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Young people crossing the border alone face challenges in the US homes where they're placed

  • Written by Stephanie L. Canizales, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a processing facility in Brownsville, Texas.AP Photo/Eric Gay

The fates of 1,475 migrant children recently came into question when the Department of Health and Human Services reported them as “missing” in a report to Congress in April 2018.

These children are not missing in the sense that they have...

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Why Mister Rogers' message of love and kindness is good for your health

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Fred Rogers at a taping of his famous show on June 28, 1989. Gene J. Puskar/AP File

The release of the Mister Rogers documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” calls to mind the essential message of Rogers’ long-running children’s program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Fred McFeely Rogers, who died in...

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Social Security’s future is safe

  • Written by Christian Weller, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
Despite alarming news, retirees can still rely on their retirement nest eggs. Dan Kosmayer/Shutterstock.com

Social Security is the bedrock of Americans’ retirement income security. So you may have been concerned by the news that the federal government needed to dip into the Social Security’s trust fund to pay for the program this year.

Do...

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De Podemos a Trump, el 'storytelling' explica la política mundial

  • Written by Orlando D'Adamo, Director, Center for Public Opinion, Universidad de Belgrano

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¿En qué se parece el actual presidente Donald Trump al líder del partido español Podemos, un profesor universitario de la izquierda política con el pelo largo llamado Pablo Iglesias?

La tentación es responder: en nada.

Otra sería la respuesta si la comparación fuera entre Trump...

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How far away was that lightning?

  • Written by Becky Bolinger, Assistant State Climatologist and Research Scientist in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
One one thousand, two one thousand....Eric Ward/Unsplash, CC BY

You probably do it. It might be ingrained from when you were a kid, and now it’s almost automatic. You see the flash of lightning – and you immediately start counting the seconds till it thunders.

But does counting really get you a good estimate for how far away the...

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Connected cars can lie, posing a new threat to smart cities

  • Written by Qi Alfred Chen, Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
What algorithm turned these lights red?monticello/Shutterstock.com

The day when cars can talk to each other – and to traffic lights, stop signs, guardrails and even pavement markings – is rapidly approaching. Driven by the promise of reducing traffic congestion and avoiding crashes, these systems are already rolling out on roads around...

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Will a garbage revolt threaten Putin?

  • Written by Laura A. Henry, Associate Professor of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College
Citizens protesting at the Volokolamsk town hall, after noxious fumes from a local landfill sent 50 children to the hospitalRadio Free Europe

A steady stream of garbage-laden trucks moves the waste of Russia’s capital to landfills in the surrounding region. The resulting mountains of refuse emit noxious fumes and leach pollutants into nearby...

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How Korean boy band BTS toppled Asian stereotypes – and took America by storm

  • Written by Susanna Lim, Associate Professor, Korean and Russian studies, University of Oregon

On May 27, the seven-member South Korean boy band BTS became the first K-pop act to top the Billboard 200 chart with their third album, “Love Yourself: Tear.”

A week earlier, BTS had won “top social artist” for the second year in a row at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, beating out the likes of Justin Bieber and Ariana...

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Scientists are using DNA to study ocean life and reveal the hidden diversity of zooplankton

  • Written by Ann Bucklin, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut
Copepod with eggs (blue). Copepods are typically just a few millimeters long, but are important food sources for small fish.NOAA

Marine zooplankton are tiny animals, roughly the size of insects you might see on a summer day, that drift with ocean currents. Many of them are lovely, but except for scientists who study them, few people are aware that...

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Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today

  • Written by Denise A. Spellberg, Professor of History and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
President Donald Trump sits down for an iftar dinner, in the State Dining Room of the White House.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

After last year’s deliberate break with tradition, President Donald Trump has resumed the iftar dinner – the sundown meal during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. An estimated 3.3 million American Muslims celebrate...

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  2. How female protagonists have changed – and stayed the same – in young adult fiction
  3. Trump may intervene in the power markets to keep coal and nuclear plants running. Does that make sense?
  4. Here’s why Trump’s new strategy to keep ailing coal and nuclear plants open makes no sense
  5. ¿Igualdad de género? Para las mujeres en política esto no existe
  6. California's jungle primary sets up polarized governor's race for November
  7. Leyes de deportación de Trump dejan terribles huellas psicológicas en los migrantes
  8. I want your (anonymized) social media data
  9. EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry
  10. Why long-term separation from parents harms kids
  11. 4 charts showing why putting tariffs on your friends is a bad idea
  12. Microplastics may heat marine turtle nests and produce more females
  13. Why pregnant women with depression often slip through the cracks
  14. How a masculine culture that favors sexual conquests gave us today's 'incels'
  15. Why won't scientific evidence change the minds of Loch Ness monster true believers?
  16. ¿Marchar o migrar? Para los jóvenes en Venezuela, esa es la pregunta
  17. Trump may believe in the rule of law, just not the one understood by most American lawyers
  18. How corruption slows disaster recovery
  19. Free-range parenting gets legal protection in Utah – but should the state dictate how to parent?
  20. When did humans first learn to count?
  21. With federal funding for science on the decline, what's the role of a profit motive in research?
  22. I go to El Salvador despite the danger because the kids there need my medical expertise
  23. Only 1 in 4 women who have been sexually harassed tell their employers. Here's why they're afraid
  24. Syrian refugees in America: The forgotten psychological wounds of the stress of migration
  25. Robert Kennedy, improbable liberal hero
  26. Why the Supreme Court's 'gay wedding cake' ruling won't resolve religious freedom issues
  27. A los presidentes latinoamericanos les encanta Twitter (y esta no es una buena señal)
  28. La publicidad artesanal de Vietnam, un recuerdo que está en peligro de extinción
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  30. Limits on Chinese graduate student visas may protect US intellectual property but drive away talent
  31. 22 percent of men without college don't have jobs. Here's why they're being left behind
  32. 22% of men without college don't have jobs. Here's why they're being left behind
  33. How the American Bible Society became evangelical
  34. Satellite imagery is revolutionizing the world. But should we always trust what we see?
  35. Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health
  36. Not just a place to live: From homelessness to citizenship
  37. When will Google defend democracy?
  38. The slippery slope of dehumanizing language
  39. Eating disorders are hard to overcome, but ditching diets is crucial
  40. Does pain expected equal pain felt? Ask a kid
  41. En Colombia, la coca triunfará sobre el café (o la miel) por una simple razón comercial
  42. En Colombia, la coca triunfará sobre el café (o la miel) por una simple razón comercial
  43. New hurricane season jeopardizes Caribbean recovery: 5 essential reads
  44. Understanding hurricane risks: 5 essential reads
  45. For many South Korean Christians, reunification with the North is a religious goal
  46. Why Florida Democrats can't count on the so-called 'black vote'
  47. Falsehoods, Sandy Hook and suing Alex Jones
  48. Do bouncers at clubs enforce dress codes equally across races?
  49. Disappointed donors can't count on getting their charitable money back
  50. Blood in your veins is not blue – here's why it's always red