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  • Why Did Gun Violence Soar During the Pandemic? The Reasons Are Complex

    The pandemic brought about a sharp rise in mental health concerns, deep unemployment and an unprecedented amount of social isolation – a potentially deadly combination alongside rising gun sales.

  • The Emotional Challenges of Student Veterans on Campus

  • Is COVID-19 Here to Stay? Biologists Explain How a Virus Becomes Endemic

  • What Is Herd Immunity? A Scientist & Researcher Explain

  • Memes Really Do Help Ease Pandemic Stress, Researchers Find

  • What Is the Metaverse? 2 Media & Information Experts Explain

    The metaverse is science fiction, but a lot of people in Silicon Valley are working to make this interconnected virtual reality a, well, reality.

  • Why Has Halloween Become So Popular Among Adults?

  • Tax or Treat: State Laws on Candy Taxation Vary Wildly

  • More ‘Disease’ Than ‘Dracula’ – How the Vampire Myth Was Born

  • Trick-or-Treating Safety Tips: How to Stay Safe Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

  • Infectious Disease Expert Explains ‘Mix-and-Match’ Vaccine Booster Shots

    As boosters are authorized for all three COVID-19 shots available in the US, the ability to swap out vaccine types looks to be a boon to the immune system.

  • Tsarnaev Appeal: Do Unbiased Jurors Exist in an Age of Social Media?

  • Steve Bannon Could Face Criminal Charges in January 6 Panel Showdown

  • 4 Reasons Americans Are Seeing Empty Shelves in Stores

  • David Amess Killing: Why Threats Toward Politicians Are Growing

  • The Pandora Papers: Why Does South Dakota Feature So Heavily?

  • US Supreme Court Gets Set to Address Abortion, Guns & Religion

  • Why Did Homicides Spike in 2020? A Criminologist Explains the ‘Perfect Conditions’

  • Why America Has a Debt Ceiling: 5 Questions Answered

  • Taliban & Islamic State Arm Themselves With Weapons US Left Behind

    Despite efforts to prevent militant groups from getting weapons, they often get their hands on U.S. equipment and use it to attack American troops.

  • ‘Get Out Now’ – Inside the White House on 9/11

  • As Football Season Kicks Off, Climate Change Threatens the Game

  • Bitcoin Is Now ‘Legal Tender’ in El Salvador – Here’s What That Means

  • Hurricane Ida: Why Did the Storm Bring Record Rain to the Northeast?

  • What Is ISIS-K? An Expert Answers 5 Key Questions About the Terror Group

    An attack by ISIS-K on the Kabul airport has left scores dead and many more injured. Two terrorism scholars explain who the group thought responsible is, and how big of a threat is it.

  • Where Do Afghanistan’s Refugees Go?

  • What Does Full FDA Approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Mean?

  • Afghan Troops Sought Safety in Numbers – Igniting a Cascade of Surrender

  • Hurricane Henri: What Is a Storm Surge? A Meteorologist Explains

  • As Afghanistan Falls, What Does It Mean for the Middle East?

    Every corner of the Middle East and North Africa will be touched in some way by the failure of American authority in Afghanistan.