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Cutting EPA budget puts babies at risk – and makes little economic sense

  • Written by Patricia Smith, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

President Donald Trump recently ordered an air strike on Syria, fueled in part by moral outrage at images of babies being injured and killed by airborne toxins.

American babies are under threat as well. In this case, the culprit is the Trump administration’s proposal to slash the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by 31 percent,...

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Police around the world learn to fight global-scale cybercrime

  • Written by Frank J. Cilluffo, Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, George Washington University
imagePolice must join forces across international borders to take on modern cybercriminals.wutzkohphoto/Shutterstock.com

From 2009 to 2016, a cybercrime network called Avalanche grew into one of the world’s most sophisticated criminal syndicates. It resembled an international conglomerate, staffed by corporate executives, advertising salespeople...

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Confused about Trump's border wall?: 7 essential reads

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Editor, Economics and Business, The Conversation

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised Mexico would pay for a border war separating it from the U.S.

With that unlikely anytime soon, the president has been demanding Congress include funding for his proposed barrier in the budget lawmakers are hastily trying to finish by...

Read more: Confused about Trump's border wall?: 7 essential reads

Why cuts in funding for UN, climate change research imperil fight against malaria

  • Written by Julio Frenk, President, University of Miami
imageMosquitoes could expand their reach if money for climate change research is cut. Centers for Disease Control.

Diseases don’t stop at borders. On World Malaria Day, this is especially important to understand and to consider.

We’ve been fighting malaria for decades, and yet it still claimed nearly half a million lives in 2015. About 70...

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What the Trump team should consider before axing Meals on Wheels funds

  • Written by David Campbell, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York

To justify President Donald Trump’s aim to spend less on social services, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney declared, “We can’t spend money on programs just because they sound good.” Who can argue with that?

Not us.

Like anyone else, we want our taxpayer dollars spent wisely. Funding programs that...

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For restaurants looking to boost profits, it's often about everything but the food

  • Written by Frank T. McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
imageLighting, layout and music can determine whether you'll be grabbing a quick bite or staying a while.'Diners' via www.shutterstock.com

Staying one step ahead of the competition in the hypercompetitive restaurant industry requires more than simply tinkering with the menu. Serving tasty food doesn’t do much good if customers don’t stay...

Read more: For restaurants looking to boost profits, it's often about everything but the food

Can we design a better fuel economy label?

  • Written by Adrian R. Camilleri, Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University
imageEveryone looks for price, but there are smarter ways to communicate fuel efficiency on car labels. Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com

Transportation contributes approximately 26 percent to greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, governments around the world are looking for ways to increase consumers’ use of fuel-efficient vehicles. One of the most...

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Does cooperating with ICE harm local police? What the research says

  • Written by Patria de Lancer Julnes, Director, School of Public Affairs, and Professor of Public Administration, Harrisburg campus, Pennsylvania State University
imageAn ICE operation in Los Angeles, Feb. 7, 2017.Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP

Police need public cooperation.

The police rely on the public to report and help solve crimes. This is especially true now that police departments face budget cuts and increasing demands on their time – an environment that pressures...

Read more: Does cooperating with ICE harm local police? What the research says

How statistical thinking should shape the courtroom

  • Written by Daniel J. Denis, Associate Professor of Quantitative Psychology, The University of Montana
imageCourtroom decisions are more like a game of chance than you may think.Cropped from aerust/flickr, CC BY

The probabilistic revolution first kicked off in the 1600s, when gamblers realized that estimating the likelihood of an event could give them an edge in games of chance.

Today, statistics has become the dominant way to communicate scientific...

Read more: How statistical thinking should shape the courtroom

Making robots that can work with their hands

  • Written by Taskin Padir, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
imageA NASA Valkyrie robot picks up an item with its hand.Northeastern University, CC BY-NC

It’s quite common for humans – especially those who work in manufacturing – to tie a knot, strip the casing off a cable, insert a pin in a hole or use a hand tool such as a drill. They may seem like simple tasks, but are really very complex and...

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