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The murky ethics of Gay Talese's 'The Voyeur's Motel'

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imageFor years, Talese's subject, Gerald Foos, spied on his motel guests.'Binoculars' via www.shutterstock.com

In order to report on a motel-owning voyeur who, for years, secretly spied on guests having sex, writer Gay Talese agreed to not identify the motelier, Gerald Foos. Talese even signed a confidentiality agreement that Foos had prepared.

With this...

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How could we build an invisibility cloak to hide Earth from an alien civilization?

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imageA laser could hide – or broadcast – our existence.European Southern Observatory, CC BY

What would it take to hide an entire planet? It sounds more like a question posed in an episode of “Star Trek” than in academic discourse, but sometimes the bleeding edge of science blurs with themes found in science fiction.

Of course...

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Free trade is once again tearing apart the Republican Party

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imageAll in the family.Elephants fighting via www.shutterstock.com

Free trade has become the Republican elephant in the room, thanks to Donald Trump.

The GOP front-runner has helped make trade one of the hot-button issues of the 2016 presidential race. And it’s tearing the Republican Party apart – just like it did in the wake of the U.S....

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Russia: a global energy powerhouse that's much more than a petro-state

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imageEnergy empire? A Gazprom facility in Moscow. imagesbywestfall/flickr, CC BY

Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described, as a petro-state. This is only partly accurate.

In truth, Russia has been building an altogether new...

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How playing video games can change your retirement

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imageThese Second Life characters could form part of a fulfilling retirement.HyacintheLuynes, CC BY-SA

The teenagers who were hooked on Pac-Man in the arcades and amusement parks of the early 1970s are getting ready for retirement, but many of them have never stopped playing video games. In fact, it doesn’t look like they are going to stop gaming...

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Is it too late for Trump and Clinton to become more likable?

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According to the old adage, one never gets a second chance to make a first impression. Might that hold true for the presidential candidates?

There would seem to be plenty of opportunities between now and Election Day – including nonstop coverage of the horse race, policy...

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Partisan divide over income inequality makes reducing it even harder

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imageMost of us agree inequality is a problem, but solutions and causes differ greatly depending on our partisan blinders. 99 percent via www.shutterstock.com

A majority of Americans of both parties believe that the gap between rich and poor is getting larger, making the issue a prominent one on the campaign trail this year.

But you’d be wrong if...

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New autism research: a nutrient called carnitine might counteract gene mutations linked with ASD risks

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imageDeficiencies in a critical nutrient can lead to an abnormally wired brain. Illustration of a network of nerve cells in the brain.Benedict Campbell, Wellcome Images/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect about one percent of the world’s population. In the United States alone, about 1 in 68 children are on the spectrum, and...

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