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How robot math and smartphones led researchers to a drug discovery breakthrough

  • Written by Ian Haydon, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
Moving a robot is like manipulating a molecule.Willyam Bradberry/Shutterstock.com

Robotic movement can be awkward.

For us humans, a healthy brain handles all the minute details of bodily motion without demanding conscious attention. Not so for brainless robots – in fact, calculating robotic movement is its own scientific subfield.

My colleagues...

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Deadly California mudslides show the need for maps and zoning that better reflect landslide risk

  • Written by David R. Montgomery, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Search and rescue personnel scan a home in the aftermath of a mudslide, Jan. 13, 2018, in Montecito, California.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Scenic hill slopes can be inspiring – or deadly, as we are seeing after the disastrous debris flows that have ravaged the community of Montecito, California in the wake of heavy rains on Tuesday, Jan. 9,...

Read more: Deadly California mudslides show the need for maps and zoning that better reflect landslide risk

New study reveals why some people are more creative than others

  • Written by Roger Beaty, Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Harvard University
The answer has long eluded scientists.agsandrew/Shutterstock.com

Creativity is often defined as the ability to come up with new and useful ideas. Like intelligence, it can be considered a trait that everyone – not just creative “geniuses” like Picasso and Steve Jobs – possesses in some capacity.

It’s not just your...

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Closure of DC public charter school offers important lessons for Secretary DeVos and school choice debate

  • Written by Claire Smrekar, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education, Vanderbilt University
First lady Melania Trump, Queen Rania of Jordan and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talk with students at the Excel Academy Public Charter School last April. Principal Dana Bogle, on left.AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

When Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and first lady Melania Trump visited Excel Academy Public Charter School last spring, DeVos...

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What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos praised as 'shining example'

  • Written by Claire Smrekar, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education, Vanderbilt University
First lady Melania Trump, Queen Rania of Jordan and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talk with students at the Excel Academy Public Charter School last April. Principal Dana Bogle, on left.AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais

When Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and first lady Melania Trump visited Excel Academy Public Charter School last spring, DeVos...

Read more: What we can learn from closure of charter school that DeVos praised as 'shining example'

Donald Trump doesn't understand Haiti, immigration or American history

  • Written by Chantalle F. Verna, Associate Professor of History and International Relations, Florida International University
After Haiti signed its Declaration of Independence from France, in 1804, the U.S. started a 60-year political and economic embargo that hobbled the young nation's growth.Wikimedia

Donald Trump’s denigrating comments about Haiti during a recent congressional meeting shocked people around the globe, but given his track record of disrespecting...

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What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant'

  • Written by Christopher Beem, Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Pennsylvania State University
A protestor holds a sign with a quote from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the South Carolina Statehouse.AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins

In the turbulent days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, activists launched resistance movements: Greenpeace activists climbed a large construction crane near the White House and unfurled...

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Craft beer is becoming the wine of New England by redefining 'terroir'

  • Written by Daina Cheyenne Harvey, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross
Pouring Saison, a classic Belgian farmhouse-style ale, at Allagash Brewing in Portland, Maine.Allagash Brewing, CC BY

The U.S. craft beer industry is exploding. Although two companies – Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors – have produced more than 75 percent of all beer consumed in the United States for decades, America now has more...

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Does defense actually win championships?

  • Written by Mark Otten, Associate Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
New England Patriots defensive end Bobby Hamilton sacks St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner during Super Bowl XXXVI.AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant famously said, “Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.”

Since Bryant’s retirement in 1982, his adage has been perpetuated...

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What Jeff Sessions doesn't understand about medical marijuana

  • Written by C. Michael White, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
Patients in 29 states can legally use medical marijuana to treat their symptoms.SageElyse/shutterstock.com

On Jan. 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole memo, a 2013 document that limits federal enforcement of marijuana laws.

This opens the door for a crackdown in the nine states with legal recreational marijuana.

The Cole memo is one...

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  2. Quantum speed limit may put brakes on quantum computers
  3. Beyond #MeToo, Brazilian women rise up against racism and sexism
  4. Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence
  5. When I got DACA, I was forced to revert to a name I had left behind
  6. Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?
  7. Turning power over to states won't improve protection for endangered species
  8. Autonomous vehicles could help millions of people catch up on sleep, TV and work
  9. For black celebrities like Oprah, it's impossible to be apolitical
  10. The 'greatest pandemic in history' was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong
  11. When sexual assault victims speak out, their institutions often betray them
  12. Targeting hidden roots of workplace harassment is key to fulfilling Oprah's promise to girls
  13. More colleges than ever have test-optional admissions policies — and that's a good thing
  14. MLK's vision of love as a moral imperative still matters
  15. Defanged regulations have big media licking their chops
  16. Rejection of subsidies for coal and nuclear power is a win for fact-based policymaking
  17. Why is El Salvador so dangerous? 4 essential reads
  18. How California's megachurches changed Christian culture
  19. Why most nonprofit boards resemble whiteboards and how to fix that
  20. Why children's savings accounts should be America's next wealth transfer program
  21. Super-black feathers can absorb virtually every photon of light that hits them
  22. Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for kids?
  23. Fit to serve: Data on transgender military service
  24. From cowboys to commandos: Connecting sexual and gun violence with media archetypes
  25. Will religiously unaffiliated Americans increase support for liberal policies, in 2018 and beyond?
  26. Universities must prepare for a technology-enabled future
  27. Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery – so they are practicing in the shadows
  28. Why Iran's protests matter this time
  29. Why states may get away with creative income tax maneuvers
  30. How does assisting with suicide affect physicians?
  31. Abortion freedom of speech battle heading to the Supreme Court
  32. Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what about the language of driving?
  33. Scientist at work: I've dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life
  34. From bad to worse? 5 things 2018 will bring to the Middle East
  35. Trump's offshore oil drilling plans ignore the lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon
  36. The fallout of police violence is killing black women like Erica Garner
  37. When charities let telemarketers gouge donors
  38. Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky
  39. Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?
  40. The hidden homelessness among America's high school students
  41. Should military men draft our nation's security strategy?
  42. Allowing mentally ill people to access firearms is not fueling mass shootings
  43. Trust in digital technology will be the internet's next frontier, for 2018 and beyond
  44. For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in store
  45. Can road salt and other pollutants disrupt our circadian rhythms?
  46. Nikola Tesla: The extraordinary life of a modern Prometheus
  47. Why Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
  48. To get the most out of self-driving cars, tap the brakes on their rollout
  49. As you travel, pause and take a look at airport chapels
  50. What about young men who are having unwanted sex?