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What is a heat dome? A meteorologist explains the weather phenomenon baking the northeast quarter of the US

A heat dome sent temperatures soaring as summer 2024 was about to begin. Orange is moderate heat risk for June 18, red is major,...

What are strike funds? A labor-management relations expert explains

by Raymond Gibney Jr., Penn State When people go on strike, their employers don’t pay them. That makes it hard for workers who have walked...

What’s a Luddite? An expert on technology and society explains

Some Luddites simply want to press ‘pause’ on the uninhibited march of technological progress. Stan Eales/iStock via Getty Images by Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University The term...

What is racial battle fatigue?

A school psychologist explains by Geremy Grant, Alfred University When William A. Smith, a scholar of education and culture, introduced the term “racial battle fatigue” in...

What are bail funds? Two social policy experts explain

by Cynthia A. Golembeski, The New School and Matthew Bakko, University of Michigan When someone charged with a crime is eligible for release but cannot...

What is Afrofuturism? An English professor explains

by Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with computer parts, tells the story...

What are HeLa cells? A cancer biologist explains

Henrietta Lacks by Ivan Martinez, West Virginia University In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old...

What’s a 990 form? A charity accounting expert explains

This informational form can help the public learn about a nonprofit’s operations. Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty Images by Sarah Webber, University of Dayton Most tax-exempt nonprofits must file...

What is 5G? An electrical engineer explains

Telecommunications companies around the world are expanding their next-generation, or 5G, networks. Guo Shining/VCG via Getty Images by Prasenjit Mitra, Penn State 5G stands for fifth-generation cellular...

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