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Is a polygraph a reliable lie detector?

  • Written by Jessica Gabel Cino, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Georgia State University
Does your body give away if you're lying or not?AP Photo/Edward Kitch

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who’s accused Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, released the results of a polygraph test focused on the decades-old incident. They suggest that Ford’s responses to two questions about her...

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Lo que deben saber los adolescentes sobre seguridad cibernética

  • Written by Sanjay Goel, Professor of Information Technology Management, University at Albany, State University of New York
Todos utilizan la tecnología, pero no todos están tan seguros como deberían.Akhenaton Images/Shutterstock.com

Los estudiantes en el colegio hoy en día conocen mejor la tecnología que el adulto medio, según distintas investigaciones.

Y aunque muchas personas piensan que los adolescentes utilizan, en lo...

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50 years of the Boeing 747: How the 'queen of the skies' reigned over air travel

  • Written by Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton
The 747 takes off on its maiden voyage. AP Photo

On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of its custom-built assembly plant in Everett, Washington. From the beginning, everything about the plane once known as the “queen of the skies” was big.

It was the first wide-body “jumbo jet” ever built, involving about...

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How the media encourages – and sustains – political warfare

  • Written by Kyle Jensen, Associate Professor of English, University of North Texas
The quiet consumption of news can sustain a polarized political environment.Lightspring

Since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has been waging war against the American press by dismissing unfavorable reports as “fake news” and calling the media “the enemy of the American people.”

As a countermeasure, The Washington...

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On the Supreme Court, difficult nominations have led to historical injustices

  • Written by Calvin Schermerhorn, Professor of History, Arizona State University
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sept. 27, 2018.AP/pool image, Michael Reynolds

Far from being unusual, the hurried and partisan Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh mirrors several notable examples of similarly politicized confirmations in U.S. history.

Those conflicts, which...

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Is it immoral to watch football?

  • Written by Francisco Javier López Frías, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University
What ethical issues should you consider when watching football?Chris Brooks/flickr.com, CC BY-ND

For a large swath of Americans, fall means football. But, as in previous years, this season’s football has been mired in controversy.

Most notable of these has been the Colin Kaepernick case. Kaepernick has accused the NFL of colluding to keep him...

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US generosity after disasters: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Patrick Rooney, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
A sign posted in New Bern, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence. AP Photo/Gary D Robertson

After 9/11, Americans responded with the kind of outpouring of generosity usually reserved for the most powerful hurricanes and earthquakes. Ever since those terrorist attacks, the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has tracked...

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Cryptocurrencies, blockchains and their dark side: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Economics + Business Editor

Crytocurrencies, after a wild ride, may be at a tipping point.

Bitcoin and other digital currencies exploded in 2017 only to spend much of 2018 losing a large chunk of those gains. A unit of bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, climbed from under US$900 at the end of 2016 to a high of almost $20,000 in December 2017 and has since plunged to a...

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Trusting states to do right by special education students is a mistake

  • Written by Matthew Brock, Assistant Professor of Special Education, The Ohio State University
Many special education students are isolated from their peers.hxdbzxy/www.shutterstock.com

On Sept. 20, the U.S. Department of Education released a new framework to “rethink” how the department oversees special education services for students with disabilities.

As part of this framework, the department plans to provide states with...

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Freezing fuel economy standards will slow innovation and make US auto companies less competitive

  • Written by Giorgio Rizzoni, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace and Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, Center for Automotive Research, The Ohio State University
A half-century of regulation has greatly increased the fuel efficiency of US-made cars.siam.pukkato

The United States has led the world in establishing standards and regulations governing vehicle fuel economy, tailpipe emissions and safety. Over the past 50 years, these policies have made the world cleaner and safer. Now the Trump administration is...

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  8. After a fatal shark attack on Cape Cod, will the reaction be coexistence or culling?
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  12. Mapping the 100 trillion cells that make up your body
  13. How humans fit into Google’s machine future
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  16. Hiring highly educated immigrants leads to more innovation and better products
  17. You can trust the polls in 2018, if you read them carefully
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  41. Big game days in college football linked with sexual assault
  42. Hurricane kids: What Katrina taught us about saving Puerto Rico's youngest storm victims
  43. Destructive 2018 hail season a sign of things to come
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  48. Here's how Trump-era politics are affecting worker morale – and what managers can do about it
  49. Should all Nobel Prizes be canceled for a year?
  50. Memo to Kavanaugh's defenders: Passage of time doesn't erase youthful mistakes in the criminal justice system, especially for people of color