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Data show drone attacks doomed to fail against ISIS in Syria

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imageA man inspects the remains of what ISIS militants say was a US drone that crashed in Raqqa in 2014. Stringer/REUTERS

This week, the Washington Post published a story about a new US plan to use lethal drone strikes in Syria to destroy ISIS capabilities on the ground.

The desire to do something – anything – to...

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Can the Paris climate talks prevent a planetary strike-out?

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imageCan negotiators in Paris get a hit? Peter Miller/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

In baseball, it’s three strikes and you’re out. In global climate change politics, the world’s leaders risk a third strike in December in Paris.

After Kyoto in 1997 and Copenhagen in 2009, negotiators are facing a two-strike count. And the...

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Baby booms and busts: how population growth spurts affect the economy

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imageDoes a boom in babies give the economy a boost or cause a bust?Baby money via www.shutterstock.com

A baby boom is generally considered to be a sustained increase and then decrease in the birth rate. The United States, the UK and other industrialized economies have experienced only one such baby boom since 1900 – the...

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When parents with high math anxiety help with homework, children learn less

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imageWhat's the reason for your child's math anxiety?US Department of Education, CC BY

If the thought of calculating a tip at a restaurant makes you nervous, then you are not alone. Math anxiety is common worldwide.

Math anxiety can lead to poor performance and also deter people from taking math courses. This is because feelings...

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How on-call and irregular scheduling harm the American workforce

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imageAbercrombie says it will no longer require employees to be constantly on call. Reuters

As we head into the holiday weekend, many of us know with certainty what days and hours we’ll be working over the coming week. We’ll enjoy September 7 in honor of Labor Day and then return to our offices first thing Tuesday...

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'The greatest man in the world': on the 50th anniversary of Albert Schweitzer's death

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imageAlbert Schweitzer stamp via www.shutterstock.com.

In 1947, Time magazine dubbed him “the greatest man in the world.” He was one of the world’s most famous organists, whose scholarly studies of Bach remain definitive today. As a theologian, he produced groundbreaking studies of the historical Jesus and the...

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How do academic prodigies spend their time and why does that matter?

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imageNature or nurture?Madhavi Kuram, CC BY-NC-ND

Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes a decade of intense practice – roughly 10,000 hours – to achieve mastery in any field.

So, how does this apply to gifted students? Do gifted students from different countries actually invest their time differently...

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