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Why some counties are powerhouses for innovation

  • Written by Christopher Boone, Dean and Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Santa Clara County produced more patents than any other U.S. county in recent history.MintImages/shutterstock.com

By the time the application window closed, Amazon had received 238 proposals from cities and regions throughout North America looking to become the second headquarters of the behemoth tech company.

Amazon invited proposals especially...

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Here's how airplane crash investigations work, according to an aviation safety expert

  • Written by Daniel Kwasi Adjekum, Assistant Professor of Aviation, University of North Dakota

The fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 has resulted in the worldwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Investigators are probing the crash and another like it that occurred less than five months earlier in Indonesia.

As an experienced airline pilot, aircraft accident investigator and professor of aviation, I know that such major...

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New evidence for a human magnetic sense that lets your brain detect the Earth's magnetic field

  • Written by Shinsuke Shimojo, Gertrude Baltimore Professor of Experimental Psychology, California Institute of Technology
Do you have a magnetic compass in your head?Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

Do human beings have a magnetic sense? Biologists knowother animals do. They think it helps creatures including bees, turtles and birds navigate through the world.

Scientists have tried to investigate whether humans belong on the list of magnetically sensitive organisms. For...

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From 'Wild Horses' to 'Wild Things,' a window into Maurice Sendak's creative process

  • Written by Katharine Capshaw, Professor of English, University of Connecticut
Preliminary drawing of title page for 'Where the Wild Things Are' (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), 26:7, The Maurice Sendak Collection.Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Library. © The Maurice Sendak Foundation.

Fans of “Where the Wild Things Are,” Maurice...

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Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk who introduced mindfulness to the West, prepares to die

  • Written by Brooke Schedneck, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College
Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh.AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Thich Nhat Hanh, the monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, has returned home to Vietnam to enjoy the rest of his life. Devotees from many parts of the world are visiting the ailing 92-year-old, who has retired to a Buddhist temple outside Hue.

This thoughtful and accepting approach to...

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Global study of pancreatic cancer offers possible insights into treatment and early detection

  • Written by Aatur Singhi, Professor of Anatomy and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh
Alex Trebek shown in 2006.Reed Saxon/AP Photo

When “Jeopardy!” episode 7059 aired on April 30, 2015, the category was “The Human Body,” the price was $2,000, and the clue was “This gland’s main duct, the duct of Wirsung, collects its juices & empties into the duodenum.”

The question was “What is...

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Teaching in America's prisons has taught me to believe in second chances

  • Written by Andrea Cantora, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore
Prison education programs have been shown to lead to better employment rates for those who have served time.Elaine Thompson/AP

In 2007, I gave someone a second chance. I was in Danbury Federal Correctional Institution recruiting women for a new program for people returning from prison that I was running in New York City.

A woman approached me and...

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Racists in Congress fought statehood for Hawaii, but lost that battle 60 years ago

  • Written by Sarah Miller Davenport, Lecturer in 20th Century US History, University of Sheffield
President Dwight Eisenhower signs the bill to make Hawaii the 50th state at the White House on March 18, 1959. AP/Charles Gorry

Sixty years ago, Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation making Hawaii America’s 50th state. The Hawaii admission act followed a centuries-old tradition in which American territories –acquired through war,...

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Restoring tropical forests isn't meaningful if those forests only stand for 10 or 20 years

  • Written by Matthew Fagan, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A regenerating stand of rainforest in northern Costa Rica.Matthew Fagan, CC BY-ND

Tropical forests globally are being lost at a rate of 61,000 square miles a year. And despite conservation efforts, the global rate of loss is accelerating. In 2016 it reached a 15-year high, with 114,000 square miles cleared.

At the same time, many countries are...

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Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census would cost some states their congressional seats

  • Written by Dudley Poston, Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
An envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 census.AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith

A partisan battle is brewing over the 2020 census.

In March 2018, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross instructed the U.S. Census Bureau to add a new question to the 2020 questionnaire, asking...

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  4. Why a college admissions racket would funnel bribes through a fake charity
  5. Why rich parents are more likely to be unethical
  6. 5 ways the Syrian revolution continues
  7. Why meritocracy is a myth in college admissions
  8. Jamaica leads in Richard Branson-backed plan for a Caribbean climate revolution
  9. Consumer rights are worthless without enforcement
  10. Sandy Hook lawsuit court victory opens crack in gun maker immunity shield
  11. 3 days, 3 key votes – and no end in sight for Brexit
  12. Softer, processed foods changed the way ancient humans spoke
  13. The mental health crisis among America's youth is real – and staggering
  14. How AIPAC could lose its bipartisan status
  15. Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming more accessible – and smart
  16. What will happen to Michael Jackson's legacy? A famed writer's fall could offer clues
  17. Doctors need to talk through treatment options better for black men with prostate cancer
  18. Plastic bag bans can backfire if consumers just use other plastics instead
  19. Who are the private contractors fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? An inside look at this invisible military force
  20. Facebook's 'pivot' is less about privacy and more about profits
  21. How the Syrian uprising began and why it matters
  22. College cheating scandal shows why elite colleges should use a lottery to admit students
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  24. Why North Korean prosperity would be the ruin of Kim Jong Un
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  26. Trump's executive order on drone strikes sends civilian casualty data back into the shadows
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  35. Skilled blue-collar jobs are growing – though women aren't getting them
  36. Sen. Martha McSally, pioneering Air Force pilot, shows how stereotypes victimize sexual assault survivors again
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  38. After 100 years, Mussolini's fascist party is a reminder of the fragility of freedom
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  42. US military steps up cyberwarfare effort
  43. What lessons can the clergy sex abuse crisis draw from a 4th-century church schism?
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  45. Pregnant women shouldn't have to choose between a job and a healthy baby
  46. Ancient DNA is a powerful tool for studying the past – when archaeologists and geneticists work together
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