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How electric vehicles could take a bite out of the oil market

  • Written by Amy Myers Jaffe, Executive Director for Energy and Sustainability, University of California, Davis
imageSales of electric vehicles are growing fast, especially in Europe.Sopotnicki/Shutterstock.com

When will cars powered by gas-guzzling internal combustion engines become obsolete? Not as soon as it seems, even with the latest automotive news out of Europe.

First, Volvo announced it would begin to phase out the production of cars that run solely on...

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The US health economy is big, but is it better?

  • Written by Diane Dewar, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageHealth care makes up a sizable portion of U.S. GDP.gpoiintstudio/Shutterstock.com

The U.S. health care system is the most expensive in the world. So why does it underperform relative to many peer countries by most measures?

While the Affordable Care Act increased access and coverage, its reforms are years away from full implementation and are now...

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Concerned about concussions and brain injuries? 4 essential reads

  • Written by Lynne Anderson, Senior Editor, Health & Medicine, The Conversation
imageMichelle Vansickle, center, of Flowery Branch, Ga., during a youth football safety clinic March 18, 2014, in Alpharetta, Ga. AP Photo/Jason Getz

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories about concussions, including advice on how to recognize symptoms and explanations of why they can be so dangerous to children.

A study...

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100 years ago African-Americans marched down 5th Avenue to declare that black lives matter

  • Written by Chad Williams, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
imageSilent protest parade in New York against the East St. Louis riots, 1917.Library of Congress

The only sounds were those of muffled drums, the shuffling of feet and the gentle sobs of some of the estimated 20,000 onlookers. The women and children wore all white. The men dressed in black.

On the afternoon of Saturday, July 28, 1917, nearly 10,000...

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Stranded in our own communities: Transit deserts make it hard for people to find jobs and stay healthy

  • Written by Junfeng Jiao, Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Director, Urban Information Lab, University of Texas at Austin
imageMany Americans need reliable public transit to get to school or work.Frank Hank, CC BY-SA

As any commuter who has experienced unreliable service or lives miles away from a bus stop will tell you, sometimes public transit isn’t really a viable option, even in major cities.

In our car-loving society, where 85 percent of Americans use a car to...

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The bigotry baked into welfare cuts

  • Written by Sanford Schram, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center
imageRelatively few low-income Americans are getting welfare payments these days.Christine Hoi/Shutterstock.com

The budget blueprint the House of Representatives recently unveiled isn’t a carbon copy of President Donald Trump’s proposal, dubbed “A New Foundation for American Greatness.” But they would both make what’s left...

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Helping your student with disabilities prepare for the future

  • Written by Joseph Madaus, Professor of Education, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Connecticut
imagePlanning is important for any teen on their way to college – but for those with disabilities, it's absolutely imperative.NCVO London, CC BY-SA

Summer is a busy time for high school juniors. They’re getting ready to say goodbye to school as they know it and they’re researching colleges, visiting campuses and trying to figure out...

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Glioblastoma, a formidable foe, faces a 'reservoir of resilience' in McCain

  • Written by Duane Mitchell, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Florida
imageSen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) returned to the Capitol July 25 to cast what was a tie-breaking vote to proceed to debate a bill to repeal Obamacare.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

As a naval aviator, John McCain was shot down during the Vietnam War and spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war. He received inadequate medical care for injuries that nearly...

Read more: Glioblastoma, a formidable foe, faces a 'reservoir of resilience' in McCain

A philosopher argues why no one has the right to refuse services to LGBT people

  • Written by Mark R Reiff, Affiliated Researcher in Legal and Political Philosophy, University of California, Davis

Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that gay people have the right to marry, those upset by this ruling have shifted their strategy from denying the right to limiting its enforcement.

Even if gay people have a right to marry, they argue, people also have the liberty to practice their religion as they wish. Accordingly, they...

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  3. Senate GOP opens health care debate. Now what?
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  5. How to succeed in college with a disability
  6. Hong Kong's democratic struggle and the rise of Chinese authoritarianism
  7. Do challenges make school seem impossible or worthwhile?
  8. What influences American giving?
  9. A bold, bipartisan plan to return the US to the vanguard of 21st-century technological innovation
  10. Biologics: The pricey drugs transforming medicine
  11. How killing the ACA could lead to more opioid deaths in West Virginia and other Trump states
  12. Fulfilling the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act
  13. Venezuela's getting a new constitution whether the people want it or not
  14. History shows that stacking federal science advisory committees doesn't work
  15. How a job acquires a gender (and less authority if it's female)
  16. Mitch McConnell, the president's man in the Senate
  17. Why the Catholic Church bans gluten-free communion wafers
  18. Sharkathon 2017 is here: How to watch it like a scientist
  19. Who's avoiding sex, and why
  20. The Supreme Court made it harder for states to ban sex offenders from social media. Here’s why
  21. The Georgia peach may be vanishing, but its mythology is alive and well
  22. How some rich people are trying to dismantle inequality
  23. The Library of Congress opened its catalogs to the world. Here's why it matters
  24. Explaining the rise in hate crimes against Muslims in the US
  25. How Lula evolved from Brazil's top politician to its most notable convict
  26. Can Trump use the presidential pardon to thwart the Russia investigations?
  27. Why the US doesn't understand Chinese thought – and must
  28. Here's the three-pronged approach we're using in our own research to tackle the reproducibility issue
  29. Protecting your smartphone from voice impersonators
  30. How to make sure we all benefit when nonprofits patent technologies like CRISPR
  31. Dunkirk survivors’ terror didn’t end when they were rescued
  32. What's the deal with the debt ceiling? 5 questions answered
  33. Republicans fail on health care. Here's why the rest of Trump's agenda won't be 'so easy,' either
  34. Engaging Colombia's students may be key to long-term peace
  35. Human noise pollution is disrupting parks and wild places
  36. Why Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign steel is a bad idea
  37. Four charts that show who loses out if the White House cuts food stamps
  38. The real costs of cheap surveillance
  39. How the social gospel movement explains the roots of today's religious left
  40. Warnings on US cigarette packs not as effective as those in other countries
  41. Maryam Mirzakhani was a role model for more than just her mathematics
  42. Why police reforms rarely succeed: Lessons from Latin America
  43. Digital database captures voices from inside America's prisons
  44. Women still carry most of the world's water
  45. As academic hospitals lower mortality rates, should insurers reconsider excluding them?
  46. Hinduism and its complicated history with cows (and people who eat them)
  47. Why do human beings speak so many languages?
  48. Is America's digital leadership on the wane?
  49. What an artificial intelligence researcher fears about AI
  50. EU's antitrust 'war' on Google and Facebook uses abandoned American playbook