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They might sound gross, but intestinal worms can actually be good for you

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imageFour rat tapeworms harvested from a single laboratory rat are shown in a six-well plate. The worms don’t harm the rats. Each worm, between two and three feet long, can produce more than 1,000 eggs per day. William Parker, CC BY-NC-SA

Intestinal worms have an incredibly bad reputation. The thought of them sneaking around inside our bodies and...

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What gets students motivated to work harder? Not money

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imageWhat motivates kids?woodleywonderworks, CC BY

Rewarding teachers financially for student achievement is an increasingly common practice, despite mixed evidence as to whether it improves results. Some scholars have instead suggested paying students.

But giving kids cash for grades and scores hasn’t proved straightforward either. So maybe the...

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Paul Ryan just accepted the worst job in politics

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imageRyan wields brand new speaker's gavel, October 29 2015. Gary Cameron/REUTERS

Republicans voted overwhelmingly to make Paul Ryan the new speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, but the Wisconsin congressman has no reason to celebrate. He just got the worst job in American politics.

In theory, the House speaker is an immensely powerful...

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Breaking the link between a conservative worldview and climate skepticism

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imageFormer New York Governor George Pataki: "I think part of the problem is the...way Republicans think about climate change."Rick Wilking/Reuters

The tide is finally turning. In last night’s third Republican debates, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and former New York Governor George Pataki both acknowledged the scientific consensus that...

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What should we make of Paul Ryan’s fondness for Ayn Rand?

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imageRepresentative Paul Ryan arrives to talk to the media after being nominated for speaker of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington October 28 2015.Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Paul Ryan, the Republican congressman from Wisconsin who was just elected speaker of the US House of Representatives, has acknowledged his admiration for novelist...

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Evolutionary psychology explains why haunted houses creep us out

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imageIsolated, crumbling, and full of twists and turns.'House' via www.shutterstock.com

The Haunted House is a time-honored horror setting. All of us have shivered our way through spooky flicks such as The Haunting, The Amityville Horror, The Sentinel and Poltergeist.

It’s not only at the movies that we pay good money to frighten ourselves to...

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Solar power can cut consumers' bills and still be good for utilities

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imageRooftop solar panels: will they kill power companies or can they help them?kincuri/flickr, CC BY-NC

The cost of solar energy continues to fall, so it is no surprise that more people are adopting solar.

This rapid growth of rooftop solar, however, has led many electric utilities to try to apply the brakes. A number have lobbied to change the...

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Do liberal arts students learn how to collaborate?

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imageDance is about creating work in a collaborative way.Joseph Mehling, CC BY-NC-ND

Liberal arts colleges teach many valuable skills, but collaboration is not often among them.

This is curious, because virtually all human activities involve collective behavior. A conversation, or an article such as this, takes at least two to tango (or tangle, as the...

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Scholars on the GOP debate: middle-class struggles take center stage as Rubio walks tightrope

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imageWho will stand out after Wednesday's debate? Reuters

Republican presidential candidates debated a range of economic issues in their third debate, from what to do about Medicare and social security to tax policy and even a brief exchange on daily fantasy sports. The moderators became part of the scrum, and Hillary Clinton and her fellow Democrats...

Read more: Scholars on the GOP debate: middle-class struggles take center stage as Rubio walks tightrope

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