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One big problem with how Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos are spending a small share of their fortune

  • Written by Ted Lechterman, Postdoctoral Fellow, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos are becoming bigger donors.Invision and AP/Evan Agostini

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, recently announced a plan to spend US$2 billion of their $164 billion fortune on homeless shelters and preschools.

Since Jeff Bezos has taken flack for giving away far less of his money than some other...

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The US has become a nation of suburbs

  • Written by Christopher Boone, Dean and Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Suburbanites now outnumber urban and rural dwellers.Ursula Page/shutterstock.com

Since 1970, more Americans have lived in the suburbs than central cities. In 2010, suburbanites outnumbered city and rural dwellers combined for the first time. We Americans live in a suburban nation.

Despite several concerted efforts by city governments to lure...

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Binge drinking and blackouts: Sobering truths about lost learning for college students

  • Written by Jamie Smolen, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
Young adults at a tailgate. Young adults are more likely than older adults to binge drink and are at greater risk when they do.Monkey Business ImagesShutterstock.com

Tens of thousands of college students nationwide will cheer for their football teams this weekend. Some of those who show up for the game after tailgate drinking may not remember the...

Read more: Binge drinking and blackouts: Sobering truths about lost learning for college students

How an ancient Islamic holiday became uniquely Caribbean

  • Written by Ken Chitwood, Ph.D. Candidate, Religion in the Americas, Global Islam, University of Florida
Hosay procession in St. James.Nicholas Laughlin, CC BY-NC-SA

A throng of Trinidadians line up along the streets of St. James and Cedros to admire the vibrant floats with beautifully bedecked models of mausoleums. Their destination is the waters of the Caribbean, where the crowds will push them out to float.

This is part of the Hosay commemorations,...

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Why women – including feminists – are still attracted to 'benevolently sexist' men

  • Written by Pelin Gül, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Iowa State University
What sort of signal does holding a door for a woman send?KOLOTAILO LIDIIA

If a man offers to help a woman with her heavy suitcase or to parallel park her car, what should she make of the offer?

Is it an innocuous act of courtesy? Or is it a sexist insult to her strength and competence?

Social psychologists who describe this behavior as “benevo...

Read more: Why women – including feminists – are still attracted to 'benevolently sexist' men

What the season of fall – and science – teaches us about life and death

  • Written by Samer Zaky, Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
What fall teaches us about life and death.Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

I was launched as one; and ended up being trillions of them. The cells composing my body are amazing micro-machines; one hundred of them can fit into the period at the end of this phrase. Regardless of my awareness, each of these teeny tiny units strictly performs its own...

Read more: What the season of fall – and science – teaches us about life and death

With USB-C, even plugging in can set you up to be hacked

  • Written by Jeremy Straub, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University
Could this plug bring both power and peril?Alexander Evgenyevich/Shutterstock.com

Plugging in the power – or at least what you think is power – to a USB-C powered laptop can connect your computer, and the valuable personal data on it, directly to hackers. Your personal financial information, passwords and documents stored on the laptop...

Read more: With USB-C, even plugging in can set you up to be hacked

Estas estrategias eficaces en redes sociales impulsan victoria de los políticos ‘anti-establishment’

  • Written by Saiph Savage, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, West Virginia University
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidente electo de México.AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, candidato presidencial “anti-establishment” de México, se enfrentó a la oposición de los principales medios de comunicación. Y gastó 13 por ciento menos en...

Read more: Estas estrategias eficaces en redes sociales impulsan victoria de los políticos ‘anti-establishment’

Puerto Rico has not recovered from Hurricane Maria

  • Written by Lauren Lluveras, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, University of Texas at Austin

Puerto Rico was in crisis long before Hurricane Maria hit on Sept. 20, 2017.

For years, this U.S. territory had been struggling with debt, economic crisis and drought. In May 2017, the government defaulted on US$73 billion in loans and declared bankruptcy.

Then Hurricane Maria slammed the island with 155-mph winds and coastal flooding that rose to...

Read more: Puerto Rico has not recovered from Hurricane Maria

Barriers for transgender voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

  • Written by Timothy R. Bussey, Assistant Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Kenyon College
A 'Please Have Photo ID Ready' sign displayed at an early-voting polling location. AP Photo/Danny Johnston

Recently, there have been a number of historic firsts for transgender political candidates.

In 2017, State Rep. Danica Roem of Virginia became the first openly transgender person to be elected to a state legislature, and just last month,...

Read more: Barriers for transgender voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections

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  40. Why the Russians might hack the Boy Scouts next
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