The Conversation - Why iPhones defy inflation

A New Mexico official who joined the Capitol attacks is barred from politics – but the little-known law behind the removal has some potential pitfalls for democracy

Aziz Huq, University of Chicago; David Landau, Florida State University; Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago

Other countries disqualify political officials and prevent them from holding office more often than the US does. There are benefits and potential risks to using this kind of legal tactic.

E-cigarette maker Juul settled a lawsuit over its practice of targeting teens through social media, parties and models – here’s why the company is paying $438.5 million to dozens of states

Jon-Patrick Allem, University of Southern California

The nearly half-billion-dollar settlement orders Juul to tamp down its targeting of the teen market.

The opioid crisis isn’t just the Sacklers’ fault – and making Purdue Pharma pay isn’t enough on its own to fix the pharmaceutical industry’s deeper problems

David Herzberg, University at Buffalo

Making them pay is important but it’s not going to stop drugmakers from endangering public health.

Why Apple can hold the line on iPhone prices, as smartphones defy soaring inflation and keep getting relatively cheaper

Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

Despite the highest inflation rates in 40 years, Apple chose not to raise prices on its gadgets. More bizarre, the consumer price index suggests smartphones are 20% cheaper than a year ago.

Child poverty fell to a record-low 5.2% in 2021 – here’s how it could have been even lower

Steven Pressman, The New School; Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University

A tax credit expansion played a big role in child poverty reduction. But the government’s failure to reach all eligible Americans meant many families never got that temporary benefit.

50 years ago, an artist convincingly exhibited a fake Iron Age civilization – with invented maps, music and artifacts

Beauvais Lyons, University of Tennessee

Norman Daly’s 1972 exhibition, ‘The Civilization of Llhuros,’ presented fiction as fact – and reminded viewers of just how easily they could be duped.

Lies are more common on laptops than on phones – how devices may shape our behavior when bargaining with strangers

Terri R. Kurtzberg, Rutgers University - Newark ; Charles Naquin, DePaul University; Mason Ameri, Rutgers University - Newark

A new study found that the device people used to communicate in a negotiation made a big difference in how likely they were to deceive for personal gain.

Why are some people mosquito magnets and others unbothered? A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor and mindset

La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US spread by mosquitoes – and can cause severe neurological damage in rare cases

Is your gas stove bad for your health?