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Why doesn't the U.S. bury its power lines?

  • Written by Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida

It is nearing the end of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Hurricane Florence in North and South Carolina caused more than 1.4 million customers to lose power and Hurricane Michael has cut service to an estimated 900,000 customers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Soon, winter storms will...

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Out of Matthew Shepard's tragic murder, a commitment to punishing hate crimes emerged

  • Written by Lara Schwartz, Professorial Lecturer, Department of Government, American University School of Public Affairs

On an October night in 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, driven to a remote field, tied to a fence and left to die. The cyclist who found him reported that the unconscious young man’s face was covered with blood except where tears had washed the skin clean.

People gathered for vigils...

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'Fortnite' teaches the wrong lessons

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
'Fortnite' has over 125 million players worldwide.Jennie Book/www.shutterstock.com

In recognition of the fact that “Fortnite” has quickly become one of the most popular video games in the world – one played by more than 125 million players – I decided to play the game myself in an attempt to understand its widespread appeal.

A...

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Why the US needs better crime reporting statistics

  • Written by Liberty Vittert, Visiting Assistant Professor in Statistics, Washington University in St Louis
Chicago is often invoked in political debates on crime.Scott Cornell/shutterstock.com

President Donald Trump has long focused on Chicago as a hotbed for American crime. This came up yet again on Oct. 8, when he said that he had directed the Justice Department to work with local officials in Chicago to stem violence in a city overwhelmed by its high...

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Kavanaugh confirmation could spark a reckoning with system that often fails survivors of sexual abuse and assault

  • Written by Alesha Durfee, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Arizona State University
Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in by Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh. AP/Tom Williams/Pool Photo

After voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Sen. Joe Manchin said that he made his choice even though he supported survivors of sexual abuse and...

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Solving the mystery of the wimpy supernova

  • Written by Kishalay De, Graduate student of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
The bubbly cloud, called Puppis A, is an irregular shock wave, generated by a supernova that would have been witnessed on Earth 3,700 years ago. NASA

A spectacular supernova explosion, more than a billion times brighter than our sun, marked the birth of a neutron star orbiting its hot and dense companion. Now these two dense remnants are destined...

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There are many types of obesity – which one matters to your health

  • Written by Amalio Telenti, Affiliate faculty in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UCSD ; Professor of Genomics at Scripps, The Scripps Research Institute
Some forms of obesity severely disrupt the metabolic pathways that keep us healthy.Farik gallery, MarShot / Shutterstock.com / Evans Love

Our society seems to have accepted that gaining weight is an inevitable consequence of growing up in a place with easy access to calories and where physical activity plays a declining role in our professional and...

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¿Cómo apoyar a un hijo con depresión? Enséñale a ayudar a otros

  • Written by Hannah L. Schacter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Levantarle el ánimo a otra persona pudiera ser también un gran estímulo para ti.Mohamed Nohassi/Unsplash, CC BY, CC BY

Piensa en la última vez que ayudaste a alguien. Tal vez enviaste un WhatsApp de apoyo a un amigo estresado, o le diste indicaciones a una peatón perdido.

¿Cómo te sentiste?

Si te...

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Reduced sentencing for nonviolent criminals: What does the public think?

  • Written by Kevin Wozniak, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts Boston

Partisan politics in Washington has found a new victim: criminal justice reform.

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is trying to pass a bipartisanbill that would reduce punishments for less serious, nonviolent crimes. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and a few Republican senators are fighting the bill because they believe prosecutors need the...

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More Articles ...

  1. From Caesar to Trump: Immunity is a hard thing to give up
  2. Giant mosquitoes flourish in floodwaters that hurricanes leave behind
  3. Women with heart disease in sub-Saharan Africa face challenges, but stigma may be worst of all
  4. Why a large church group had little impact when it opposed Kavanaugh's nomination
  5. Neil Armstrong and the America that could have been
  6. Protecting wetlands helps communities reduce damage from hurricanes and storms
  7. Don't be afraid to talk about the costs of dealing with climate change
  8. Physical therapy important for women treated for breast cancer
  9. Being born in the wrong ZIP code can shorten your life
  10. Organic farming with gene editing: An oxymoron or a tool for sustainable agriculture?
  11. Resistance is a long game
  12. Hurricane Michael could bring more inland flooding to southeast states
  13. Youth living in settlements at US border suffer poverty and lack of health care
  14. La relación entre el acoso escolar y el uso de teléfonos móviles en el colegio: 6 consejos para evitarlo
  15. La relación entre el acoso escolar y el uso de teléfonos móviles en el colegio: seis consejos para evitarlo
  16. It's naive to think college athletes have time for school
  17. Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change
  18. An Indonesian city’s destruction reverberates across Sulawesi
  19. Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies
  20. Justice Kavanaugh is a threat to Roe v. Wade – but not the only one
  21. Meet the trillions of viruses that make up your virome
  22. Breast cancer survivors, who lose muscle mass, can benefit from strength training, studies suggest
  23. The Catholic Church's grim history of ignoring priestly pedophilia – and silencing would-be whistleblowers
  24. Statistics and data science degrees: Overhyped or the real deal?
  25. 'Disillusioned' Brazilians choose Bolsonaro, Haddad after a tense and violent campaign
  26. Could villains clone themselves to take over the world?
  27. Amazon and other 'superstar' companies could give all American workers a raise
  28. Why more women don't win science Nobels
  29. Warriors against sexual violence win Nobel Peace Prize: 4 essential reads
  30. Columbus believed he would find 'blemmyes' and 'sciapods' – not people – in the New World
  31. How the loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural world
  32. Beto O'Rourke won't beat Ted Cruz in Texas – here's why
  33. Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law?
  34. For mothers who lose their babies, donating breast milk is a healing ritual
  35. 'Bystander effect' and sexual assault: What the research says
  36. Massacres, disappearances and 1968: Mexicans remember the victims of a 'perfect dictatorship'
  37. 'Coming of Age in Mississippi' still speaks to nation's racial discord, 50 years later
  38. 5 habilidades matemáticas que los niños en edad preescolar deben aprender: enséñeselas de forma divertida
  39. Why trade deficits aren't so bad
  40. Does a man's social class have anything to do with the likelihood he'll commit sexual assault?
  41. Controversial young adult novel offers insight into Kavanaugh hearings, sexual assault
  42. Think journalism's a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age
  43. Nobel goes to chemists who learned to 'hack' evolution in the lab
  44. Success of immunotherapy stimulates future pigment cell and melanoma research
  45. A proposed tax break for the masses designed to spur giving
  46. Interruptions at Supreme Court confirmation hearings have been rising since the 1980s
  47. New materials are powering the battery revolution
  48. Sexism, racism drive black women to run for office in both Brazil and US
  49. Sexism, racism drive more black women to run for office in both Brazil and US
  50. Después de un desastre: enviar ayuda a donde más se necesita