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Social scientists can’t really explain it. What’s the special sauce that explains why being in a happy marriage provides benefits to your psychological and physical health? Even members of committed, long-term relationships don’t see the same advantages.
Whatever it is, the June 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case extended the right to marry to same-sex couples nationwide. Now that we’re closing in on a decade of legal same-sex marriage, couples researchers Alana Riso and Matthew Johnson from Binghamton University took a look at what the research says about how married same-sex couples are doing. The special sauce is working for them, too. But, Riso and Johnson write, lingering “societal disapproval is a key factor standing in the way of same-sex couples experiencing the full benefits of marriage.”
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Maggie Villiger
Senior Science + Technology Editor
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Demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015, before the landmark Obergefell decision.
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Alana L. Riso, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Matthew D. Johnson, Binghamton University, State University of New York
A happy marriage comes with many benefits for mental and physical health. Theory and recent research suggest same-sex couples have accessed those benefits since the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision.
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Politics + Society
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Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Some of the major events in US-Iran relations highlight the differences between the countries’ views, but others presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
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Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
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Science + Technology
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James Foulds, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Phil Feldman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Shimei Pan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The tools that are meant to help make AI safer could actually make it much more dangerous.
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Allissa V. Richardson, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
The legacy of Darnella Frazier recording George Floyd’s murder is visible in today’s Latino communities using smartphones to witness the violence and aggression of ICE raids.
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International
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Andrew Latham, Macalester College
All 3 nations have sunk costs and made promises that make it harder to find an off-ramp from conflict.
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John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines have all attempted to counter Chinese claims to waters within their exclusive economic zones.
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Arts + Culture
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Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder
With blockbuster films costing hundreds of millions of dollars, the way two musical notes manipulate tension in ‘Jaws’ serves as a reminder that less can be more.
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Ethics + Religion
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Agnes Mueller, University of South Carolina
Young writers in Germany are challenging one-dimensional stereotypes about Jewish and Muslim identities.
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Environment + Energy
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Eve Bohnett, University of Florida
Conservationists have to search rough terrain and thousands of automated photographs to find the elusive cats. Artificial intelligence can help them work more accurately and more efficiently.
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Sean Lawrence, West Virginia University
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.
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Health + Medicine
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Sean G. Massey, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Casey W. Adrian, Cornell University; Eden Lowinger, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Despite funding cuts, political scapegoating and internal tensions, thousands of volunteers came together in the 1980s to provide care to a stigmatized community.
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