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Here's the three-pronged approach we're using in our own research to tackle the reproducibility issue

  • Written by Ben Marwick, Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Washington
imageStep one is not being afraid to reexamine a site that's been previously excavated.Dominic O'Brien. Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, CC BY-ND

If you keep up with health or science news, you’ve probably been whipsawed between conflicting reports. Just days apart you may hear that “science says” coffee’s good for you, no...

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Protecting your smartphone from voice impersonators

  • Written by Kui Ren, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageIs this an impostor trying to break into your phone with his voice?Georgejmclittle/Shutterstock.com

It’s a lot easier to talk to a smartphone than to try to type instructions on its keyboard. This is particularly true when a person is trying to log in to a device or a system: Few people would choose to type a long, complex secure password if...

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How to make sure we all benefit when nonprofits patent technologies like CRISPR

  • Written by Shobita Parthasarathy, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
imageAre research nonprofits holding up their end of the tax-exempt bargain?Will Hart, CC BY

Universities and other nonprofit research institutions are under increasing fire about their commitments to the public interest. In return for tax-exempt status, their work is supposed to benefit society.

But are they really operating in the public interest when...

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Dunkirk survivors’ terror didn’t end when they were rescued

  • Written by John Broich, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
imageA scene from 'Dunkirk,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

In late May 1940, Vic Viner was one of the 338,000 Allied troops on the beaches around the French port of Dunkirk hoping for rescue as the German Army neared and the Luftwaffe circled above.

At age 99, Viner met with Christopher Nolan, writer and director of a...

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What's the deal with the debt ceiling? 5 questions answered

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
imageCeilings are overrated. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Editor’s note: The U.S. government maxed out its credit card in March and has been moving money around ever since to avoid running out of cash. But very soon we will reach the limits of this financial sleight of hand, and Congress will have to either raise the debt ceiling – currently...

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Republicans fail on health care. Here's why the rest of Trump's agenda won't be 'so easy,' either

  • Written by Patrick T. Hickey, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imageSen. Rand Paul speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Passing legislation is always a difficult, messy task. America’s highly polarized political environment, with party activists demanding ideological purity on both sides of the aisle, makes that task even harder.

The announcement by Senators Mike Lee and Jerry...

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Engaging Colombia's students may be key to long-term peace

  • Written by Nadia Rubaii, Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageA FARC member waves a white peace flag to commemorate the completion of their disarmament.AP Photo/Fernando Vergara

The end of violence does not always constitute peace.

In June, Colombian officials announced that members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia had officially disarmed and become civilians after turning over the last of their...

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Human noise pollution is disrupting parks and wild places

  • Written by Rachel Buxton, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Colorado State University
imageA red fox listening for prey under the snow in Yellowstone National Park. Noise can affect foxes and other animals that rely on their hearing when they hunt.Neal Herbert/NPS

As transportation networks expand and urban areas grow, noise from sources such as vehicle engines is spreading into remote places. Human-caused noise has consequences for wildl...

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Why Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a bad idea

  • Written by William Hauk, Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
imageA worker at an auto parts plant in Orion Township, Michigan, lifts coiled steel into place. AP Photo/Paul Sancya

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump attracted a lot of support by promising to restore jobs to the American manufacturing sector.

One sector that has been hit hard by purportedly unfair foreign competition is the U.S....

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Four charts that show who loses out if the White House cuts food stamps

  • Written by Orgul Demet Ozturk, Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
imageAbout 13 percent of American households have low or very low food security.Aleksei Potov/Shutterstock

The White House has proposed cutting 25 percent of SNAP’s budget – about US$193 billion – over the next decade.

SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, though it’s more widely known by its pre-2008 name,...

Read more: Four charts that show who loses out if the White House cuts food stamps

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  5. Why police reforms rarely succeed: Lessons from Latin America
  6. Digital database captures voices from inside America's prisons
  7. Women still carry most of the world's water
  8. As academic hospitals lower mortality rates, should insurers reconsider excluding them?
  9. Hinduism and its complicated history with cows (and people who eat them)
  10. Why do human beings speak so many languages?
  11. Is America's digital leadership on the wane?
  12. What an artificial intelligence researcher fears about AI
  13. EU's antitrust 'war' on Google and Facebook uses abandoned American playbook
  14. Combatting stereotypes about Appalachian dialects
  15. Is a healthy environment a human right? Testing the idea in Appalachia
  16. Why health savings accounts are a bust for the poor but a boost for the privileged
  17. Why some are applauding Donald Trump Jr's 'win at all costs' attitude
  18. The next step in sustainable design: Bringing the weather indoors
  19. Race, cyberbullying and intimate partner violence
  20. How the Catholic Church's hierarchy makes it difficult to punish sexual abusers
  21. Cherishing stuff with a photo can help you let go of it
  22. America's public housing crisis may worsen with Trump budget
  23. The 5 faulty beliefs that have led to Republican dysfunction on health care
  24. Energy-recycling stairs could add a spring to your step
  25. How Trump's nominee for the Fed could turn central banking on its head
  26. Inside the minds of Trump’s 'true believers'
  27. How 'Game of Thrones' became TV's first global blockbuster
  28. On land or ship, port chaplains offer comfort to seafarers of the world
  29. Death as a social privilege? How aid-in-dying laws may be revealing a new health care divide
  30. Why can't we fix our own electronic devices?
  31. Would impeaching Trump restore the rule of law? Lessons from Latin America
  32. How do fire ants form amazing towers and rafts without a master plan?
  33. How daughters can repair a damaged relationship with their divorced dad
  34. Is the world ready for a strong German leader?
  35. Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn't clear out the neighbors
  36. CNN-Reddit saga exposes tension between the internet, anonymity and power
  37. Is it ever a good idea to arm violent nonstate actors?
  38. Banning smartphones for kids is just another technology-fearing moral panic
  39. Why we need to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  40. Give and take: Credentials could aid panhandling
  41. Revisiting the legacy of Jerry Falwell Sr. in Trump's America
  42. Dancing toward better physical rehabilitation
  43. How environmentalists can regroup for the Trump era
  44. Lessons for first responders on the front lines of terrorism
  45. Don't hate your gut: It may help you lose weight, fight depression and lower blood pressure
  46. Why some Arab countries want to shutter Al Jazeera
  47. The Supreme Court, religion and the future of school choice
  48. Why did sanctions against North Korea's missile program fail?
  49. Trump's friendly meeting with Putin further blurs US-Russia relations
  50. How being friends with someone who has dementia can be good for you both