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The Violence Against Women Act is unlikely to reduce intimate partner violence – here's why

  • Written by Leigh Goodmark, Professor of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Most dollars spent on fighting domestic violence go to the criminal justice system.Shutterstock/Fure

The Violence Against Women Act, the federal government’s signature legislation aimed at responding to domestic violence, rape, sexual assault and stalking, expired at the end of September.

Legislative wrangling over the act’s provisions...

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America's archaeology data keeps disappearing -- even though the law says the government is supposed to preserve it

  • Written by Keith Kintigh, Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
A fragment of an ancestral Pueblo jar dating to c. A.D. 1150.Keith Kintigh, Arizona State University, CC BY

Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the past and then meticulously putting those relics in a museum. But today’s archaeology is not just about retrieving artifacts and...

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How monitoring local water supplies can build community

  • Written by John M. Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
Volunteers prepare to take flow measurements on Muddy Creek.Centre County Pennsylvania Senior Environmental Corps, CC BY-ND

Water insecurity is a touchstone for 2018. Our planet isn’t running out of water, but various kinds of mismanagement have led to local water crises across the planet, directly threatening millions of people.

Ensuring...

Read more: How monitoring local water supplies can build community

Meet AICAN, a machine that operates as an autonomous artist

  • Written by Ahmed Elgammal, Professor of Computer Vision, Rutgers University
'Psychedelic,' an image created by the algorithm AICAN.Ahmed Elgammal, Author provided

When artificial intelligence has been used to create works of art, a human artist has always exerted a significant element of control over the creative process.

But what if a machine were programmed to create art on its own, with little to no human involvement?...

Read more: Meet AICAN, a machine that operates as an autonomous artist

Open-source hardware could defend against the next generation of hacking

  • Written by Joshua M. Pearce, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University
What if you could make a microchip at home?Vladimir Nenezic/Shutterstock.com

Imagine you had a secret document you had to store away from prying eyes. And you have a choice: You could buy a safe made by a company that kept the workings of its locks secret. Or you could buy a safe whose manufacturer openly published the designs, letting everyone...

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Free trade isn't dead yet – despite Trump's threats to the system that upholds it

  • Written by Jeffrey Kucik, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona
Canada, Mexico and other U.S. allies aren't walking away from the principles of economic cooperation. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

The rules-based world order, which has been the scaffolding supporting the global economy since World War II, appears to be in serious jeopardy. And, judging by the number of eulogiespublished in recent months, it would be...

Read more: Free trade isn't dead yet – despite Trump's threats to the system that upholds it

A Great Lakes pipeline dispute points to a broader energy dilemma

  • Written by Douglas Bessette, Assistant Professor of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University
There's a bridge over this Michigan waterway and a precarious pipeline beneath it.AP Photo/Al Goldis

A deal involving an aging oil pipeline in Michigan reflects the complex decisions communities across the country need to make to balance the needs for energy and safety with efforts to deal with climate change.

Gov. Rick Snyder and Enbridge, a...

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We tested women and men for breast cancer genes – only 18 percent knew they had it

  • Written by Michael Murray, Professor of Genetics and Director for Clinical Operations in the Center for Genomic Health, Yale University
There are now hundreds of genetic tests that claim to predict the risk of various diseases. All that's needed is a few drops of blood.Connect world/Shutterstock.com

There are diseases and health conditions that are essentially invisible to us until it is too late.

When those problems are life-threatening, such as cancer, and if there is a period...

Read more: We tested women and men for breast cancer genes – only 18 percent knew they had it

¿Reactivará la economía argentina un rescate internacional de 50.000 millones de dólares?

  • Written by Robert H. Scott III, Professor of Economics & Finance, Monmouth University
Los argentinos protestan las condiciones de austeridad que forman parte del rescate del FMI. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko

Una economía en recesión. Fuga de pesos. La peor sequía en décadas. Los tipos de interés más altos del mundo. El mayor rescate de la historia del Fondo Monetario Internacional.

¿Suen...

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The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that means

  • Written by Jennifer Nourse, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Richmond
The Floating Mosque of Palu that survived after the earthquake. AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

In the devastation that followed the earthquake and resulting tsunami in the Indonesian city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, many Muslim religious sites were destroyed.

Two mosques, however, survived, with little to no damage to their structure.

In a province...

Read more: The mosques that survived Palu's tsunami and what that means

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  3. How scientists are fighting infection-causing biofilms
  4. Evolution is at work in computers as well as life sciences
  5. Arms and influence in the Khashoggi affair
  6. How the polls could have caught 'surprise' victories like Trump's
  7. Masacres, desapariciones y 1968: los mexicanos recuerdan a las víctimas de la ‘dictadura perfecta’
  8. Fixing a broken process for nominating US Supreme Court justices
  9. Why is it so hard to get an accurate vote count?
  10. Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua's uprising alive
  11. Taxing carbon may sound like a good idea but does it work?
  12. Eating royal poop improves parenting in naked mole-rats
  13. More college students expected to vote in 2018 midterms
  14. Dispatches from the morgue: Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic
  15. Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get rescued
  16. Americans spend $70 billion on pets, and that money could do more good
  17. Los jóvenes que viven en colonias de la frontera de Estados Unidos sufren pobreza y falta de atención médica
  18. Argentina bets 60 percent interest rates – and $50B international bailout – will revive its economy
  19. Hidden hunger affects nearly 2 billion worldwide – are solutions in plain sight?
  20. Why is it fun to be frightened?
  21. Why doesn't the U.S. bury its power lines?
  22. Out of Matthew Shepard's tragic murder, a commitment to punishing hate crimes emerged
  23. 'Fortnite' teaches the wrong lessons
  24. Why the US needs better crime reporting statistics
  25. Kavanaugh confirmation could spark a reckoning with system that often fails survivors of sexual abuse and assault
  26. Solving the mystery of the wimpy supernova
  27. There are many types of obesity – which one matters to your health
  28. ¿Cómo apoyar a un hijo con depresión? Enséñale a ayudar a otros
  29. Reduced sentencing for nonviolent criminals: What does the public think?
  30. From Caesar to Trump: Immunity is a hard thing to give up
  31. Giant mosquitoes flourish in floodwaters that hurricanes leave behind
  32. Women with heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa face challenges, but stigma may be worst of all
  33. Why a large church group had little impact when it opposed Kavanaugh's nomination
  34. Neil Armstrong and the America that could have been
  35. Protecting wetlands helps communities reduce damage from hurricanes and storms
  36. Don't be afraid to talk about the costs of dealing with climate change
  37. Physical therapy important for women treated for breast cancer
  38. Being born in the wrong ZIP code can shorten your life
  39. Organic farming with gene editing: An oxymoron or a tool for sustainable agriculture?
  40. Resistance is a long game
  41. Hurricane Michael could bring more inland flooding to southeast states
  42. Youth living in settlements at US border suffer poverty and lack of health care
  43. La relación entre el acoso escolar y el uso de teléfonos móviles en el colegio: 6 consejos para evitarlo
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  45. It's naive to think college athletes have time for school
  46. Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change
  47. An Indonesian city’s destruction reverberates across Sulawesi
  48. Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies
  49. Justice Kavanaugh is a threat to Roe v. Wade – but not the only one
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