantha Scarneo-Miller, West Virginia University
An athletic trainer explains why bodies need time time to acclimatize, and the risks to watch out for.
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Displays at LaGuardia Airport in New York show the infamous “blue screen of death.”
AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A faulty software update crippled airlines, hospitals and government services. A security researcher explains why it’s likely to happen again and what needs to be done to lower the odds of a repeat.
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In this drawing from ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ a Black child is taken from his mother by a white man.
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Susanna Ashton, Clemson University
Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer. Along the way, he met an aspiring writer.
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Andrey Vyshedskiy, Boston University
Audiobooks can develop children’s listening skills, expand their vocabulary and encourage independent learning.
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Brian Glyn Williams, UMass Dartmouth
Deploying a series of new tactics and weapons, including the first use of sea drones in combat, Ukrainian forces have created what one military analyst called ‘a turning point in naval strategy.’
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Ahra Ko, University of Pennsylvania; Steven Neuberg, Arizona State University
Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of contamination – but something unusual happened during COVID-19.
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Claire Jerry, Smithsonian Institution; Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Institution
Tight security may be the reason that the GOP Convention isn’t filled with the homemade, and often wacky, stuff that’s usually found by Smithsonian political ephemera curators at the event.
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The Conversation News Quiz 🧠
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Fritz Holznagel, The Conversation
Here’s the first question of this week’s edition:
Which federal judge, appointed by Donald Trump, just blew up the classified documents case against him?
- A. Aileen Cannon
- B. Elizabeth Howitzer
- C. Madison Trebuchet
- D. Emilia Bazooka
Test your knowledge
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