Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.
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Parents often want their kids to be creative. But while creativity has many benefits, it can also be used for harm. Here’s how to teach kids to harness their imagination for the common good.
An exercise physiologist explains how it’s a problem of communication between your brain and your body.
Achieving widespread immunity to COVID-19 through vaccination requires as many people as possible to get their shots, including those who object or haven’t bothered.
NOAA’s 2021 high-tide flooding outlook shows where the risks are highest and growing. Some communities are seeing 20 or more days of flooding a year now.
Which is worse, dry heat or wet heat? Both, says an exercise physiologist.
If an organization that has your data gets hacked, your vulnerability depends on the kind of attack and the kind of data. Here’s how you can assess your risk and what to do to protect yourself.
Bunga yang membutuhkan bantuan serangga dan kelelawar melakukan upaya lebih dengan menghasilkan aroma bunga yang bertindak sebagai semacam tanda selamat datang untuk penyerbuk yang tepat.
A survey of over 3,000 students found that how much students’ appreciation of gay, lesbian and bisexual people increased during college varied by their school’s religious affiliation.
Personal interactions between volunteers and the older adults they assist, which paused due to pandemic concerns, are resuming.
For the endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, every individual matters. A team of veterinarians and biologists has formed a network along the Gulf Coast to save injured sea turtles and the species.
The U.S. is broken up into 50 states, plus territories like Puerto Rico and Guam, and a federal district, Washington, D.C. Most other countries have smaller parts too.
Half of LGBTQ participants in a recent study experienced discrimination, insults, bullying or abuse while playing, watching or talking about sports.
A social psychologist explains how to avoid being misled, and how to prevent yourself – and others – from spreading inaccurate information.
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether a ban on the third-party collection of mail-in ballots is legal. The practice is allowed in 26 states.
A federal proposal could effectively reclassify the homes of millions of Americans as rural, not urban – without anything actually changing about their communities.
Not all flowers smell good, to people at least, but their scents are a way to attract pollinators.
The rise in the popularity of Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, represents a prime opportunity for educators to use spoken word poetry in the classroom.
Scholars who study dangerous speech have identified common themes that can lead to violence.
US cities began naming streets in Black neighborhoods for Martin Luther King Jr. after his 1968 assassination. Researchers studying these areas 50 years later found entrenched deprivation.
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Health, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Social Psychology, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Mississippi State University
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Professor of Information Systems, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University
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Coastal Climate Resilience Specialist, NOAA Sea Grant, Mississippi State University
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Professor of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of American Politics, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Mississippi State University
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Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
