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Back to SearchIs the US still a top destination for international students?
In 2020, international student enrollment in the United States dropped 15 percent because of pandemic era travel restrictions, according to Higher Ed…
3 years, 4 months ago
How the brain responds to anxiety
Millions of Americans are dealing with anxiety, and much about anxiety is a mystery. However, recently researchers from the Universities of Bristol a…
3 years, 4 months ago
Why is Montana banning TikTok, and will it work?
The app TikTok is wildly popular, and in some circles, wildly controversial. The state of Montana recently passed legislation that would ban the app …
3 years, 4 months ago
Unraveling the mysteries of sleep
As far as we’ve come in medical and scientific research, sleep seems to be an area that we just can’t pin down. We might understand the stages of sle…
3 years, 4 months ago
With pandemic era SNAP benefits ending, how are food banks coping?
During the pandemic, households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, received at least a $95 per month increase to the…
3 years, 5 months ago
Math, it’s not for everyone – Can we reimagine high school math curriculums?
We have all heard conversations of “why didn’t they teach us this in school?” or “why did I take calculus if I’ve never had to use it?” Now with a wi…
3 years, 5 months ago
Norms in politics have gone unchecked - do we need more rules?
There are many precedents in politics that aren’t necessarily based on law but on norms, like the fact that there isn’t an age restriction for politi…
3 years, 5 months ago
The “existential crisis” behind the writers strike
TV and movie writers represented by the Writers Guild of America went on strike last week. We’ve seen several writers strikes before, but producer an…
3 years, 5 months ago
“Our youth are really, really struggling”: Is talking about mental health enough?
Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a 25 percent increase in anxiety and depression, especially in young people and women, according to the Wo…
3 years, 5 months ago
What's behind the violence in Sudan?
We are seeing a serious situation in Sudan where violence has erupted between two factions of the military. Hundreds of civilians have been killed an…
3 years, 5 months ago