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How understanding animals can help us make the most of artificial intelligence

  • Written by Heather Roff, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford; Research Scientist, Global Security Initiative, Arizona State University
imageAutonomous cars aren't smarter than this.X posid

Every day countless headlines emerge from myriad sources across the globe, both warning of dire consequences and promising utopian futures – all thanks to artificial intelligence. AI “is transforming the workplace,” writes the Wall Street Journal, while Fortune magazine tells us...

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Peace dividends of military alliances go farther than you'd think

  • Written by Skyler Cranmer, Carter Phillips and Sue Henry Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
imageArmed forces in Iraq, January 2017.

In life, we often find the friend of a friend likable.

In a recent study, our interdisciplinary team of researchers found that this logic applies to military alliances as well. The study – produced by a team of researchers with combined expertise in political science, statistics, mathematics, physics and...

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The death penalty is getting more and more expensive. Is it worth it?

  • Written by Peter A. Collins, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Seattle University
imageAlabama's lethal injection chamber at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, 2002.AP Photo/Dave Martin

Recently, several states, including Nevada, have introduced bills that cite legal costs as one of the reasons for ending the death penalty.

National trends show the death penalty is being sought and imposed less frequently. There is also ample...

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Is Brexit the beginning of the end for international cooperation?

  • Written by William Magnuson, Associate Professor of Law, Texas A&M University

It’s official: Britain is done with Europe.

Prime Minister Theresa May has formally triggered the process for withdrawing from the European Union, ensuring that the United Kingdom, one of the largest and most prosperous countries in the EU, will soon leave the 28-member bloc.

While the process could drag on for two years or more, the Brexit...

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Who feels the pain of science research budget cuts?

  • Written by Bruce Weinberg, Professor of Economics, The Ohio State University
imageNot much science will get done without the money to fund people and equipment.Michael Pereckas, CC BY

Science funding is intended to support the production of new knowledge and ideas that develop new technologies, improve medical treatments and strengthen the economy. The idea goes back to influential engineer Vannevar Bush, who headed the U.S....

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Why states are pushing ahead with clean energy despite Trump's embrace of coal

  • Written by Bill Ritter, Jr., Director, Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University
imageAlamosa Photovoltaic Plan, south-central Colorado.Energy.gov/Flickr

On Tuesday, March 28, President Trump traveled to the Environmental Protection Agency to sign an executive order rolling back a number of climate-related regulations that have taken effect over the past eight years. The president’s team claims this effort will help bring our...

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Why there's more to fixing health care than the health care laws

  • Written by George Wang, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center
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There is so much debate currently about how best to provide health insurance coverage in our country that we risk losing sight of what it really means to be healthy and of how health care should be optimally provided.

The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of...

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Why it's important to just say no to bad drug policy

  • Written by Margie Skeer, Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
imageAttorney General Jeff SessionsAP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

In all the discussions about the proposed health care law, it was easy to overlook a statement made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on March 15: “I think we have too much of a tolerance for drug use – psychologically, politically, morally… We need to say, as Nancy Reagan...

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Will Trump continue to pull from a pro wrestling playbook?

  • Written by R. Tyson Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Muhlenberg College
imageDonald Trump and WWE wrestler Bobby Lashley shave the head of CEO Vince McMahon during Wrestlemania 23 in 2007.Carlos Osorio/AP Photo

During a panel at Harvard on March 7 on press and the presidency, political journalist Jessica Yellin described Donald Trump’s conflict with the press as “WWF, media edition: In one corner, Donald Trump,...

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Should journalism become less professional?

  • Written by Robert Trumpbour, Associate Professor of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
imageDemocratic presidential hopeful Bill Clinton has a cup of coffee with newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin in April 1992. Breslin died on March 19.Stephan Savoia/AP Photo

When I heard the news of longtime New York Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin’s death, it felt personal.

I was born in Queens and read Breslin as a youngster. My mom and dad...

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