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China can still salvage 'one country, two systems' in Hong Kong – here's how

  • Written by David Skidmore, Professor of Political Science, Drake University
Pro-democracy protesters take part in massive rally to usher in the new year.Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images

Authorities in Hong Kong may have hoped to start 2020 by putting a turbulent period of sustained, often violent protests behind them.

Instead hundreds of thousands of protesters ushered in the new year by taking to the streets. Around...

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Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn't add up

  • Written by Niral Shah, Assistant Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development, University of Washington
Can being compared to a calculator ever be funny?Fox Television Animation

The narrative that “Asians are good at math” is pervasive in the United States. Young children are aware of it. College students’ academic performance can be affected by it. And Asian American presidential candidate Andrew Yang has made his mathematical...

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The mental health crisis on campus and how colleges can fix it

  • Written by Marty Swanbrow Becker, Associate Professor, Florida State University
Campus counseling centers are seeing an influx of students seeking help with mental health issues.Motortion/Shutterstock.com

When college students seek help for a mental health issue on campus – something they are doing more often – the place they usually go is the college counseling center.

But while the stigma of seeking mental health...

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A new way to identify a rare type of earthquake in time to issue lifesaving tsunami warnings

  • Written by Valerie Sahakian, Assistant Professor of Geophysics, University of Oregon
This unusual earthquake type generates an outsized tsunami. camila castillo/Unsplash, CC BY-ND

Just a few times in a century, somewhere on the globe, a rare “tsunami earthquake” occurs. These are mysterious because, while they’re just medium-sized as earthquakes go, they cause disproportionately large and devastating tsunamis....

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How to write better pet adoption ads

  • Written by David Markowitz, Assistant Professor of Social Media Data Analytics, University of Oregon
Millions of shelter animals are adopted in the U.S. every year.hedgehog94/Shutterstock.com

About 1.5 million dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters each year because they weren’t adopted or had health problems that concerned potential owners.

Agencies often use “Adopt, Don’t Shop!” campaigns to encourage people to adopt...

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Building a digital archive for decaying paper documents, preserving centuries of records about enslaved people

  • Written by Daniel Genkins, Postdoctoral Fellow in History, Vanderbilt University
Converting aging paper documents to digital archives can be a painstaking effort.Slave Societies Digital Archive, CC BY-ND

Paper documents are still priceless records of the past, even in a digital world. Primary sources stored in local archives throughout Latin America, for example, describe a centuries-old multiethnic society grappling with...

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With the US and Iran on the brink of war, the dangers of Trump's policy of going it alone become clear

  • Written by Klaus W. Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor; Adjunct Professor of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran is in deep crisis. The president’s approach has the support neither of America’s allies nor of its strategic rivals, China and Russia. And his policy – made even more confrontational by the shooting of a high-ranking Iranian official – has boxed him into a situation where,...

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Why there's a separate World Chess Championship for women

  • Written by Alexey W. Root, Lecturer in Education, University of Texas at Dallas
Ju Wenjun, the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, will defend her title against Aleksandra Goryachkina, of Russia this month. Photo from an earlier encounter in September 2019.David Llada

Editor’s Note: The Women’s World Chess Championship match is from January 3-26, 2020. The first six games will be played in Shanghai, China and...

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Lawyers are trying to scare you with Facebook ads

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
Facebook recently disabled some ads on its site making dubious claims about Truvada.AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Some ads can be more than misleading – they can put your health at risk.

Last year, ads paid for by law firms and legal referral companies started cropping up on Facebook. Typically, they linked Truvada and other HIV-prevention drugs...

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Buyers should beware of organic labels on nonfood products

  • Written by Sarah Morath, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of Lawyering Skills and Strategies, University of Houston
Be skeptical of organic claims on cleaning products and other nonfood goods.Pinkasevich/Shutterstock

Product labels offer valuable information to consumers, but manufacturers can misuse them to increase profits. This is particularly true for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s organic label.

Two recent decisions by the U.S. Federal Trade...

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