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What the season of fall – and science – teaches us about life and death

  • Written by Samer Zaky, Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
What fall teaches us about life and death.Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

I was launched as one; and ended up being trillions of them. The cells composing my body are amazing micro-machines; one hundred of them can fit into the period at the end of this phrase. Regardless of my awareness, each of these teeny tiny units strictly performs its own...

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With USB-C, even plugging in can set you up to be hacked

  • Written by Jeremy Straub, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University
Could this plug bring both power and peril?Alexander Evgenyevich/Shutterstock.com

Plugging in the power – or at least what you think is power – to a USB-C powered laptop can connect your computer, and the valuable personal data on it, directly to hackers. Your personal financial information, passwords and documents stored on the laptop...

Read more: With USB-C, even plugging in can set you up to be hacked

Estas estrategias eficaces en redes sociales impulsan victoria de los políticos ‘anti-establishment’

  • Written by Saiph Savage, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, West Virginia University
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidente electo de México.AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidato presidencial “anti-establishment” de México, se enfrentó a la oposición de los principales medios de comunicación. Y gastó 13 por ciento menos en...

Read more: Estas estrategias eficaces en redes sociales impulsan victoria de los políticos ‘anti-establishment’

Puerto Rico has not recovered from Hurricane Maria

  • Written by Lauren Lluveras, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, University of Texas at Austin

Puerto Rico was in crisis long before Hurricane Maria hit on Sept. 20, 2017.

For years, this U.S. territory had been struggling with debt, economic crisis and drought. In May 2017, the government defaulted on US$73 billion in loans and declared bankruptcy.

Then Hurricane Maria slammed the island with 155-mph winds and coastal flooding that rose to...

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Barriers for transgender voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

  • Written by Timothy R. Bussey, Assistant Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Kenyon College
A 'Please Have Photo ID Ready' sign displayed at an early-voting polling location. AP Photo/Danny Johnston

Recently, there have been a number of historic firsts for transgender political candidates.

In 2017, State Rep. Danica Roem of Virginia became the first openly transgender person to be elected to a state legislature, and just last month,...

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The migration of same-sex couples to the suburbs is shaping the fight for LGBT equality

  • Written by Clayton Howard, Assistant Professor of History, The Ohio State University
Charlie Craig and David Mullins at their suburban Westminster, Colorado home in 2014.AP/Brennan Linsley

This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the most important case involving same-sex marriage since it became legal in all 50 states.

On its surface, the Masterpiece Cakeshop case looked like it was a contest about discrimination and...

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Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

  • Written by Johanna Amaya Leal, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University
Loading new furniture donated to Hurricane Irma survivors in Chokoloskee, Fla.

After costly and deadly disasters, large deliveries of supplies – whether they are needed or not – arrive. So do throngs of people who want to pitch in.

But while studying the responses to many disasters, including hurricanes Maria and Harvey and earthquakes...

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Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the world over trade

  • Written by Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Professor of Management, Rochester Institute of Technology
Instead of fighting other countries, we should be fighting our overflowing landfills.Huguette Roe/shutterstock.com

President Donald Trump is fighting the wrong fight in his ongoing trade war with the rest of the world.

That’s because it’s premised on the old-school notion of the linear economy in which someone in another country, such...

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Is apple cider vinegar good for you? A doctor weighs in

  • Written by Gabriel Neal, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Texas A&M University
Vinegar has become as popular for some as nectar of the gods. It has a long history of high hopes for healing. Koy_Hipster/Shutterstock.com

When my brother and I were kids back in the ‘80s, we loved going to Long John Silver’s.

But it wasn’t just for the fish.

It was for the vinegar – malt vinegar. We would uncap a bottle...

Read more: Is apple cider vinegar good for you? A doctor weighs in

5 math skills your child needs to get ready for kindergarten

  • Written by Susan Sonnenschein, Professor, Applied Development Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Getting ready for school.Studio.g photography/shutterstock

Parents play a critical role in their children’s early math education. They not only can provide math-related toys and games, but serve as role models demonstrating how math is used in everyday activities.

Children who see their parents doing everyday math engage more often in math...

Read more: 5 math skills your child needs to get ready for kindergarten

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  5. Cuba propone legalizar el matrimonio gay y las iglesias se atreven a salir en contra
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