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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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Migrants' latest health challenge: Scabies

  • Written by Jackson Thomas, Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Canberra

Scabies, long considered a disease of the past in the developed world, is making its way back. This highly contagious parasitic skin disease, which is caused by the burrowing itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, is most commonly transmitted through personal contact in close living quarters and institutional settings, such as schools, aged...

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How female protagonists have changed – and stayed the same – in young adult fiction

  • Written by Kelly Roberts, Associate Professor of English; Program Coordinator, 6-9 and 9-12 licensure programs in English, Meredith College
Female protagonists are forging a new way in contemporary young adult fiction.Workman Publishing

Strong female protagonists in young adult fiction are nothing new. From Nancy Drew to Annemarie Johansen – Lois Lowry’s selfless heroine in Holocaust-era “Number the Stars” – to a plucky young Lucy Pevensie in “The...

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Trump may intervene in the power markets to keep coal and nuclear plants running. Does that make sense?

  • Written by James Van Nostrand, Director, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development; Professor of Law, West Virginia University
The Indian Point nuclear power station outside New York City will be decommissioned by 2021. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

President Donald Trump recently ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take “immediate steps” to stop the closure of coal and nuclear power plants.

And according to a draft memo that surfaced the same day, the federal...

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Here’s why Trump’s new strategy to keep ailing coal and nuclear plants open makes no sense

  • Written by James Van Nostrand, Director, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development; Professor of Law, West Virginia University
The Indian Point nuclear power station outside New York City will be decommissioned by 2021. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

President Donald Trump recently ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take “immediate steps” to stop the closure of coal and nuclear power plants.

And according to a draft memo that surfaced the same day, the federal...

Read more: Here’s why Trump’s new strategy to keep ailing coal and nuclear plants open makes no sense

¿Igualdad de género? Para las mujeres en política esto no existe

  • Written by Virginia García Beaudoux, Professor of Political Communication and Public Opinion, University of Buenos Aires

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Como experta en comunicación y género, mi trabajo me ha brindado la oportunidad de conocer y asesorar profesionalmente a casi un millar de mujeres líderes y políticas alrededor del mundo, desde la República Dominicana o Bolivia, hasta Honduras.

En América Latina, me compenetré con las...

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California's jungle primary sets up polarized governor's race for November

  • Written by Thad Kousser, Professor of Political Science, University of California San Diego
Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at his campaign's night watch party in San Francisco.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Voters who took part in California’s innovative and anti-party “jungle” primary delivered a typical and predictably partisan result in the governor’s race.

They sent Democratic Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom as the heavy...

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Leyes de deportación de Trump dejan terribles huellas psicológicas en los migrantes

  • Written by Alejandra Rivera, Research Professor, Department of Psychology , Universidad Autonoma de la Ciudad de Mexico

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En febrero de 2017 un hombre se suicidió en Tijuana. El joven de 25 años había sido deportado de los Estados Unidos y se arrojó de un puente vehicular en Tijuana, Baja California, a pocos kilómetros de la frontera Estados Unidos-México.

Este penoso caso demuestra la precariedad de las...

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I want your (anonymized) social media data

  • Written by Anthony Sanford, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
Balancing personal privacy with detailed insights.Dawn Hudson/Shutterstock.com

Social media sites’ responses to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and new European privacy regulations have given users much more control over who can access their data, and for what purposes. To me, as a social media user, these are positive developments:...

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  1. EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry
  2. Why long-term separation from parents harms kids
  3. 4 charts showing why putting tariffs on your friends is a bad idea
  4. Microplastics may heat marine turtle nests and produce more females
  5. Why pregnant women with depression often slip through the cracks
  6. How a masculine culture that favors sexual conquests gave us today's 'incels'
  7. Why won't scientific evidence change the minds of Loch Ness monster true believers?
  8. ¿Marchar o migrar? Para los jóvenes en Venezuela, esa es la pregunta
  9. Trump may believe in the rule of law, just not the one understood by most American lawyers
  10. How corruption slows disaster recovery
  11. Free-range parenting gets legal protection in Utah – but should the state dictate how to parent?
  12. When did humans first learn to count?
  13. With federal funding for science on the decline, what's the role of a profit motive in research?
  14. I go to El Salvador despite the danger because the kids there need my medical expertise
  15. Only 1 in 4 women who have been sexually harassed tell their employers. Here's why they're afraid
  16. Syrian refugees in America: The forgotten psychological wounds of the stress of migration
  17. Robert Kennedy, improbable liberal hero
  18. Why the Supreme Court's 'gay wedding cake' ruling won't resolve religious freedom issues
  19. A los presidentes latinoamericanos les encanta Twitter (y esta no es una buena señal)
  20. La publicidad artesanal de Vietnam, un recuerdo que está en peligro de extinción
  21. La publicidad artesanal de Vietnam, un recuerdo de está en peligro de extinción
  22. Limits on Chinese graduate student visas may protect US intellectual property but drive away talent
  23. 22 percent of men without college don't have jobs. Here's why they're being left behind
  24. 22% of men without college don't have jobs. Here's why they're being left behind
  25. How the American Bible Society became evangelical
  26. Satellite imagery is revolutionizing the world. But should we always trust what we see?
  27. Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health
  28. Not just a place to live: From homelessness to citizenship
  29. When will Google defend democracy?
  30. The slippery slope of dehumanizing language
  31. Eating disorders are hard to overcome, but ditching diets is crucial
  32. Does pain expected equal pain felt? Ask a kid
  33. En Colombia, la coca triunfará sobre el café (o la miel) por una simple razón comercial
  34. En Colombia, la coca triunfará sobre el café (o la miel) por una simple razón comercial
  35. New hurricane season jeopardizes Caribbean recovery: 5 essential reads
  36. Understanding hurricane risks: 5 essential reads
  37. For many South Korean Christians, reunification with the North is a religious goal
  38. Why Florida Democrats can't count on the so-called 'black vote'
  39. Falsehoods, Sandy Hook and suing Alex Jones
  40. Do bouncers at clubs enforce dress codes equally across races?
  41. Disappointed donors can't count on getting their charitable money back
  42. Blood in your veins is not blue – here's why it's always red
  43. SpongeBob's Bikini Bottom is based on a real-life test site for nuclear weapons
  44. For NFL players, social media is key to winning PR battle over anthem protests
  45. What's behind Italy's crisis and why it matters
  46. Teenage depression: If a parent doesn't get treatment for a child, is that abuse?
  47. Why Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
  48. Deportado dos veces, este hombre lucha para salvar a su familia
  49. Deportado dos veces, este hombre lucha para ayudar a la supervivencia de su familia
  50. Juul: Why a trendy e-cig is causing a social – and public health – commotion