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Calling it a 'war on science' has consequences

  • Written by John C. Besley, Ellis N. Brandt Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
How does the concept of science in the crosshairs affect opinions?gan chaonan/Shutterstock.comWhat happens when a cover boils a measured article down to this provocative headline?National Geographic

National Geographic’s March 2015 cover story provided a thoughtful discussion around the question of “Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt...

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Federal workers begin to feel pain of shutdown as 800,000 lose their paychecks

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Adjunct associate professor, Boston University
Families are feeling the pinch of the government shutdown.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

President Donald Trump wants US$5.7 billion to fund a border wall to keep out undocumented immigrants and “criminals.” Democrats in Congress say the wall is a waste of money that wouldn’t solve any of America’s actual immigration programs.

Caught...

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Virginia's uranium mining battle flips traditional views of federal and state power

  • Written by Cale Jaffe, Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic, University of Virginia
The Supreme Court is likely to rule on the case by June.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The Supreme Court will decide in 2019 whether a Virginia law that bans uranium mining is preempted by the Atomic Energy Act, the U.S. law governing the processing and enrichment of nuclear material.

The case, Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren, will require the court...

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Mapping the world's 'blue carbon' hot spots in coastal mangrove forests

  • Written by Robert Twilley, Professor of Oceanography and Coastal Science and Executive Director, Louisiana Sea Grant, Louisiana State University
Mangrove forest in Pichavaram, Tamil Nadu, India.VasuVR/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Human actions have boosted carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to levels higher than any measured over the last 160,000 years. Rising concern over the risk of severe impacts from climate change is spurring research into ways in which ecosystems may mitigate...

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The politics of fear: How fear goes tribal, allowing us to be manipulated

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
White nationalists clash with protesters at the Aug. 12, 2017 Charlottesville, Va. rally that turned deadly violent.Steve Helber/AP Photo

Fear is arguably as old as life. It is deeply ingrained in the living organisms that have survived extinction through billions of years of evolution. Its roots are deep in our core psychological and biological...

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More solutions needed for campus hunger

  • Written by Suzanna Martinez, Academic Researcher, University of California, San Francisco
As many as half of America's college students face campus hunger.Stokkete/www.shutterstock.com

A new federal report does a good job of explaining what many researchers have been saying for a decade – food insecurity among college students is a serious national problem.

As one University of California, Berkeley student revealed in an interview...

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The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes

  • Written by Rebecca Fasman, Manager of Traveling Exhibitions at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
A self-portrait of George Platt Lynes from 1952. Gelatin silver print, 7-5/8 × 9 in. From the Collections of the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. © Estate of George Platt Lynes.

From the late 1920s until his death in 1955, George Platt Lynes was one of the world’s most successful commercial and fine art photographers.

His work...

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How a government shutdown affects the economy

  • Written by Scott R. Baker, Assistant Professor of Finance, Northwestern University
Federal employees rally to call for an end to the partial government shutdown.AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Parts of the federal government have been closed since midnight on Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record. It’s also the third since President Donald Trump took office.

The immediate and most visible impact of a...

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Hearing hate speech primes your brain for hateful actions

  • Written by Arthur Glenberg, Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
Inflammatory words can prime a mind.Elijah O'Donnell/Unsplash, CC BY

A mark on a page, an online meme, a fleeting sound. How can these seemingly insignificant stimuli lead to acts as momentous as participation in a racist rally or the massacre of innocent worshippers? Psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists and philosophers are developing a new...

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Renewed space rivalry between nations ignores a tradition of cooperation

  • 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
A composite image of a satellite firing an energy weapon at a target on Earth. Marc Ward/Shutterstock.com

The annals of science fiction are full of visions of the future. Some are techno-utopian like “Star Trek” in which humanity has joined together in peace to explore the cosmos. Others are dystopian, like the World State in...

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  2. With the right guiding principles, carbon taxes can work
  3. With foreign bureaus slashed, freelancers are filling the void – at their own risk
  4. Who's more compassionate, Republicans or Democrats?
  5. The downside of doing good with a market mindset
  6. Tumor-free flounder are just 1 dividend from the cleanup of Boston Harbor
  7. The science of the deal: A negotiation expert explains how Trump and the Democrats could both end the shutdown with a win
  8. Trump calls border a 'crisis of the soul': 3 scholars react to his Oval Office address
  9. Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations' way
  10. Stopping partisan gerrymandering is more complicated than you think
  11. Families are choosing between their health and staying together
  12. Rotating black holes may serve as gentle portals for hyperspace travel
  13. Why Trump will likely lose the government shutdown
  14. How to increase your chances of sticking with your resolutions
  15. Is there a crisis at the US-Mexico border? 6 essential reads
  16. Venezuelans reject Maduro presidency — but most would oppose foreign military operation to oust him
  17. Why elite colleges should use a lottery to admit students
  18. Let them eat more fat? Researcher argues that a balance of types of fat is the key
  19. What Catholics can learn from protests of the past
  20. Venezuelans want President Maduro out, but most would oppose foreign military intervention to remove him
  21. When it comes to brain tumors, a patient's sex matters
  22. What's behind our appetite for self-destruction?
  23. How childbearing varies across US women in 3 charts
  24. Los Manuscritos del mar Muerto son un vínculo inestimable con el pasado de la Biblia
  25. Fact check: How many people are enslaved in the world today?
  26. White right? How demographics is changing US politics
  27. 3D scans of bat skulls help natural history museums open up dark corners of their collections
  28. 3D-printed guns may be more dangerous to their users than targets
  29. How the medical profession can help heal divisions as well as diseases
  30. The bizarre phenomenon of vacation surprise videos
  31. No, Trump is not like Obama on Middle East policy
  32. Would bringing back pork-barrel spending end government shutdowns?
  33. Congress used to pass bipartisan legislation – will it ever again?
  34. Women who ran for Congress avoided women's issues in their campaign ads
  35. Many hate crimes never make it into the FBI's database
  36. Why does it feel good to see someone fail?
  37. Schools fall short when it comes to helping students in grief – here's how they can improve
  38. Amelia Earhart would have a hard time disappearing in 2019
  39. Will China's moon landing launch a new space race?
  40. The euro at 20: An enduring success but a fundamental failure
  41. Competitive elections are good for democracy – just not every democracy
  42. Desinformación y la vacuna contra la gripe: 3 lecciones para combatir mitos
  43. Nancy Pelosi victorious – why the California Democrat was reelected speaker of the House
  44. Reclaiming lost calories: Tweaking photosynthesis boosts crop yields
  45. Emotion-reading tech fails the racial bias test
  46. The EPA has backed off enforcement under Trump – here are the numbers
  47. Should children as young as 12 be sent to juvenile detention?
  48. Gen Z entrepreneurs view higher education as vital to their startups
  49. Health insurers want you to try cheaper drugs first, but that can hurt you
  50. Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide