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What makes natural gas bottlenecks happen during extreme cold snaps

  • Written by Sarah Ryan, Professor of Industrial Engineering , Iowa State University
Chicago's Lake Michigan waterfront froze during the 2019 polar vortex.AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato

When temperatures in Minneapolis fell to 27 below zero during the January 2019 polar vortex, the Xcel Energy utility urged all Minnesota customers to lower their thermostats to conserve natural gas needed for power generation. In Michigan, where it was also...

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Why Congress needs to make child care more affordable – 5 questions answered

  • Written by Taryn Morrissey, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
A new bill to provide affordable child care for working families faces an uphill battle in Congress.Rawpixel from www.shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., recently reintroduced their Child Care for Working Families Act – a bill they say will “ensure affordable, high-quality...

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How SpaceX lowered costs and reduced barriers to space

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Associate Professor of Political Science, Cameron University
Minutes after launching the Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX was livestreaming footage from the Tesla Roadster it released into space.SpaceX, CC BY-NC-SA

On March 2, SpaceX plans to launch its first test of an unmanned Dragon vehicle which is designed to carry humans into low Earth orbit and to the International Space Station. If the test is successful,...

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Trump-Kim summit ends with no deal, but diplomacy is a long process

  • Written by Tizoc Chavez, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

A second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended on Feb. 28 with no deal on limiting North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

“We had to walk away from that,” the president said.

The two leaders split over both...

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Crisis de Venezuela: amenazas de Trump a Maduro evocan la historia sangrienta de la intervención de EEUU en América Latina

  • Written by Joseph J. Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Global Studies, Appalachian State University
Cuatro manifestantes murieron en un conflict entre la oposición y las fuerzas de seguridad venezolanas en la frontera entre Venezuela y Colombia, el 22 de febrero de 2019.AP Photo/Fernando Llano

La violencia estalló en la frontera entre Venezuela y Colombia en torno a la entrega de ayuda humanitaria a Venezuela el 22 de febrero, matand...

Read more: Crisis de Venezuela: amenazas de Trump a Maduro evocan la historia sangrienta de la intervención...

Crisis de Venezuela: las amenazas de Trump a Maduro evocan la historia sangrienta de la intervención de EEUU en América Latina

  • Written by Joseph J. Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Global Studies, Appalachian State University
Cuatro manifestantes murieron en un conflict entre la oposición y las fuerzas de seguridad venezolanas en la frontera entre Venezuela y Colombia, el 22 de febrero de 2019.AP Photo/Fernando Llano

La violencia estalló en la frontera entre Venezuela y Colombia en torno a la entrega de ayuda humanitaria a Venezuela el 22 de febrero, matand...

Read more: Crisis de Venezuela: las amenazas de Trump a Maduro evocan la historia sangrienta de la...

What Michael Cohen's betrayal reveals about our messed-up workplace loyalties

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon

During Michael Cohen’s Feb. 27 testimony, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar asked the former Trump lawyer and fixer about his legal duties to the president.

“I’m sure you remember, maybe you don’t remember, duty of loyalty, duty of confidentiality, attorney-client privilege,” he said, implying that Cohen’s testimony...

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'Micro snails' we scraped from sidewalk cracks help unlock details of ancient earth's biological evolution

  • Written by Matthew Brown, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University
A live _Padaungiella lageniformis_ wiggles its pseudopods.Daniel J. G. Lahr, CC BY-ND

Every step you take, you’re likely walking on a world of unseen and undescribed microbial diversity. And you don’t need to head out into nature to find these usually unnoticed microscopic organisms.

Asbiologists, we know this firsthand. A meetup for...

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How being beautiful influences your attitudes toward sex

  • Written by Robert Urbatsch, Associate Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
Beauty can mean more opportunities – but can it also influence values?Nataliass/Shutterstock.com

People tend to feel strongly about matters of sexual morality, such as premarital sex or gay marriage.

Some sources of these differences are obvious. Religion, media portrayals and parents and peers are big social forces that shape attitudes about...

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What drives the appeal of 'Passion of the Christ' and other films on the life of Jesus

  • Written by S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
A still from Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.Courtesy 20th Century Fox.

Church isn’t the only place people go to learn about Jesus.

At the beginning of Lent, 15 years ago, devout evangelical Christians did not go to church to have ashes marked on their foreheads. Rather, they thronged to theaters to watch a decidedly Catholic film to begin...

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