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As the World Cup winds down and the summit nears, Trump is playing Putin's game

  • Written by Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
Russian-government backed show Comedy Club's Trump and Putin impersonatorsRUTube

It seems incredible that White House aides would schedule the first U.S.-Russia summit of the Donald Trump Presidency for the day after the World Cup final soccer match in Moscow, given the assiduous attention to detail that has, historically, governed every meeting...

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The IceCube observatory detects neutrino and discovers a blazar as its source

  • Written by Doug Cowen, Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
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About four billion years ago, when the planet Earth was still in its infancy, the axis of a black hole about one billion times more massive than the sun happened to be pointing right to where our planet was going to be on September 22, 2017.

Blazar shoots neutrinos and gamma rays to Earth: Blazars are a type of active galactic nucleus with...

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Why meeting with Putin may just give Trump a popularity boost

  • Written by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, Lagrange College
Putin and Trump bond in November 2017AP Photo/Hau Dinh

By setting a summit with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump is hoping to smooth over bad relations between the United States and Russia. He may also be thinking about benefiting in the polls and at the ballot box.

As a scholar who looks at how bellicose actions can boost presidential...

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Are you suddenly interested in the Supreme Court? You're not alone

  • Written by Philippa Strum, Broeklundian Professor of Political Science Emerita and Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, City University of New York

Every once in a while, Americans rediscover the Supreme Court.

With the resignation of Justice Anthony Kennedy and the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the country is now in such a moment. When someone is nominated to the court, or when the court hands down a decision that politicians and the media tell Americans will have a major impact on...

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Even self-driving cars need driver education

  • Written by Johanna Zmud, Senior Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University
Just like teenagers, robot drivers need lots of practice.iurii/Shutterstock.com

What do self-driving cars and teenage drivers have in common?

Experience. Or, more accurately, a lack of experience.

Teenage drivers – novice drivers of any age, actually – begin with little knowledge of how to actually operate a car’s controls, and how...

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All wildfires are not alike, but the US is fighting them that way

  • Written by Stephen Pyne, Regents Professor in the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Wildland firefighters, like this crew heading into New Mexico's Gila National Forest, in 2012, are equipped and operate differently from urban firefighters.USFS Gila National Forest, CC BY-SA

So far, the 2018 fire season has produced a handful of big fires in California, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado; conflagrations in Oklahoma and Kansas; and a...

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Why vaccine opponents think they know more than medical experts

  • Written by Matthew Motta, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania
Vaccinations have saved countless lives and untold suffering, even though many adults still believe vaccines are bad for their children.Africa Studios/Shutterstock.com

One of the most contentious areas of health policy over the past two decades has been the safety of vaccination. Vaccines prevent the outbreak of diseases that used to be widespread,...

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Here's how to encourage more girls to pursue science and math careers

  • Written by Jilana Boston, Ph.D. Student in Cognitive Development, New York University
Negative stereotypes about girls' ability can discourage from them pursuing careers in math and science, researchers say.Rawpixel.com/www.shutterstock.com

Women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. In the field of engineering, for example, women earned fewer than 20 percent of doctorates in 2014.

Such...

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Why the case of Jahi McMath is important for understanding the role of race for black patients

  • Written by Yolonda Wilson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Howard University
A photo of Jahi McMath shown at her funeral service at Acts Full Gospel Church in Oakland, Calif.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

California teenager Jahi McMath, who suffered catastrophic brain injury as a result of a routine tonsil surgery, died on June 22, 2018.

Her death came after four years of her family fighting in court to continue her care in...

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Does thinking you look fat affect how much money you earn?

  • Written by Patricia Smith, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
Is the scale telling the truth?VGstockstudio/Shutterstock.com

Two things people often think about are money and their appearance. Past research has shown that there is a correlation between the two: People subjectively considered attractive earn more.

And body weight plays a major role in attractiveness. A person’s body mass index –...

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