Do you feel like nutritionists are always changing their minds? Do you want science-based information about diet but don’t know whom or what to believe?
If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone: More than 80% of Americans are befuddled....
Editor’s note: The term “personalized learning” is becoming more common. Indeed, 39 states mention personalized learning in their school improvement plans, as required by the Every...
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The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has...
A quarter of a century ago, on July 5, 1994, a company, which shared a name with the world’s largest river, was incorporated. It sold books to customers who got to its website through a dial-up modem.
It wasn’t the first bookstore to sell online. (Books.com...
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President Donald Trump’s trade wars have sparkedfierce debate about the role of protectionism versus liberalism in U.S. trade with other countries.
This debate is hardly new. It dates all the way back to America’s founding.
As a political economist interested in the historical...
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Officially, the Constitution of the United States gives everyone on U.S. soil equal protection under the law – regardless of nationality or legal...
Armed groups often rely on violence and instilling fear to show strength and resilience. And yet, every so often, they are willing to apologize when things go wrong.
The New IRA recently apologized for killing Lyra McKee, an investigative journalist, during a riot in Derry. The group’s targets, which they described as “enemy...
Why did U.S. President Donald Trump recently call off a retaliatory strike against Iran?
The answer was proportionality: Trump said the American response to Iran’s downing of an American drone should be on a similar scale.
That decision, Trump said, came from his “gut.”
B...
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet, is turning 84 on July 6. With his advancing age, the question of who will succeed him, has become more pressing.
Winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace...
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These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains – 600% above average in some places – inundated fields and homes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that this year’s corn and soybean...
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