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The 'legitimation' crisis in the US: Why have Americans lost trust in government?

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Elections normally decide who is to govern. This upcoming election is about the very legitimacy of the system.

At the final presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald Trump made the remarkable statement that he might not accept the outcome of the election. Even putting this rancorous and divisive presidential election aside, trust in the...

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How should we teach our kids to use digital media?

  • Written by Jenny Radesky, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
imageParents should be involved in their children's use of electronic devices.Parent and child with tablet via shutterstock.com

Any time a new technology is introduced, it disrupts values, routines and behaviors. This goes back well before the printing press replaced oral histories or the telephone replaced face-to-face conversations, but is evident...

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Do programs to help doctors with substance abuse treat them fairly?

  • Written by J. Wesley Boyd, Faculty, Center for Bioethics and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
imageSometimes doctors need help, too.Doctor image via www.shutterstock.com.

If a doctor has a substance abuse issue (or is suspected of having one) or needs mental health care, he or she is often referred to something called a Physician Health Program (PHP). In principle, these programs are intended to help doctors with substance abuse disorders and...

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How media outlets from around the world are reacting to the presidential campaign

  • Written by Randy Kluver, Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
imageIn China, Trump is depicted as a threat to stability.torbakhopper/flickr, CC BY

When Donald Trump repeatedly claims the election is “rigged,” it doesn’t just undermine voter confidence at home. It can also hurt the country’s standing around the world, where people have been closely following the presidential race.

Because of...

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Donald Trump and the rise of white identity in politics

  • Written by Eric D. Knowles, Associate Professor of Psychology, New York University

Many political commentators credit Donald Trump’s rise to white voters’ antipathy toward racial and ethnic minorities. However, we believe this focus on racial resentment obscures another important aspect of racial thinking.

In a study of white Americans’ attitudes and candidate preferences, we found that Trump’s success...

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Corporate America’s old boys’ club is dead – and that’s why Big Business couldn’t stop Trump

  • Written by Johan Chu, Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy, University of Chicago
imageDo they still rule the world? Corporate board via www.shutterstock.com

If corporate money controls our politics, as Bernie Sanders and others have claimed, then how did the Republican Party – the reputed party of business – manage to nominate a candidate whom almost no one in Big Business supports? And why have so many been so silent abo...

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The next frontier in medical sensing: Threads coated in nanomaterials

  • Written by Sameer Sonkusale, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University
imageA hydro-responsive thread can be used with sensors to monitor body functions.Alonso Nichols, Tufts University, CC BY-ND

Doctors have various ways to assess your health. For example, they measure your heart rate and blood pressure to indirectly assess your heart function, or straightforwardly test a blood sample for iron content to diagnose anemia....

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Religious feelings could sway the vote in 2016 election

  • Written by Eric McDaniel, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Austin

Political scientists have long noted that politics is a competition between groups with diverse and competing interests. During campaigns, candidates actively attempt to sway certain groups and vilify others in order to garner support.

In this year’s election, scholars and commentators have argued that the success of Donald Trump’s...

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Moving toward computing at the speed of thought

  • Written by Frances Van Scoy, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University
imageWhen will computers and humans interact fully?Illustration via shutterstock.com

The first computers cost millions of dollars and were locked inside rooms equipped with special electrical circuits and air conditioning. The only people who could use them had been trained to write programs in that specific computer’s language. Today, gesture-base...

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Could the candidates truly fix – or nix – Obamacare? Six essential reads

  • Written by Lynne Anderson, Senior Editor, Health & Medicine, The Conversation

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories related to the Affordable Care Act, more commonly called Obamacare.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump disagree on many, if not most, issues, and how to provide health insurance coverage for Americans is one of the most divisive. Clinton’s first foray into national politics...

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  4. How Western companies can succeed in China
  5. How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation
  6. What do we know about marijuana's medical benefits? Two experts explain the evidence
  7. How many genes does it take to make a person?
  8. Clinton says the 'clean energy economy' will create millions of jobs. Can it?
  9. America's Nobel success is the story of immigrants
  10. Four female scholars suggest questions for the final presidential debate
  11. Securing the voting process: Four essential reads
  12. How does Obama's use of unilateral powers compare to other presidents?
  13. How sexual partner abuse has changed with social media
  14. What the presidential candidates' data can tell us about Trump and Clinton
  15. Why is the US Green Party so irrelevant?
  16. Digital health devices are great, but their prices are widening the health gap
  17. How to involve more women and girls in engineering
  18. Why do science issues seem to divide us along party lines?
  19. Why inequality is the most important economic challenge facing the next president
  20. Brexit and Trump are bad for our health
  21. Evangelical Christians are on the left too
  22. Why newspaper endorsements might matter more in this election
  23. Thousands of people didn't evacuate before Hurricane Matthew. Why not?
  24. No, Bob Dylan isn't the first lyricist to win the Nobel
  25. The Jewish vote may swing key undecided counties, study says
  26. One step toward making criminal justice less biased
  27. We could prevent millions of cancer deaths each year with knowledge we already have
  28. Dems and the GOP are miles apart on yet another issue: Public lands
  29. Straight girls do kiss on campus, but what about those who don't go to college?
  30. Do you buy a smartphone for its curves? Do you buy a car for its cup holders?
  31. What we can learn from Trump’s $916 million loss
  32. Reading, writing and mental health care: why schools need added services
  33. Weather forecasters can't manipulate hurricane warnings — here's why
  34. Should I grade-skip my gifted child?
  35. Latino voters respond to outreach, not insults
  36. Fixing US elections
  37. Is it time for a new model to fund science research in higher education?
  38. Donald Trump and the dangerous rhetoric of portraying people as objects
  39. Donald Trump is taking a page from Reconstruction-era white supremacists
  40. Where the parties stand on environmental regulation: Six essential reads
  41. Getting to yes in Colombia: What it would take to reintegrate the FARC
  42. Love it or hate it, Obamacare has expanded coverage for millions
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  44. After our universe's cosmic dawn, what happened to all its original hydrogen?
  45. Beyond Olympic gold: US kids getting lapped in aerobic fitness
  46. Nobel prize-winning autophagy research laid groundwork for potential Parkinson's treatment
  47. Why is taking photographs banned in many museums and historic places?
  48. Columbus Day: Black legend meets White City
  49. What if nature, like corporations, had the rights and protections of a person?
  50. Trump vs. Clinton: Three key moments from the second debate