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Could science diplomacy be the key to stabilizing international relations?

  • Written by Paul Arthur Berkman, Director of the Science Diplomacy Center and Professor of Practice in Science Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
A different kind of international dialogue.Kyle Glenn on Unsplash, CC BY

It’s no secret that United States–Russia relations are currently rife with tension and mistrust. The news is full of reports of Russia meddling in U.S. elections, seeding U.S. media with fake news, supporting the Syrian regime and so on.

The relationship between...

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Living with neighborhood violence may shape teens' brains

  • Written by Darby Saxbe, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Violence in communities may have an additional unseen victim: young peoples' developing brains.Zoran Karapancev/Shutterstock.com

Flinching as a gunshot whizzes past your window. Covering your ears when a police car races down your street, sirens blaring. Walking past a drug deal on your block or a beating at your school.

For kids living in...

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Why religions of the world condemn suicide

  • Written by Mathew Schmalz, Associate Professor of Religion, College of the Holy Cross
A mourner reads a sympathy card left for Anthony Bourdain at a makeshift memorial in New York.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

The recent suicides of fashion designerKate Spade and celebrity chef and writerAnthony Bourdain have reminded all of us that, even for the wealthy, life can become too painful to bear.

The sad truth is that suicide rates have been...

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Can Facebook use AI to fight online abuse?

  • Written by Daniel Lowd, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Oregon
It can be complicated to teach a computer to detect harassment and threats.Palto/Shutterstock.com

Facebook has released statistics on abusive behavior on its social media network, deleting more than 22 million posts for violating its rules against pornography and hate speech – and deleting or adding warnings about violence to another 3.5...

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Iran's mild response to unprecedented truckers' strike could be due to Trump's influence

  • Written by Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
Demonstrators show their support for anti-government protests in Iran in front of the White House in January. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Last month, the Trump administration backed out of the 2015 deal his predecessor made with Iran that traded giving up nuclear ambitions for sanctions relief.

The U.S. is expected to soon tighten the screws...

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Stress is bad for your body, but how? Studying piglets may shed light

  • Written by Adam Moeser, Matilda R. Wilson Endowed Chair, Associate Professor of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University
Pigs and humans have a lot in common, particularly their digestive tracts. Krumanop/Shutterstock.com

Stress affects most of us to one degree or another, and that even includes animals. My lab studies early-life stress in pigs and how it impacts their health later in life, specifically in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Pigs, whose GI tracts are...

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School safety commission misses the mark by ignoring guns

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos stated recently that guns are not a focus of a federal school safety commission meant to tackle school shootings.Africa Studio/www.shutterstock.com

A federal school safety commission that formed after the Parkland, Florida, school massacre won’t be focusing on guns.

That’s according to Secretary of...

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John McCain helped build a country that no longer reflects his values

  • Written by Elizabeth Sherman, Assistant Professor Department of Government, American University School of Public Affairs

Arizona Sen. John McCain – scion of Navy brass, flyboy turned Vietnam war hero and tireless defender of American global leadership – now faces terminal brain cancer.

I am a scholar of American politics. And I believe that, regardless of his storied biography and personal charm, three powerful trends in American politics thwarted...

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Tourism to the US is in a 'Trump slump' - truth or fiction?

  • Written by Bing Pan, Associate Professor of Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University
Travel is up around the world -- but not to the US.Rawpixel.com/shutterstock

Are fewer people visiting the U.S. now that Trump is president?

Some have blamed the Trump administration for a sharp downturn in international tourist arrivals in 2017, as measured last September. A more recent revision of the numbers suggests that might not be accurate.

So...

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When does hungry become hangry?

  • Written by Jennifer MacCormack, Ph.D. Student in Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
You're ready to blow your top – but how much is due to your internal hunger and how much to external annoyances?perfectlab/Shutterstock.com

Have you ever been grumpy, only to realize that you’re hungry?

Feeling hangry has become a meme, even used in ads. But how does it work, psychologically?Snickers

Many people feel more irritable,...

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  2. Trump's presidency marks the first time in 24 years that the federal bench is becoming less diverse
  3. Detained immigrant children stay in shelters that are already full and aren't equipped for babies
  4. Why did the television reboot become all the rage?
  5. I visited the Rohingya camps in Myanmar and here is what I saw
  6. Mexico City's new airport is an environmental disaster but it could become a huge national park
  7. Increased deaths and illnesses from inhaling airborne dust: An understudied impact of climate change
  8. Religion is uniquely human, but computer simulations may help us understand religious behavior
  9. Memo to President Trump: Better ties between North and South Korea should come first – then get rid of nukes
  10. Rules-based trade made the world rich. Trump's policies may make it poorer
  11. Why predicting suicide is a difficult and complex challenge
  12. G7 summit: Trump could be using advanced game theory negotiating techniques – or he's hopelessly adrift
  13. Trump could be using advanced game theory negotiating techniques – or he's hopelessly adrift
  14. To conserve ocean life, marine reserves need to protect species that move around
  15. Students need IT skills to compete in the new economy
  16. Neurons made from blood cells – a new tool for understanding brain diseases
  17. 'Jurassic Park' made a dinosaur-sized leap forward in computer-generated animation on screen, 25 years ago
  18. Trump scorns US media, but just try being a journalist in North Korea or Mexico
  19. The nuclear industry is making a big bet on small power plants
  20. How the Ford F-150 became king of cars
  21. Young people crossing the border alone face challenges in the US homes where they're placed
  22. Why Mister Rogers' message of love and kindness is good for your health
  23. Social Security’s future is safe
  24. De Podemos a Trump, el 'storytelling' explica la política mundial
  25. How far away was that lightning?
  26. Connected cars can lie, posing a new threat to smart cities
  27. Will a garbage revolt threaten Putin?
  28. How Korean boy band BTS toppled Asian stereotypes – and took America by storm
  29. Scientists are using DNA to study ocean life and reveal the hidden diversity of zooplankton
  30. Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today
  31. Migrants' latest health challenge: Scabies
  32. How female protagonists have changed – and stayed the same – in young adult fiction
  33. Trump may intervene in the power markets to keep coal and nuclear plants running. Does that make sense?
  34. Here’s why Trump’s new strategy to keep ailing coal and nuclear plants open makes no sense
  35. ¿Igualdad de género? Para las mujeres en política esto no existe
  36. California's jungle primary sets up polarized governor's race for November
  37. Leyes de deportación de Trump dejan terribles huellas psicológicas en los migrantes
  38. I want your (anonymized) social media data
  39. EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry
  40. Why long-term separation from parents harms kids
  41. 4 charts showing why putting tariffs on your friends is a bad idea
  42. Microplastics may heat marine turtle nests and produce more females
  43. Why pregnant women with depression often slip through the cracks
  44. How a masculine culture that favors sexual conquests gave us today's 'incels'
  45. Why won't scientific evidence change the minds of Loch Ness monster true believers?
  46. ¿Marchar o migrar? Para los jóvenes en Venezuela, esa es la pregunta
  47. Trump may believe in the rule of law, just not the one understood by most American lawyers
  48. How corruption slows disaster recovery
  49. Free-range parenting gets legal protection in Utah – but should the state dictate how to parent?
  50. When did humans first learn to count?