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A good read you may have missed: Closing arguments are expected tomorrow in the trial of Derek Chauvin. The former Minneapolis police officer is facing two murder charges and one manslaughter charge in the death of George Floyd. The case has drawn national attention to the way America’s police forces are trained – and widespread demands for reforms to end such police-involved killings, which disproportionately affect people of color.
In a 2018 article, Nidia Bañuelos of UC Davis examined one common suggestion for reform: the idea of sending police to college. It is an idea that was tried, and ultimately failed, at UC Berkeley starting in 1908.
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Two new papers shed light on a longstanding mystery in particle physics.
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Zoltan Fodor, Penn State
For 15 years, there has been a mismatch in physics. A particle called the muon wasn't behaving the way theory predicted it should. A new theory and new experiment might solve this problem.
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In an ongoing study, most of those interviewed seemed to recognize that they were happier in their 30s than they were in their 20s.
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Clare Mehta, Emmanuel College
A developmental psychologist explains how a period of life that's often hectic and stressful can also end up being quite rewarding.
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Penny Riggs, Texas A&M University
Recently in the spotlight for its role in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA is not a new invention. It's a crucial messenger molecule at work every day in every cell in your body.
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Susan M. Shaw, Oregon State University
Complementarianism became central to evangelical belief in response to the feminist movement of the 1970s when many Christians came to champion women's equality.
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S. Jay Olshansky, University of Illinois at Chicago
Prince Philip died at 99. Living to such a ripe old age isn't unusual for UK royals. Nor is it surprising, argues an expert on aging and longevity.
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