Opposing a candidate is more confidence-building, and action-driving, than supporting one. Elvert Barnes/Flickr, CC BY-SA“My opponent is a liar. And, he can’t be trusted.”
Did you ever wonder why there are so many political attack ads? Of course, politicians have the obvious desire to tear down the opposition in the hopes of...
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On Super Tuesday, voters from more than a dozen U.S. states voted in presidential primaries with important consequences for the candidates. We asked three scholars in different parts of the world to comment on the results and what they mean for the presidential race going forward.
Bryan Cranston, Ph.D. Candidate in...
Read more: Super Tuesday sees Trump and Clinton triumph: scholars around the globe react
An epic showdown is shaping up between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In most of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries and caucuses, Trump and Clinton won decisive victories, building critical momentum for their campaigns.
There were a few exceptions. In the Republican contests, Ted Cruz won Alaska, Oklahoma and his home state of Texas. Marco...
Read more: Super Tuesday sets the stage for a Trump versus Clinton showdown
Michael Vadon and Gage/Skidmore, CC BY-SACan “extremist” candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump win general elections? Are they “electable”?
The correct answer sounds like a cop-out.
It depends.
Most importantly, it depends on the state of the economy.
But these candidates' broad support also tells us something...
Can't...get...away.'Phone' via www.shutterstock.com“22 of the Cutest Baby Animals,” the headline said. “You won’t believe number 11!”
Despite an impending deadline – not to mention my skepticism (how cute could they possibly be?) – I clicked on the story. I’m only human, after all. Yet this failure in...
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Introducing a child to the wonder of 3D printing.Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, CC BY-NDMattel recently announced that it will release a US$300 3D printer for kids in time for the 2016 holiday season. With accompanying software that is specially tailored for young toy designers, the ThingMaker promises to...
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What's the best tool for taking tests?Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, CC BY-NDStudents who recently took the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.
This might not matter much if the results of...
Read more: Here's how the method of testing can change student scores
Public uproar over lead poisoning in children due to the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has dominated the news cycle this winter. The deck was already stacked against kids growing up in Flint. And due to a decision by the city’s emergency manager to start using the Flint River as a municipal water source in April 2014, there has...
Read more: Is lead in water a problem beyond Flint? We don't do the testing to find out
Since its inception in 1990, the H-1B guestworker program that allows employers to bring in high-skilled foreign workers on six-year visas has been steeped in controversy.
The program has been the subject of dozens of congressional hearings, including one just last week in which I participated, frequent op-eds from pundits and technology moguls, exp...
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the most sought-after endorsement in the raucous Democratic presidential primary contest.
It’s all bit odd for a senator who has been in office only since 2012 and who beat incumbent Senator Scott Brown by just 10 points as Massachusetts went for Barack Obama over its own former Republican governor,...
Read more: Elizabeth Warren is savvy not to endorse Clinton or Sanders
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