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Why the rise of populist nationalist leaders rewrites global climate talks

  • Written by Arjuna Dibley, Graduate Fellow, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University
International climate negotiators need to recognize the motivations that drive populist nationalist leaders.AP Photo/Alik Keplicz

The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil not only marks the rise of another populist nationalist leader on the world stage. It’s also a turning point for the global politics of climate change.

When the new president...

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Stool transplantation shows promise treating cancer therapy side effect

  • Written by Yinghong Wang, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A woman holds her stomach in agony from ulcerative colitis.Emily Frost / Shutterstock.com

Immunotherapy, the Nobel Prize-winning category of cancer therapy that helps your immune cells to fight tumors, has transformed the field of cancer care by improving the long-term survival in patients with various types of cancer, like melanoma and those...

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We asked artificial intelligence to analyze a graphic novel – and found both limits and new insights

  • Written by Leonie Hintze, Ph.D. Student in Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University
What can an algorithm find when it reads a book?Vasilyev Alexandr/Shutterstock.com

With one spouse studying the evolution of artificial and natural intelligence and the other researching the language, culture and history of Germany, imagine the discussions at our dinner table. We often experience the stereotypical clash in views between the...

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George H.W. Bush's overlooked legacy in space exploration

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Associate Professor of Political Science, Cameron University
President George H. Bush promotes space exploration during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1989. Behind the president are, from left: former astronaut Mike Collins, NASA Administrator Richard Truly, former astronaut Neil Armstrong, Vice President Dan Quayle and former astronaut Buzz Aldrin. AP...

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WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media's danger to democracy

  • Written by Luca Belli, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, School of Law, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Misinformation via social media played a troubling role in boosting far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to into the Brazilian presidency.

Bolsonaro did not win 55 percent of votes thanks to misinformation alone. A powerful desire for political change in Brazil after a yearslong corruption scandal and a court decision compelling the jailed...

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Chicago's Safe Passage program costs a lot, but it may provide students safer routes to school

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A safety guard watches as parents walk with their children along a safe passage route on the first day of school in Chicago in 2013.Spencer Green/AP

While walking to school last month, a 15-year-old Chicago girl was confronted by two masked men in a van with tinted windows in an attempted kidnapping. Fortunately, the girl escaped and ran to a...

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El acceso universal a Internet en México reduciría la pobreza

  • Written by Jack J. Barry, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Connecticut
Habitantes de Ciudad de México navegan por la web en una "aldea digital" en 2015 dentro del programa del Gobierno para asegurar el acceso a Internet de todos los ciudadanosAP Photo/Sofia Jaramillo

Internet es un derecho en México desde 2013, año en que se modificó la Constitución de la nación para...

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Opening up mosquito research labs to the community

  • Written by Brook Muller, Professor of Architecture and Environment, University of Oregon
View of Taichung City, Taiwan, behind a mosquito net. Alan Picard / Shutterstock.com

By bringing people close to disease-spreading insects, might we improve public health?

Because they spread malaria, Zika, West Nile, dengue, yellow fever and other diseases, mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other organism. Some of these...

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White nationalist groups are really street gangs, and law enforcement needs to treat them that way

  • Written by Matthew Valasik, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University

Law enforcement has a classification problem, and it’s making America more dangerous.

For the last two decades, local police and the FBI have categorized the criminal activities of white power groups as isolated incidents or hate-related.

We believe that’s wrong and leads to a lack of understanding of the power of these groups and the...

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What public universities must do to regain public support

  • Written by Stephen M Gavazzi, Professor, Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
Public support for higher education has waned in recent years.HTU/www.shutterstock.com

Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus more on affordability, great teaching and doing research that matters most to the...

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More Articles ...

  1. Opening up research labs with modified mosquitoes to the community
  2. Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything
  3. Why the next two years are critical for the Paris climate deal's survival
  4. I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
  5. CRISPR babies and other ethical missteps in science threaten China's global standing
  6. Spending too much time on your phone? Behavioral science has an app for that
  7. Criticism of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's clothes echoes attacks against early female labor activists
  8. Este activista alemán luchó por los derechos gay y trans hace cien años
  9. Scientist at work: To take atomic-scale pictures of tiny crystals, use a huge, kilometer-long synchrotron
  10. George H.W. Bush laid the foundation for education reform
  11. How where you're born influences the person you become
  12. Deepwater corals thrive at the bottom of the ocean, but can't escape human impacts
  13. US-China trade war truce: 2 reasons why it's unlikely to last
  14. 1 in 4 government officials accused of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo era is still in office today
  15. The big lessons of political advertising in 2018
  16. YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
  17. CRISPR babies raise an uncomfortable reality – abiding by scientific standards doesn't guarantee ethical research
  18. Screening the human future: YouTube, persuasion and genetically engineered children
  19. George H.W. Bush understood that markets and the environment weren't enemies
  20. Climate change is shrinking winter snowpack, which harms Northeast forests year-round
  21. How Hanukkah came to America
  22. Why we'll miss George H.W. Bush, America's last foreign policy president
  23. Why companies should help pay for the biodiversity that’s good for their bottom line
  24. LGBTQ caravan migrants may have to 'prove' their gender or sexual identity at US border
  25. G-20 leaders descend on Buenos Aires as host Argentina battles worst economic crisis in a decade
  26. Dorothy Day -- 'a saint for our times'
  27. How mainstream media helps weaponize far-right conspiracy theories
  28. AIDS treatment has progressed, but without a vaccine, suffering still abounds
  29. López Obrador takes power in Mexico after an unstable transition and broken campaign promises
  30. Most caregivers of people with dementia are family members, and they need help
  31. Betsy DeVos has little to show after 2 years in office
  32. Climate change is making soils saltier, forcing many farmers to find new livelihoods
  33. America's dark history of organized anti-Semitism re-emerges in today's far-right groups
  34. The surprising way plastics could actually help fight climate change
  35. How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby – and what health worries may ensue
  36. Will Trump pardon Manafort?
  37. Swamped by cyberthreats, citizens need government protection
  38. Trump was dealt a winning hand on trade – his hardball negotiating tactics are squandering it
  39. How Salvation Army's red kettles became a Christmas tradition
  40. What big data can tell us about how a book becomes a best-seller
  41. Forget lanes – we all need to head together toward preventing firearm injury
  42. Test prep is a rite of passage for many Asian-Americans
  43. 5 ways to help robots work together with people
  44. Low-income parents want a white picket fence, not just money, before getting married
  45. In Georgia's gubernatorial race, Stacey Abrams' strategy may make victory easier for future black candidates in the South
  46. Companies blocked from using West Coast ports to export fossil fuels keep seeking workarounds
  47. Trump, Saudi Arabia and the Khashoggi case: What would Obama have done?
  48. Rogue science strikes again: The case of the first gene-edited babies
  49. The road to enhancement, via human gene editing, is paved with good intentions
  50. The key to fixing the gender gap in math and science: Boost women's confidence