Nostalgic foods and scents like fresh-cut grass and hamburgers grilling bring comfort, connection and well-being

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Walking around my neighborhood in the evening, I am hit by the smells of summer: fresh-cut grass, hamburgers grilling and a hint of swimming pool chlorine. These are also the smells of summers from my adolescence, and they...

German chancellor’s rebuke of Israel marks a shift in state policy that has long put such criticism out of bounds

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Friedrich Merz did something unprecedented for a German chancellor in late May 2025: publicly criticize Israel in unvarnished, unequivocal terms. What the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza Strip, I no longer understand the...

A radical proposal to abolish state government and strengthen American democracy

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Get rid of states? Legal scholar Stephen Legomsky, who taught for 34 years at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, has just published a book, Reimagining the American Union, that proposes a radical idea:...

The use of federal troops to quell Los Angles protests recalls militarized law enforcement during the Civil Rights Movement

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President Donald Trump activated 4,000 National Guard troops on June 10, 2025, to quell protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids without the normal request from the state. He has also sent to Los Angeles hundreds of...

Companies haven’t stopped hiring, but they’re more cautious, according to the 2025 College Hiring Outlook Report

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Every year, I tell my students in my business analytics class the same thing: Dont just apply for a job. Audition for it. This advice seems particularly relevant this year. In todays turbulent economy, companies are still...

Observers of workplace mistreatment react as strongly as the victims − at times with a surprising amount of victim blaming

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Picture this: On your way out of the office, you notice a manager berating an employee. You assume the worker made some sort of mistake, but the managers behavior seems unprofessional. Later, as youre preparing dinner, is...

Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from

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On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno swept eastward across the harbor district, consuming everything in its path. By evening, the...