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What the ban on gene-edited babies means for family planning

  • Written by Marie Menke, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
When it comes to reproduction, couple have more choices than ever before.Chinnapong/Shutterstock.com

Technology surrounding the human embryo has moved out of the realm of science fiction and into the reality of difficult decisions. Clinical embryologists fertilize human eggs for the purpose of helping couples conceive. The genetic makeup of these...

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What Orwell's '1984' tells us about today's world, 70 years after it was published

  • Written by Stephen Groening, Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Washington
The dominant reading of George Orwell's dystopian novel, "1984" has been that it was a dire prediction of what could be. Denis Hamel Côté, CC BY-SA

Seventy years ago, Eric Blair, writing under a pseudonym George Orwell, published “1984,” now generally considered a classic of dystopian fiction.

The novel tells the story of...

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Companies' self-regulation doesn't have to be bad for the public

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
Managing a shared resource doesn't have to involve fences.Caroline Ryan

If Boeing is allowed to certify that a crash-prone aircraft is safe, and Facebook can violate users’ privacy expectations, should companies and industries ever be allowed to police themselves? The debate is heating up particularly in the U.S. tech sector with growing...

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Could a weakening US economy imperil Trump's trade war against China?

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
A weaker domestic economy could limit Trump's options.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is based on two basic and complementary assumptions: the U.S. economy is strong and, perhaps more importantly, stronger than the Chinese economy.

Last summer when the war began heating up, both assumptions were certainly...

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A growing source of Canadian asylum-seekers: US citizens whose parents were born elsewhere

  • Written by Sean Rehaag, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada

Jokes about moving to Canada became common among progressives in the United States during Donald Trump’s presidential bid. When he won, a spike in U.S. citizens seeking information about how to relocate crashed Canada’s immigration website.

I’m a scholar of Canadian immigration law and will soon become the director of the Centre...

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The Defense Department is worried about climate change – and also a huge carbon emitter

  • Written by Neta C. Crawford, Professor of Political Science and Department Chair, Boston University
A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet launching from the USS Theodore Roosevelt on full afterburner.U.S. Navy/Wikimedia

Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern.

They project that the consequences of global warming – rising seas, powerful storms, famine and diminished...

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The 25th Amendment wouldn’t work to dump Trump

  • Written by Erik M. Jensen, Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, Case Western Reserve University

Here’s some advice for frustrated impeachment advocates who think there might be other ways to force Donald Trump out of office: The 25th Amendment won’t help you.

But that hasn’t stopped people from trying.

Andrew McCabe, former deputy director and acting director of the FBI, gave the Constitution’s 25th Amendment a shoutout...

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Artificial intelligence-enhanced journalism offers a glimpse of the future of the knowledge economy

  • Written by Nicholas Diakopoulos, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Robots won't hold the pens just yet, but they can help people do the work.Paul Fleet/Shutterstock.com

Much as robots have transformed entire swaths of the manufacturing economy, artificial intelligence and automation are now changing information work, letting humans offload cognitive labor to computers. In journalism, for instance, data mining...

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E-cig companies use cartoon characters as logos, and new study shows it works

  • Written by Jon-Patrick Allem, Assistant Professor of Research, University of Southern California
Use of e-cigarettes is on the rise by youth. A recent study suggests that cartoons used in advertising the products may be contributing to the increase. Diego Cervo/Shutterstock.com

Electronic cigarette use, or vaping, is unsafe for children, adolescents and young adults. Electronic cigarettes often contain nicotine and other harmful substances. Nic...

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23% of young black women now identify as bisexual

  • Written by Tristan Bridges, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
A marcher waves a flag during the Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. on June 8, 2019.Nicole S. Glass/Shutterstock.com

Since 1972, social scientists have studied the General Social Survey to chart the complexities of social change in the United States.

The survey, which is conducted every couple years, asks respondents their attitudes on...

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