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Reimagining the Internet as a mosaic of regional cultures

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imageViewed through human activities, the Internet is becoming ever more heterogeneous as more non-Western populations get online.genista/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Most online maps of the Internet are architectural plans, engineering blueprints, anatomical drawings or statistical graphics. For example, the Internet has been represented as millions of devices conn...

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Is your child taking a test? When is the right time?

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imageWhat difference will the time of the test make?Shannan Muskopf, CC BY-NC

Standardized tests have become the primary tool for determining a student’s academic ability. Legislators and administrators use test data to evaluate the effectiveness of schooling on children and create curriculum.

Their use is supported by two fundamental assumptions:...

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The little-understood connection between Islamic terror and drug profits

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Terrorists are in it as much for the loot as for the ideology.

The Islamic State, or ISIS, could hardly exist, whatever its Islamist fervor, without hard cash from sales of pilfered petroleum, taxes on its subject population and kidnappings for ransom.

Likewise ISIS- and al-Qaida-linked groups in Africa prosper by trafficking drugs across the Sahara...

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Will anyone be prosecuted in the Flint water crisis?

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imageJustice scale and flagSt. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

The headlines were alarming. Traces of cancer-causing contaminants in New Orleans and Pittsburgh public drinking water supplies. Lead from water supply pipes in Boston tap water. In response, in 1974 Congress enacted the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which was designed...

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Why the IRS was just hacked – again – and what the feds can do about it

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imageFederal computer systems are under near-constant attack from hackers and cyberthieves. Is our information protected well enough?Colin, CC BY-SA

Last month hackers stole Internal Revenue Service data belonging to more than 100,000 taxpayers. This sort of attack on the IRS and other federal computer systems keeps happening – and succeeding...

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Trump's anti-trade tirades recall GOP's protectionist past

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As Donald Trump continues his quest for the Republican nomination, free trade agreements remain in his crosshairs.

The billionaire has been making waves by opposing American free trade initiatives like the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – just signed earlier this month by ministers of the 12 Pacific Rim member nations – and...

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Could FDA e-cigarette regulations help more people quit smoking?

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E-cigarettes are smoking hot. They are the most popular nicotine-delivery products used by kids and the majority of adult smokers have tried them. E-cigarettes are a multi-billion dollar industry, with the website Yelp tallying more than 10,000 vape shops across the country. Wall Street analysts are predicting that revenue from e-cigarettes will...

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How satellites can help control the spread of diseases such as Zika

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imageNASA's Aqua satellite, carrying sensors used by researchers to measure mosquito-favoring environmental conditions on Earth.NASA

The explosive spread of Zika throughout the Americas is raising questions about the best ways to control this and future epidemics. We first need to identify what factors contribute to the spread of Zika and understand...

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How should the U.S. government help coal communities?

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imageCoal Washer, Clay County, Kentucky, 2007Jfacew/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

As the United States adopts policies to lower greenhouse gas emissions, some communities will benefit from the shift to lower-carbon energy sources. But others will lose.

Communities that have historically relied on coal production – especially in Appalachia – have been...

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There's a new addiction on campus: Problematic Internet Use (PIU)

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imageIs this an addiction?Ed Yourdon, CC BY-NC-SA

Problematic Internet Use is now considered to be a behavioral addiction with characteristics that are similar to substance use disorders.

Individuals with PIU may have difficulty reducing their Internet use, may be preoccupied with the Internet or may lie to conceal their use.

A recent study that I...

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