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'Snowden,' a picture of the cybersecurity state

  • Written by Sanjay Goel, Professor of Information Technology Management, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageWhat can 'Snowden' teach us about cybersecurity?Jürgen Olczyk/Open Road Films, CC BY

With the release of a new film about Edward Snowden, the man who revealed secret documents detailing a massive U.S. government spying program, the debate about his character continues. That includes a renewed effort to encourage President Obama to pardon him....

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Taking the GUESSwork out of video game satisfaction

  • Written by Barbara Chaparro, Professor of Psychology, Wichita State University
imageWhat makes a video game fun?Gamers via shutterstock.com

People who play video games are often wary of buying new games – they don’t know whether they’ll actually be fun to play. So they read reviews and try out games in stores or at friends' houses before deciding on a purchase.

Game designers have a similar problem – how to...

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How Congress is failing on Zika

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Jaharis Faculty Fellow in Health Law and Intellectual Property, DePaul University

Three times Congress has taken up legislation to fund the continuing response to the Zika outbreak.

Three times the bill, which would allocate US$1.1 billion to fight the disease, has fallen short of attracting bipartisan support.

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention close to exhausting available funds for Zika preparedness and...

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How random is your randomness, and why does it matter?

  • Written by David Zuckerman, Professor of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin
imageWhat if the person flipping the coin cheats?Coin and hand via shutterstock.com

Randomness is powerful. Think about a presidential poll: A random sample of just 400 people in the United States can accurately estimate Clinton’s and Trump’s support to within 5 percent (with 95 percent certainty), despite the U.S. population exceeding 300...

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Should Wells Fargo execs responsible for bilking customers be forced to return their pay?

  • Written by Lee Reiners, Director of Global Financial Markets Center, Duke University
imageIn Wells Fargo's case, a discussion often wasn't required. Wells Fargo via www.shutterstock.com

Having spent five years supervising large financial institutions on Wall Street, I am rarely surprised by the latest news of banks behaving badly.

But even the most hardened cynics, such as myself, were taken aback by the recent announcement that Wells...

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Black Americans may be more resilient to stress than white Americans

  • Written by Shervin Assari, Research Investigator of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

White Americans live on average3.6 years longer than black Americans. If you look only at men, the difference becomes 4.4 years.

As I found in a recent study, the main reason behind this disparity is that black Americans are at higher risk of most chronic medical conditions, such as hypertension, obesity, heart disease, stroke and cancer than other...

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Why the Native American pipeline resistance in North Dakota is about climate justice

  • Written by Kyle Powys Whyte, Timnick Chair in the Humanities / Associate Professor of Philosophy and Community Sustainability, Michigan State University

Over the past months, hundreds of indigenous persons and their allies have gathered near the crossing of the Missouri and Cannon Ball rivers in the ancestral territories of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Using nonviolent means, their goal is to stop the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that would connect production fields in North...

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As climate change alters the oceans, what will happen to Dungeness crabs?

  • Written by Paul McElhany, Research Ecologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
imageLive crab at a Seattle marketShutterstock.com

Many travelers visit the Pacific Northwest to eat the region’s famous seafood – particularly Dungeness crabs, which are popular in crab cakes or wrestled straight out of the shell. Locals also love catching and eating the feisty creatures. One of my favorite ways to spend an afternoon is...

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Clinton and Trump 2016: A battle to win over ambivalent voters

  • Written by Judd Thornton, Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University

This presidential campaign has two historically unpopular candidates. Both nominees are viewed unfavorably by more than 50 percent of the electorate.

Given their relative unpopularity, it seems reasonable to wonder if many voters possess mixed feelings about their party’s nominee this year. In other words, many voters may be experiencing...

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Memetics and the science of going viral

  • Written by Shontavia Johnson, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Drake University

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If you’ve ever heard the Baha Men’s 2000 hit “Who Let the Dogs Out,” you probably have also experienced its somewhat-annoying-but-very-catchy hook being stuck in your head for several hours.

The official video for ‘Who Let the Dogs...

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