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When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses

Jennifer Harman, Colorado State University

Some parents engage in domestic abuse by influencing their children to fear, dislike or distrust their other parent. What happens next is a cascade of losses.

Even once female Ukrainian refugees reach safety, they face new burdens as single heads of household

Dilek Cindoglu, Georgetown University

Female Ukrainian refugees are suddenly tasked with shouldering both home and work responsibilities. Policy measures are needed to respond to women’s unique situations during this war.

Going underground: Ukraine’s subterranean fighters highlight the benefit – and long history – of tunnels in warfare

Paul J. Springer, Air University

Ukrainian fighters are utilizing a maze of tunnels in Mariupol and other key cities. The use of the underground in conflict has a rich history.

Elon Musk won’t have a board to watch him when he takes Twitter private – does that matter?

Michael Withers, Texas A&M University; Steven Boivie, Texas A&M University

Musk’s tweets badgering Twitter’s board raised important corporate governance questions about a board’s purpose and whether its members should own shares in the company they oversee.

The dietary supplement you’re taking could be tainted with prescription medications and dangerous hidden ingredients, according to a new study

C. Michael White, University of Connecticut

Products aimed at sexual dysfunction and weight loss were the most common dietary supplements that contained hidden – and potentially harmful – ingredients.

How Robert Langer, a pioneer in delivering mRNA into the body, failed repeatedly but kept going: ‘They said I should give up, but I don’t like to give up’

Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Moderna co-founder Robert Langer developed the process that made COVID-19 vaccines possible. He spoke about his journey helping develop the science for various lifesaving treatments.

Linking protected areas from Yellowstone to the Yukon shows the value of conserving large landscapes, not just isolated parks and preserves

Charles C. Chester, Brandeis University; Mark Hebblewhite, The University of Montana

Parks and refuges are important for conservation, but without connections, they’re like islands. Linking them by protecting land in between makes it possible for wildlife to move over bigger areas.

Emmanuel Macron reelected: four key themes for his second term as president

‘Bloody-hunting slaughtermen’, sieges and ‘lechery’: what does Shakespeare tell us of war?

Orlando Julius, Nigeria’s Afrobeat pioneer, lived for his art