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Why bland American beer is here to stay

  • Written by Ranjit Dighe, Professor of Economics, State University of New York Oswego
Americans tend to prefer beers that have corn or rice 'adjuncts,' or fillers.RetroClipArt/Shutterstock.com

Although craft beer has experienced explosive market growth over the past 25 years, the vast majority of Americans still don’t drink it.

Only about 1 in 8 beers sold in America is a craft beer. For the first time, the three best-selling...

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People are stranded in 'transit deserts' in dozens of US cities

  • Written by Junfeng Jiao, Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Director, Urban Information Lab, University of Texas at Austin
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Less than two months after President Donald Trump pledged in his State of the Union Address to “rebuild our crumbling infrastructure,” prospects look dim. The Trump administration is asking Congress for ideas about how to fund trillions of dollars in improvements that experts say are needed. Some...

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This March Madness, we're using machine learning to predict upsets

  • Written by Matthew Osborne, Ph.D Candidate in Mathematics, The Ohio State University
What surprises will this year's tournament have in store?AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

“Beware the Ides of March.” Yes, it’s finally that time of year again: when the emperors of college basketball must watch their backs, lest the lowly bottom seeds of the tournament strike.

Before March 15, millions around the world will fill out...

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DeVos and the limits of the education reform movement

  • Written by Jack Schneider, Assistant Professor of Education, College of the Holy Cross
Betsy DeVos, shaking hands at a school choice rally shortly before she became education secretary in 2017AP Photo/Maria Danilova

Betsy DeVos exposed the education reform movement’s pitfalls in her highest-profile media appearance to date.

President Donald Trump’s education secretary got the job based on her years of advocacy for...

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Potent Mexico City earthquake was a rare 'bending' quake, study finds – and it could happen again

  • Written by Diego Melgar, Assistant Professor of Geophysics, University of Oregon

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Six months have passed since a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City, toppling 40 buildings and killing over 300, but the memory remains fresh. Condemned structures dot many neighborhoods, their facades crumbling. And after an earthquake 225 miles away in Oaxaca state shook the capital city again on Feb. 16, 2018, the...

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El sismo que azotó a la Ciudad de México fue 'peculiar' y podría pasar de nuevo, según estudio

  • Written by Diego Melgar, Assistant Professor of Geophysics, University of Oregon

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Seis meses han pasado desde que un sismo de magnitud 7.1 sacudió a la Ciudad de México. Al menos 40 edificios colapsaron y más de 300 personas murieron. Pero los recuerdos aún están frescos: hay estructuras dañadas en muchas de las colonias de la ciudad, con fachadas que se desmoronan un...

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10 things to know about the real St. Patrick

  • Written by Lisa Bitel, Professor of History & Religion, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Saint Patrick.Thad Zajdowicz

On March 17, people around the world will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by parading in green hats, sporting images of shamrocks and leprechauns – tiny, grinning, fairy men – pinned to their lapels. Patrick’s picture will adorn greeting cards: an aged, bearded bishop in flowing robes, grasping a...

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Why mental health treatment is not an easy solution to violence

  • Written by Sarah Desmarais, Professor of Psychology, North Carolina State University
Nikolas Cruz, who was charged with 17 counts of murder in the Parkland school shooting, in February 2018. AP Photo/Mike Stocker

In the wake of mass shootings and other tragedies, a frequent refrain is: Why don’t we get those dangerous people off the streets? And, just as frequently, people suggest that mental health treatment is the answer.

Y...

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Teaching students how to dissent is part of democracy

  • Written by Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Faculty in Philosophy, University of Cincinnati
Hundreds of students protesting gun violence marched to the Minnesota State Capitol on March 7, 2018. Jim Mone/AP

In scenes unprecedented in previous school shootings, the past few weeks have been marked by students taking to the streets, to the media, to corporations and elected officials in protest over gun practices and policies.

Responses to...

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Trump-Hitler comparisons too easy and ignore the murderous history

  • Written by Sylvia Taschka, Senior Lecturer of History, Wayne State University
A sign comparing Trump to Hitler at the Women's March in Seattle, in January 2018. Shutterstock

“Everyone seems to have become Hitler.”

Historian Gavriel D. Rosenfeld wrote these words in his study of how the Nazi past has become a recurring theme in contemporary culture – to the point of almost becoming trivial. What is...

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