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???Setting the Conversation on Fire???: What Youth Want from Social Studies Discussions

Feedback from more than 100 high school students reveals what makes classroom discussions work—from crafting open-ended questions to balancing teacher participation.

Microbiome symbiosis, host-pathogen dynamics, and the search for new therapeutics: highlights from the Theobald Smith Society Spring 2026 Symposium

The annual Theobald Smith Society (TSS) spring meeting was convened at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on 8 May 2026. TSS is the New Jersey branch of ASM and holds two annual meetings, in the fall and spring. These meetings bring together microbiologists, trainee...

Measuring Ocean Surface Waves

Abstract Propagating waves on the ocean surface can be represented as a stochastic process whose statistics are characterized by a spectrum. This paper reviews methods for measuring the wave spectrum and related quantities. Observations begin by sensing fluid dynamical properties...

UltrafastSwitchable Polar and Magnetic Orders byNonlinear Light–Matter Interaction

Abstract An outstanding challenge in materials science and physics is the harnessing of light for switching ferroic orders in, e.g., ferroelectrics. Here, we propose a mechanism through which electrons in few-layer 2D materials excited with above-bandgap light cause ionic structu...

Measuring racial attitudes pre-treatment in survey experiments

Abstract Experimental researchers often need to assess the moderating effect of racial attitudes. However, it is unclear whether the racial attitude battery deployed may bias treatment effects. Less subtle batteries could bias treatment effects toward zero if measuring racial att...

Interactions between parental monitoring and gender in relation to hidden school dropout and suicidal behavior in adolescence

Adolescent hidden dropout and suicidal behaviors pose major public health concerns, with family dynamics playing a critical role in youth adjustment. This study examined associations between parental supervision, gender, hidden dropout, and suicidal behaviors among 769 adolescent...

A defense destined to be sacred? Conflicting narratives and the contentious beginnings of Iran–Iraq war literature in Iran

The Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988) has been a major theme in Persian fiction published in Iran since 1980. Within Iran, the literature of this war is often framed as the “literature of the Sacred Defense,” in reference to the Iranian regime’s narrative of the war as a “battle between...

Does Sensitivity to Positive and Negative Environmental Cues Relate to Body Image?

Higher reward responsiveness and behavioral inhibition are linked to eating disorders, and thus, may also be connected to body image. In the current study, we considered how both reward responsiveness and behavioral inhibition relate to body image. Undergraduates (N = 155; 67.7%...