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There are better ways to foster solar innovation and save jobs than Trump's tariffs

  • Written by Edward Barbier, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
Sights like this Brooklyn rooftop covered with solar panels with a view of the Manhattan skyline have become more commonplace amid a U.S. renewable energy industry boom.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

President Donald Trump’s decision to impose punitive duties on imported solar panels and related equipment is rankling most of the industry.

This was the...

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What are chronophilias?

  • Written by Michael Seto, Forensic Research Director at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Some people have unusual attractions to specific age groups.Varshesh Joshi on Unsplash, CC BY

Mr. Smith was a 27-year-old man referred for psychological treatment after sexually offending against a 13-year-old boy. He initially denied the charge, but eventually admitted to sexually abusing multiple youth. He later admitted he’d been attracted...

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Is attraction to an age group another kind of sexual orientation?

  • Written by Michael Seto, Director of Forensic Rehabilitation Research at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Some people have unusual attractions to specific age groups.Varshesh Joshi on Unsplash, CC BY

Mr. Smith was a 27-year-old man referred for psychological treatment after sexually offending against a 13-year-old boy. He initially denied the charge, but eventually admitted to sexually abusing multiple youth. He later admitted he’d been attracted...

Read more: Is attraction to an age group another kind of sexual orientation?

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

  • Written by Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
Although measures of teen and adult happiness dropped during the high unemployment rates of the Great Recession, it didn’t rebound when the economy started to improve.ASDF_MEDIA/Shutterstock.com

We’d all like to be a little happier.

The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside of our control. Some of us are...

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Guarding against the possible Spectre in every machine

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
A call to better track manufacturing, shipping and distribution.Travel mania/Shutterstock.com

Security vulnerabilities in technology extend well beyond problems with software. Earlier this month, researchers revealed that the hardware at the heart of nearly every computer, smartphone, tablet and other electronic device is flawed in at least two...

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Secret memo shows bipartisanship during Watergate succession crisis

  • Written by Joseph J. Fins, The E. William Davis Jr, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
Gerald Ford, left, and Carl Albert wave on Dec. 6, 1973, just after Ford was sworn in as vice president. AP Photo

It was the height of Watergate and the Democratic speaker of the House, Carl Albert, needed advice. With Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation, and the Nixon presidency imperiled, Albert was suddenly next in line to become...

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Deportees in Mexico tell of disrupted lives, families and communities

  • Written by Tobin Hansen, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology, University of Oregon

Ray was born in Mexico and moved to the United States with family members at age 10.

He told me in an interview in 2014, “I’m just a regular American like everyone else.” In middle school, Ray (a pseudonym to protect his identity) learned the Declaration of Independence and memorized all the presidents in order. His first job was...

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Trump goes to Davos: 4 books he should read on first trip to gathering of global elites

  • Written by Christopher Michaelson, Professor of Ethics and Business Law, University of St. Thomas
This unassuming, snowy town becomes home to the global elite for a few days each year. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

For the first time since 2000, a sitting American president is attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, which takes place in Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 23-26.

The invitation-only gathering is basically a who’s...

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When a mom feels depressed, her baby's cells might feel it too

  • Written by Benjamin W. Nelson, Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology, University of Oregon
At just 18 months old, young children can show biological evidence of added stress.Coy_Creek/shutterstock.com

An estimated 1 in 9 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression. These symptoms – including mood swings, fatigue and reduced interest in activities – can make it difficult for mothers to bond with their newborns.

Early...

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Global toll from landslides is heaviest in developing countries

  • Written by A. Joshua West, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences and Zinsmeyer Early Career Chair in Marine Studies, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Searching for victims after a rain-triggered mudslide that blanketed a village and killed at least 178 people in north China's Shanxi province, Sept. 13, 2008. AP Photo/Andy Wong

This month’s tragic mudslides in Montecito, California are a reminder that natural hazards lurk on the doorsteps of many U.S. homes, even in affluent communities....

Read more: Global toll from landslides is heaviest in developing countries

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  2. DeVos speech shows contempt for the agency she heads
  3. What the government shutdown means for the health of Americans
  4. Shutdown under a unified government? Blame Trump
  5. Fungi can help concrete heal its own cracks
  6. Will a federal government shutdown damage the US economy?
  7. 20 years since America's shock over Clinton-Lewinsky affair, public discussions on sexual harassment are changing
  8. Climate change and weather extremes: Both heat and cold can kill
  9. Ahead of government shutdown, Congress sets its sights on not-so-comprehensive immigration reform
  10. 'Dreamers' could give US economy – and even American workers – a boost
  11. Tolerating distraction
  12. Is the FBI's latest probe of the Clinton Foundation a 'witch hunt' – or something more?
  13. If you thought colleges making the SAT optional would level the playing field, think again
  14. Time to stop using 9 million children as a bargaining CHIP
  15. This year's severe flu exposes a serious flaw in our medical system
  16. How social media helped fuel indie wrestling's resurgence
  17. Re-criminalizing cannabis is worse than 1930s 'reefer madness'
  18. New ways scientists can help put science back into popular culture
  19. Has Venezuela become a totalitarian regime?
  20. Why an election won't topple Venezuela's dictator
  21. Willie O'Ree's little-known journey to break the NHL's color barrier
  22. 50 years ago, a US military jet crashed in Greenland – with 4 nuclear bombs on board
  23. What a medieval love saga says about modern-day sexual harassment
  24. What the 2018 farm bill means for urban, suburban and rural America
  25. Post-fire landslide problems aren’t new and likely to get worse
  26. Post-fire mudslide problems aren’t new and likely to get worse
  27. Signaling more independence from the US, the World Bank phases out its support for fossil fuels
  28. How rejuvenation of stem cells could lead to healthier aging
  29. What makes some art so bad that it's good?
  30. Reaching rural America with broadband internet service
  31. Is language key to resolving the Israeli-Arab conflict?
  32. US life expectancy just dropped for the second year in a row. Let's stop the trend now
  33. Shades of green: What gig economy workers can learn from the success of romance writers
  34. How robot math and smartphones led researchers to a drug discovery breakthrough
  35. Deadly California mudslides show the need for maps and zoning that better reflect landslide risk
  36. New study reveals why some people are more creative than others
  37. Closure of DC public charter school offers important lessons for Secretary DeVos and school choice debate
  38. What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos praised as 'shining example'
  39. Donald Trump doesn't understand Haiti, immigration or American history
  40. What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant'
  41. Craft beer is becoming the wine of New England by redefining 'terroir'
  42. Does defense actually win championships?
  43. What Jeff Sessions doesn't understand about medical marijuana
  44. Thanks to the North Carolina case, partisan gerrymandering's day of reckoning may soon be upon us
  45. Quantum speed limit may put brakes on quantum computers
  46. Beyond #MeToo, Brazilian women rise up against racism and sexism
  47. Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence
  48. When I got DACA, I was forced to revert to a name I had left behind
  49. Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?
  50. Turning power over to states won't improve protection for endangered species