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Fed interest rate hike may have less of an impact than you think

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imageFor everyone, there are things to like and not like in higher interest rates.Thumbs via www.shutterstock.com

There is a very high chance the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week.

It would be the first time the Federal Open Monetary Committee (FOMC) – the Fed’s rate-setting team – has lifted its benchmark rate since...

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The life-changing love of one of the 20th century’s greatest physicists

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imageLove is for everyone.mawazeFL/Flickr, CC BY-NC

One of the great short stories of the 20th century is Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer’sThe Spinoza of Market Street. It tells of an aged scholar who has devoted his life to the study of Spinoza’s great work, Ethics. Protagonist Dr Fischelson has lost his library job and, like his hero,...

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Why Supreme Court case on race in admissions matters more than ever

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imageCould the decision in the Abigail Fisher case exacerbate racial tensions on campuses?Serena Lee, CC BY-NC

In a number of recent incidents across the country, black students have expressed how they continue to experience hostility because of their skin color. These students have spoken of their feelings of isolation and disempowerment.

Colleges and...

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The ethics of climate change: what we owe people – and the rest of the planet

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imageAhead of the Paris climate summit, protesters in the Philippines march for climate justice. Erik de Castro/Reuters

Ethics is a particularly relevant if underreported topic of conversation at the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris. While technical disputes grab the lion’s share of attention, we should not forget the moral...

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Scientists tend to superspecialize – but there are ways they can change

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imageIf scientists' knowledge is segregated in non-overlapping silos, there can't be cross-pollination between fields.Doc Searls, CC BY

Crossing disciplinary boundaries is unusual – and crucially important. In 1998, groundbreaking thinker and eminent biologist EO Wilson cautioned against scientific overspecialization, warning that thought silos...

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Targeting black viewers: what The Wiz Live! tells us about race and TV advertising

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imageMore than 11 million people tuned in to the primetime special.NBC

For two hours on a Saturday night in 1955, TV viewers in Harlem turned off their television sets, a boycott meant to send a message to the nation’s broadcasting networks.

The reason? According to NAACP Vice President Odell Clarke (quoted in a February 21 1955 St Petersburg Times...

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Obama shows the flaws in America’s efforts to combat ISIS

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imageSpeaking to the nation December 6Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Winston Churchill famously suggested that:

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.

Speaking with his characteristic mix of the compassionate and cerebral, the articulate and analytic, President Obama reminded Americans of the need...

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Why treat gene editing differently in two types of human cells?

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imageA snip here, but not a snip there?DNA image via www.shutterstock.com

At the conclusion of the recent International Summit on Human Gene Editing in Washington, DC, its organizing committee released a much-anticipated statement recommending how human genetic engineering should be regulated. Co-organized by US, UK and Chinese national academies, the...

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  2. National security experts react to President Obama's speech on ISIS
  3. Climate activists take to social media for Paris summit, but who are they reaching?
  4. If you give a man a gun: the evolutionary psychology of mass shootings
  5. How pervasive anti-millennial sentiment has hurt the cause of student protesters
  6. Total recall sounds great, but some things should be forgotten
  7. When fear is a weapon: how terror attacks influence mental health
  8. Here's how screen time is changing the way kids tell stories
  9. Can solar geoengineering be part of responsible climate policy?
  10. Forget about designer babies – gene editing won't work on complex traits like intelligence
  11. To talk or not to talk? The dilemma of suicide contagion
  12. Six things Americans should know about mass shootings
  13. The latest bad news on carbon capture from coal power plants: higher costs
  14. When families move, high school students may suffer
  15. Older adults: an untapped, renewable resource on climate action
  16. Focus on college affordability obscures real problem: we're overeducated
  17. What clues does your dog's spit hold for human mental health?
  18. Students' demand for diverse faculty is a demand for a better education
  19. How HIV became a treatable, chronic disease
  20. Here's why academics should write for the public
  21. The artist's dilemma: what constitutes selling out?
  22. Why corporate sustainability won't solve climate change
  23. Want to do something good for your health? Try being generous
  24. Why Europe will let member states opt out of GM crops
  25. Germany needs to rethink what it means to be German to resolve refugees and ISIS
  26. China's plan to put two-faced citizens on credit blacklist isn't all that foreign
  27. Purging daily demons: what's behind the popularity of exorcisms?
  28. How children with disabilities came to be accepted in public schools
  29. Russia, Turkey and the US: between the terrible and the catastrophic
  30. Locavore or vegetarian? What's the best way to reduce climate impact of food?
  31. Passeth the cranb'rry sauce! The medieval origins of Thanksgiving
  32. Machine learning and big data know it wasn't you who just swiped your credit card
  33. Why do women need special laws to protect them from violence?
  34. From the clinic to the street: how the explosion in prescription painkillers has created more heroin users
  35. Why Thanksgiving tells a story of America's pluralism
  36. Why do American cops kill so many compared to European cops?
  37. The Asian roots of umami -- the 'fifth' taste central to Thanksgiving fare
  38. Where are the voices of indigenous peoples in the Thanksgiving story?
  39. Is Black Friday a thing of the past?
  40. Expert roundtable: the psychological benefits of our Thanksgiving rituals
  41. Explainer: why does the price for turkeys fall just before Thanksgiving?
  42. Giving thanks, but to whom? Fewer Americans embrace organized religion
  43. Want to change perceptions of Muslims? Support students of all beliefs
  44. Is double-dipping a food safety problem or just a nasty habit?
  45. Why does culture sometimes evolve via sudden bursts of innovation?
  46. Climate change's hotter weather could reduce human fertility
  47. Despite recent victories, plights of many LGBT people remain ignored
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  49. Making the moral case on climate change ahead of Paris summit
  50. How fast can we transition to a low-carbon energy system?