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Momentum isn't magic – vindicating the hot hand with the mathematics of streaks

  • Written by Joshua Miller, Affiliate at IGIER and Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University
imageWhen a player's on fire, is it hot hands?Basketball image via www.shutterstock.com.

It’s NCAA basketball tournament season, known for its magical moments and the “March Madness” it can produce. Many fans remember Stephen Curry’s superhuman 2008 performance where he led underdog Davidson College to victory while nearly...

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How did celibacy become mandatory for priests?

  • Written by Kim Haines-Eitzen, Professor of Early Christianity, Cornell University
imageCardinals, bishops and priests renew their vows of celibacy, poverty and obedience with Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 9, 1998.AP Photo/Plinio Lepri

Priestly celibacy, or rather the lack of it, is in the news. There have been allegations of sex orgies, prostitution and pornography against Catholic clerics...

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Restaurants pledged to make kids’ meals healthier – but the data show not much has changed

  • Written by Alyssa Moran, Sc.D. candidate in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
imageAn All-American meal.Cropped from firsttubedotcom/flickr, CC BY

Chain restaurants are not known for serving up healthy kids’ meals. Most entrees on a kids’ menu are either fried, breaded or doused in cheese. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rare side dish options, and French fries abound.

Looking at nutritional content alone, some drinks...

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Pay people to stop smoking? It works, especially in vulnerable groups

  • Written by Stephen Higgins, Professor, Director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont
imageA file photo from 2013 shows a woman smoking a cigaretteDave Martin/AP Photo

Cigarette smoking in the U.S. has dropped dramatically since the landmark publication of the 1964 U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health. This has led to improved health for millions of Americans.

Those reductions, however, are unevenly distributed....

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Why threats to get votes for health law are more workplace bullying than political tactics

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
imagePresident Trump arrived at the Capitol with HHS Secretary Tom Price on March 21 to warn representatives that they could lose their jobs if they do not vote in favor of the health care law. Scott Applewhite/AP

In an effort to pass the health care law, Donald Trump placed intense political pressure on members of the House, even telling one key...

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Republicans fumble ACA repeal: Expert reaction

  • Written by Richard Arenberg, Visiting Lecturer in Political Science and International and Public Policy, Brown University

Editor’s note: The fight didn’t last long. Moments before a scheduled vote on March 24, House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the bill that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act. It was a surprisingly swift defeat for a legislative priority talked up by Republicans since the day Obamacare first passed. We asked congressional scholars...

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Essential health benefits suddenly at center of health care debate, but what are they?

  • Written by Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imageLisa Schwetschenau, who has multiple sclerosis, shown in a photo in Omaha, Nebraska on March 16. She worries that she could lose some of her essential health benefits under the new proposed health care law.Nati Harnik/AP

Republicans have tirelessly campaigned to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a conservative, market-based...

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America can't be first without Europe

  • Written by Earl Anthony Wayne, Visiting Professor of International Affairs, Hamilton College

On March 25, European Union leaders celebrate the 60th anniversary of their founding treaty, a central pillar of the structure set up in the aftermath of World War II to solidify peace, prosperity and partnership in Europe.

Over the last 60 years, the EU (and its predecessors) has served as an essential U.S. partner: for example, by enhancing...

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Dangers of the witch hunt in Washington

  • Written by Peter Neal Peregrine, Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Lawrence University
imageFBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers at hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

As an anthropologist, I know that all groups of people use informal practices of social control in day-to-day interactions. Controlling disruptive...

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Want to end TB? Diagnose and treat all forms of the disease

  • Written by Lauren Carruth, Assistant Professor, School of International Service, American University School of International Service

Tuberculosis should be a specter of the past, something only our great-grandparents feared and died of. Alas, although almost all cases of TB today are both preventable and treatable, several different strains and manifestations of the disease still sicken and kill millions of people every year.

Global tuberculosis interventions are usually tied...

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  9. The age of hacking brings a return to the physical key
  10. 3-D printing turns nanomachines into life-size workers
  11. Children understand far more about other minds than long believed
  12. Reducing and reusing wastewater: Six essential reads for World Water Day
  13. Video games encourage Indigenous cultural expression
  14. Russia, an alleged coup and Montenegro's bid for NATO membership
  15. New health care law would lead to more smoking, disease and tobacco industry profits
  16. Why is water sacred to Native Americans?
  17. Supreme Court justices in the pews and on the bench – and where Neil Gorsuch fits in
  18. Making poetry their own: The evolution of poetry education
  19. How companies can stay ahead of the cybersecurity curve
  20. Private prisons, explained
  21. In today's anti-immigrant rhetoric, echoes of Virgil's 'Aeneid'
  22. Does 'green energy' have hidden health and environmental costs?
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  30. Could Roe v. Wade be overturned?
  31. Stop obsessing over talent—everyone can sing
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  33. EU court allows companies to ban headscarves. What will be the impact on Muslim women?
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  36. A serious and often overlooked issue for patients with brain diseases: Swallowing
  37. Sky-high drug prices for rare diseases show why Orphan Drug Act needs reform
  38. Bypassing encryption: 'Lawful hacking' is the next frontier of law enforcement technology
  39. The old, dirty, creaky US electric grid would cost $5 trillion to replace. Where should infrastructure spending go?
  40. Trump's planned military buildup is based on faulty claims, not good strategy
  41. Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real
  42. Donald Trump and Enda Kenny celebrate a tense St. Patrick's Day
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  45. How online hate infiltrates social media and politics
  46. How a Christian movement is growing rapidly in the midst of religious decline
  47. Why US communities should be designing parks for older adults
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