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Why the US still hasn't had a woman president

  • Written by Farida Jalalzai, Professor and Hannah Atkins Endowed Chair of Political Science, Oklahoma State University
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a primary election night rally.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Estonia, Singapore, Ethiopia and Finland – these are some of the 21 countries currently governed by a female president or prime minister.

Yet a woman president of the U.S. still remains only a hypothetical.

T...

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The candidate you like is the one you think is most electable

  • Written by Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Indiana University
Most people vote for the candidate they think is the most electable. Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Electability has been the single most important force motivating voters in the 2020 Democratic primaries.

But what is it? What makes one candidate seem like they could get votes from a majority of Americans while another one...

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From border security to climate change, national emergency declarations raise hard questions about presidential power

  • Written by Daniel Farber, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Global Climate Strike NYC in New York, Sept. 20, 2019.Rainmaker Photo/MediaPunch /IPX via AP Photo

As wildfires, storms and other climate-driven disasters grow larger and more damaging, climate change is a major concern for many Democratic voters, who are in the midst of a primary fight that has come down to two major candidates: Bernie Sanders and...

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How technology can combat the rising tide of fake science

  • Written by Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
A crop circle in Switzerland.Jabberocky/Wikimedia Commons

Science gets a lot of respect these days. Unfortunately, it’s also getting a lot of competition from misinformation. Seven in 10 Americans think the benefits from science outweigh the harms, and nine in 10 think science and technology will create more opportunities for future...

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I was in China doing research when I saw my Uighur friends disappear

  • Written by Sarah Tynen, Instructor, University of Colorado Boulder
An Uighur woman rests near a barricaded structure and heavily armed Chinese policemen in Urumqi.Ng Han Guan/AP Photo

Recently leakedChinese government documents reveal how local officials targeted Muslim minorities in China. Satellite images show that many of them have been held in detention camps across the vast Uighur homeland in northwest China.

C...

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Dung beetles help rainforests regrow – but extreme drought and wildfires in the Amazon are killing them off

  • Written by Filipe França, Researcher, Tropical Ecology, Federal University of Pará
An Amazon forest in Brazil's Para state after deforestation and wildfires March 9, 2019. Unlike in some tropical forests, the animals of the Amazon are not adapted to survive fire.Gustavo Basso/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The dung beetle may eat and nest in poop, but its role in nature is anything but humble.

These hardshelled scarabs live on every...

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Should you listen to music when you work?

  • Written by Manuel F. Gonzalez, PhD Candidate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Baruch College, CUNY
Distraction or performance enhancer?H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock via Getty Images

Do you like to listen to music when you work?

Pose this question at a party, and you’ll probably get some polarizing responses. Some will say they love it, claiming that it improves their performance; others will say they find it distracting and cannot work...

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What's the difference between pandemic, epidemic and outbreak?

  • Written by Rebecca S.B. Fischer, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
It's a matter of scale.(Edward A. "Doc" Rogers/Library of Congress via AP

The coronavirus is on everyone’s minds. As an epidemiologist, I find it interesting to hear people using technical terms – like quarantine or super spreader or reproductive number – that my colleagues and I use in our work every day.

But I’m also...

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Speeches, both scripted and off the cuff, turn Biden's campaign around

  • Written by David A. Frank, Professor of Rhetoric, University of Oregon
Joe Biden speaks at a rally before Super Tuesday, the day his campaign roared back to life.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

In late February, Joe Biden got emotional about the deaths of family members, in a strikingly moving conversation with Rev. Anthony Thompson, whose wife Myra was killed by a white supremacist.

Three days later, Biden delivered a...

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How big will the coronavirus epidemic be? An epidemiologist updates his concerns

  • Written by Maciej F. Boni, Associate Professor of Biology, Pennsylvania State University
A security guard wears gloves while holding a basketball during halftime of an NBA game in Houston on March 5, 2020. The NBA has told players to avoid high-fiving fans and to avoid taking any item for autographs. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New Yorker magazine that when democracies sink into...

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  2. Crisis communication researcher shares 5 key principles that officials should use in coronavirus
  3. Washington's recession-fighting toolbox is nearly empty as US economy braces for possible coronavirus outbreak
  4. 'Internet of things' could be an unseen threat to elections
  5. Why having fewer OSHA inspectors matters
  6. How to stop using food to reward and punish your kids
  7. How women dress for other women
  8. Autonomous vehicles can be fooled to 'see' nonexistent obstacles
  9. Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah – but not yet the hajj
  10. Love in the time of the coronavirus: Do you turn your back when someone offers you a hand, a kiss or a hug?
  11. Why it took Congress 40 years to pass a bill acknowledging the Armenian genocide
  12. Americans still trust doctors and scientists during a public health crisis
  13. What The Satanic Temple is and why it's opening a debate about religion
  14. Do wasps have a queen like bees do?
  15. ​Tornadoes that strike at night are more deadly and require more effective warning systems
  16. Less than one-fifth of reported rapes and sexual assaults lead to arrests
  17. Biden's resurrection was unprecedented – and well-timed
  18. What really works to keep coronavirus away? 4 questions answered by a public health professional
  19. Vaccines without needles – new shelf-stable film could revolutionize how medicines are distributed worldwide
  20. Super Tuesday results show how Latino voters, moderate Democrats and Trump supporters are shaping the election
  21. Spring is arriving earlier across the US, and that's not always good news
  22. The Fed's 'surprise' interest rate cut: 5 questions answered
  23. There’s no easy exit for the US in Afghanistan
  24. A simple way to promote HPV vaccination among Asian American women: Storytelling
  25. Why so many epidemics originate in Asia and Africa – and why we can expect more
  26. Why colleges should think twice before punishing student protesters
  27. What schools can do to reduce the risk that teachers and other educators will sexually abuse children
  28. The sharing economy helps women find new economic opportunities in Jordan
  29. If you want to help after the Nashville tornadoes, give cash, not clothing and other stuff
  30. Why hand-washing really is as important as doctors say
  31. Could a dog pick the next president?
  32. Evangelicals downplay religious expression when working with secular groups
  33. Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn about disease threats
  34. Why public health officials sound more worried about the coronavirus than the seasonal flu
  35. Even after blocking an ex on Facebook, the platform promotes painful reminders
  36. Humans domesticated horses – new tech could help archaeologists figure out where and when
  37. The worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century: 5 questions on Syria answered
  38. The two-party system is here to stay
  39. Coronavirus unites a divided China in fear, grief and anger at government
  40. Trump treats the military as his own – and the troops could suffer
  41. Coronavirus: A simple way to keep workers – and the economy – from getting sick
  42. It's OK to feed wild birds – here are some tips for doing it the right way
  43. Emotional support animals can endanger the public and make life harder for people like me who rely on service dogs
  44. Why do Americans say 'bay-zle' and the English say 'baa-zle'?
  45. Tutoring kids who don't need it is a booming business in affluent areas where parents want to stack the deck
  46. A brief history of invisibility on screen
  47. US successfully planned for the 'endless frontier' of science research in 1945 – now it’s time to plan the next 75 years
  48. Black women prefer hair products marketed with them in mind
  49. Librarians could be jailed and fined under a proposed censorship law
  50. The problem with health care price transparency: We don't have cost transparency