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We helped uncover a public health crisis in Flint, but learned there are costs to doing good science

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Our team of more than two dozen students and research scientists at Virginia Tech has spent much of the past year analyzing and publicizing unsafe drinking water in Flint, Michigan.

Our “open science” research collaboration with Flint residents revealed high levels of lead, Legionella and damage to potable water infrastructure due to a...

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Oscars 2016: expert reaction

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The buzz leading up to this year’s Academy Awards was tempered with protests against an institution that has remained too white and too male for too long. How would host Chris Rock handle the issue of race? Would a theme emerge among the winners? Our panel of experts break down some of the night’s biggest questions, surprises and...

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African-American women could be decisive on Super Tuesday

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As the Democratic nominating contest speeds up, African-American voters – especially women – have some tough, and influential, choices to make.

South Carolina is the first primary where African Americans are the majority of Democratic voters, controlling 55 percent of the vote. That makes South Carolina a battleground for black votes,...

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Apple versus FBI: All Writs Act's age should not bar its use

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imageHow hard should it be for the FBI to get access to your iPhone's data?Pexels.com, CC BY

A federal magistrate judge in California has issued a warrant ordering Apple to assist the FBI in accessing data on an iPhone used by a suspect in the December 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting.

Apple’s public refusal to comply with the order – and...

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Subprime gets bad rap in 'Big Short' but is key to easing housing affordability crisis

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Anyone who’s dug into the 2008 financial crisis knows the role that bundling and selling subprime housing loans played in bringing the world to the brink of economic collapse – out-of-control behaviors well-depicted in the movie “The Big Short.”

But one thing I hope “The Big Short” doesn’t do is further...

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Want the economy to grow? It's time to look at cities and efficiency

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imageTraffic jams in cities, such as this one in Atlanta, have economic costs, including lower productivity.Gregor Smith/flickr, CC BY

The economy is a hot topic in the presidential debates and is among the top public concerns. But the “economy” is a loose and hazy notion and, for politicians, a convenient place to make promises.

Even the...

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Beyond invisibility: engineering light with metamaterials

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imageDrawing and reality: designing a metamaterial pattern. On the left is the plan; on the right is the actual object.Bossard/Penn State/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Since ancient times, people have experimented with light, cherishing shiny metals like gold and cutting gemstones to brighten their sparkles. Today we are far more advanced in how we work with this...

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Three important quotes from the GOP debate, explained

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The 10th Republican debate offered an opportunity for establishment candidates to slow Donald Trump’s momentum just five days before Super Tuesday. On the Texas stage were just five candidates: Trump, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Ted Cruz, neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Governor John Kasich. We asked three academics to choose key quotes...

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  4. Why boys need to have conversations about emotional intimacy in classrooms
  5. The surprising link between postwar suburban development and today's inner-city lead poisoning
  6. Clinical trials for childhood cancer drugs are critical, but parents don't always understand what they are signing up for
  7. Why it's time to end in-person voting for good
  8. The mysterious biomechanics of riding – and balancing – a bicycle
  9. Trump's winning streak reveals bigotry's appeal in GOP
  10. Evolution of moral outrage: I'll punish your bad behavior to make me look good
  11. How driverless vehicles will redefine mobility and change car culture
  12. Cyberwar is here to stay
  13. Passwords, privacy and protection: can Apple meet FBI's demand without creating a 'backdoor'?
  14. Five years after the Arab Spring, how does the Middle East use social media?
  15. Former clerk on Justice Antonin Scalia and his impact on the Supreme Court
  16. How should we measure the size of a university's endowment?
  17. How digital technology spawned retro's revival
  18. Clean energy could save hundreds of billions in health costs every year
  19. Has World War Three begun?
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  22. Hospitals rationing drugs behind closed doors: a civil rights issue
  23. To meet the Paris climate goals, do we need to engineer the climate?
  24. A beginner's guide to sex differences in the brain
  25. A closer look at Rubio, Cruz and the Latino vote in Nevada
  26. Why do we pretend Supreme Court justices are anything but political officials?
  27. Why big tech companies are open-sourcing their AI systems
  28. U.S. mayors desperate to fix crumbling infrastructure but states, feds hold them back
  29. Making sense of the Scalia conspiracy theory
  30. Trump's South Carolina victory could make him unstoppable in GOP race
  31. Four reasons why Clinton's Nevada victory is important
  32. The GOP moves to South Carolina, the first red state battleground
  33. Malheur occupation is over, but the war for America's public lands rages on
  34. Extreme numbers: the unimaginably large and small pop up in recent experiments
  35. With bodies piling up, the war on Mexican journalists has no end in sight
  36. Obama may be a lame duck, but his final budget isn't
  37. DoD detainee photos raise disturbing questions about transparency
  38. Pregnant, in prison and facing health risks: prenatal care for incarcerated women
  39. Straight A students may not be the best innovators
  40. Solving 'Darwin's Paradox': why coral island hotspots exist in an oceanic desert
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  43. Five years of war in Syria: five lessons Western leaders haven't learned
  44. John Kasich's rhetoric versus his record in Ohio
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