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The idea of organized satanic witchcraft was invented in 15th-century Europe by church and state authorities, who at first had a hard time convincing regular folks it was real.
When it comes to making law enforcement professionals less likely to resort to use of force, higher education goes a long way, research shows.
Being able to identify communities that are susceptible to the pandemic ahead of time would allow officials to target public health interventions to slow the spread of the infection and avoid deaths.
If worshippers congregate outside amid coronavirus fears, it wouldn’t be unprecedented. Early settlers used outside worship to sanctify colonized land, and slaves relied on it to meet in secret.
On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, women’s historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country debates who should vote and how.
About half of incarcerated women in the United States are mothers to children under age 18. Natural spaces within a prison can help maintain their mother-child bonds.
The time at home from the coronavirus crisis could be an opportunity to let our natural sleep rhythms take over.
A commission looking at the future of service is set to makesits recommendations. It is hoping to make a year of service ‘a norm’ for all Americans. What does it mean to serve?
Despite the delays caused by the coronavirus, China has the capability to at least comply with promises in the phase one trade deal with the US.
When the holes – also called ‘eyes’ – don’t appear in a batch, cheesemakers say the cheese is ‘blind.’
Food might seem like an easy way to appeal to the masses. But when politicians wade into local food customs, they do so at their own risk.
An Iranian general’s killing sparked fears of war and a draft in the US. Those are old fears, says a scholar who contends it’s a myth that during the two world wars, men signed up in droves to fight.
How did a small, rural state become so influential in the presidential nominating process? A political scientist traces the development of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus.
A scholar who studies consumer decision-making explains just what it is in the human mind that makes people susceptible to nudges toward one behavior or another.
The number of children with complex medical issues is growing, thanks in large part to medical advances. But these kids and their caregivers need a lot of support.
Researchers would like to find a way to relate the human perception of dryness to the chemical and physical properties of the wine.
Sit down to Thanksgiving dinner ready to amaze your companions with physiological facts about why different cuts of the turkey have different characteristics.
Destruction of rainforests through wildfires or deforestation may harm human health. As these forests disappear, we may be losing precious medicinal plants that hold treatments for various diseases.
Brazilian evangelicals are politically conservative, but they still believe in climate change. Turning them into climate activists, however, will be a challenge for the environmentalist movement.
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Associate Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning, Urban Design, Iowa State University
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Graduate Research Assistant in Psychology, Iowa State University
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Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor of Geology, Iowa State University
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Master's Candidate in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Iowa State University
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Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
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PhD student in Rural Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
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Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Iowa State University
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Director of the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium, Iowa State University
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Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
