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With a third of adults saying they likely won't get the vaccine, the US has a herd immunity math problem.
Researchers find that the most devoted fans take their team's defeats personally and often blame losses on the refs or cheating. Sound familiar?
Since 1953, the economy has only rarely been in recession when a Democrat was in the White House.
The pandemic is placing strain not just on doctors and nurses but the medical laboratory professionals who conduct the billions of medical tests behind the scenes.
Gen Z is breaking stereotypes, but there are still some worrying trends when it comes to substance abuse.
Academics and others concerned with benefitting from peer professional collaboration can use COVID-19 disruptions as an opportunity to improve conferences through smart design.
Monoclonal antibodies are synthetic molecules manufactured in the lab. But do we need them if a vaccine is on its way?
Many Indian Americans will be celebrating the festival of Diwali this week. A scholar explains what this festival of lights means – especially in chaotic times.
The US economy historically does better under Democratic presidents than Republicans, with far fewer months spent in recession
A group known as The Satanic Temple was started with the political goal of advocating for the value of church-state separation. This group is now challenging the traditional definition of religion.
Nigerian men who wear their hair in knots are not a new phenomenon, but the hairstyle's spiritual heritage sparks fear in the hearts of many.
Towns are embracing their eccentric visitors as a way to boost their struggling economies.
Facilitated Communication began in Australia in the 1980s to help people with disabilities communicate, but it has since been shown to replace the voice of the person with that of the facilitator.
Hip hop often gets a bad rap but for therapists and teachers it can be a transformative tool.
The Oujia board's origins were anything but evil. It emerged, in part, out of a longing to communicate with loved ones who had died during the Civil War.
Whether it's Hillary Clinton's courting the UFO vote or Donald Trump's lending credibility to various conspiracy theories, the "triumph of reason" seems to have gone by the wayside.
What, exactly, are the political goals of The Satanic Temple, which formed in 2013? A religion professor attended a recent satanic ritual to find out.
The prosperity gospel – a uniquely American strand of Christian theology – creates a dilemma for its adherents.
The belief in demonic possession – often thought to be a relic of The Dark Ages and the Salem Witch Trials – remains surprisingly mainstream.
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Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas State University
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Lecturer in Modern British and British Imperial History, Texas State University
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Assistant Professor of Education, Texas State University
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Lecturer, Honors College, Texas State University
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of Communication, Texas State University
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Lecturer in Philosophy, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of Social Work, Texas State University
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Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
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Associate professor, Texas State University
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Professor of Psychology, Texas State University
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Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Presidential Fellow, Texas State University
