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Does wearing a school uniform improve student behavior?

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In a growing number of school districts across the nation, students must wear a uniform.

This is not the stereotypical school uniform associated with Catholic schools – pleated plaid skirt with a blouse for girls; a button-down shirt, a necktie and dark pants for...

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Feeling SAD? Talk therapy gets better long-term results than light boxes

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As the days get shorter and the nights grow longer, sometimes it can seem like we barely get a chance to see the sun. For most people, this can be frustrating; and for others, the slide into winter can actually lead to a subset of depression called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.

SAD is a...

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Dear Republicans: Do your patriotic duty

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imageA supporter of Ted Cruz holds his book and a US flag.Mark Kauzlarich/REUTERS

Dear Republicans:

For the past week, we have been reminded of the precarious position in which we find ourselves as Americans. The situation I’m referring to is the latest poll numbers for the GOP candidates.

What has drawn the lion’s share of the attention to...

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What's the real risk from consumer drones this holiday season?

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imageYay, a holiday drone! What could possibly go wrong?PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE, CC BY-NC-ND

This holiday season, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is estimating that over one million small “Unmanned Aerial Systems” (sUAS’s) – drones, to the rest of us – will be sold to consumers. But as hordes of novice pilots take to the...

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Paris Agreement on climate change: the good, the bad, and the ugly

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At 7:27 pm local time Saturday, December 12th, 2015, a new Paris Agreement on global climate change was born after four years of taxing labor. Its much-anticipated birth was quickly followed by copious self-congratulations by many of the parents in the room who almost all were overcome by joy and bursting with pride.

Praise heaped upon newborns...

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Promises, promises: how legally durable are Obama's climate pledges?

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imageLocked down? Obama, with Secretary of State John Kerry, committed to further cuts in emissions from the US at Paris climate summit.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

As part of a global agreement on climate change, the US has pledged, among other things, to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26%-28% compared to 2005 levels by the year 2025. But...

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Why today's long STEM postdoc positions are effectively anti-mother

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imageDoes it need to be so hard to be a mom and a professor?Quinn Dombrowski, CC BY-SA

The fallen leaves remind, once again, that the Hunger Games of securing coveted tenure-track academic jobs have begun. This is my second year serving on the Northwestern University Department of Neurobiology Search Committee, and we’ve received nearly 300...

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Studying gun violence is the only way to figure out how to stop it – but we don't

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imageA protest outside the National Shooting Sports Foundation in Newtown, Connecticut, March 28 2013. Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters

It seems that not a week passes without a new report of a mass shooting in the United States.

The gun epidemic, long simmering, has in the past few weeks seemed to reach a new phase in the public discourse. The shootings in...

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