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What if several of the world's biggest food crops failed at the same time?

  • Written by Anthony Janetos, Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University
imageDrought-damaged corn on an Ohio farm, 2012.Christina Reed, USDA/Flickr, CC BY

Less than one-quarter of Earth’s total cropland produces nearly three-quarters of the staple crops that feed the world’s population – especially corn, wheat and rice, the most important cereal crops. These areas are our planet’s major breadbaskets.

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HIV/AIDS funding is an investment worth protecting

  • Written by Allison Webel, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
imageAIDS activists stage a 'die-in' in 1992 in Houston about lack of funding for AIDS research under President George H.W. Bush. Rick McFarland/AP

A recent study by the Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration found that young people living with HIV have about the same life expectancy as the general population. This encouraging news joins other...

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Why Trump's withdrawal from Paris doesn't matter as much as you think

  • Written by Robert H. Scott III, Associate Professor of Economics, Monmouth University
imageFortunately, it's not quite so gloomy.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Many reacted to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord with understandable dismay, fearful that the U.S. is shirking its global leadership role, will fall behind in green technology and is helping usher in the worst effects of global warming.

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Is the developed world we've created giving us cancer?

  • Written by Chelsey Kivland, Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College
imageScientists know that many toxins, such as those found in cigarettes, cause most lung cancers, whose cells are depicted here. But isolating causes for other cancers is an ongoing effort.Raj Creationzs/Shutterstock

I had assumed that the small lump in my breast was a blocked milk duct from nursing my seven-month-old son. The news that I had stage 2...

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Why taking down Confederate memorials is only a first step

  • Written by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Associate Professor of Geography Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University
imageA statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed on Friday, May 19, 2017, from Lee Circle in New Orleans.AP Photo/Scott Threlkeld

Recently the city of New Orleans removed several Confederate monuments from a prominent, downtown location. The decision to remove these memorials has touched off a debate throughout several other major U.S....

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Trump to Europe: You're on your own

  • Written by James Goldgeier, Dean of the School of International Service, American University School of International Service
imageMerkel consider her options after meeting with Trump on May 26, 2017, in Italy. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

During his recent trip to Europe for meetings at NATO Headquarters in Brussels and with the Group of Seven in Italy, Donald Trump delivered on his campaign promise to disrupt business as usual. In the process, he is undoing U.S. policies undertaken...

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Does changing style of hair or dress help black people avoid stigma?

  • Written by David Crockett, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of South Carolina

On the eve of the NBA Finals, superstar LeBron James found the “N-word” spray painted on his home. Not even James, with all his wealth, fame and success, is exempt from being attacked with classic racist slurs.

In the United States, blackness is stamped with centuries-old images and ideas that assign it to perpetual “last place.&rd...

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Scandals at Uber and Fox show dangers of letting macho cultures run wild

  • Written by Bert Spector, Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
imageMacho men?AP Photo

Most of us have probably seen the video of Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick scolding one of his own drivers, cursing and lamenting that “some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own shit.”

Fox News, meanwhile, continues to reel from a cascade of sexual harassment allegations and charges that...

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As patients turn to medical crowdfunding, concerns emerge about privacy

  • Written by Jeremy Snyder, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
imageMany people are crowdfunding to be able to meet the high costs of health care. Images Money, CC BY

Facebook recently announced that it is getting more involved in the personal crowdfunding business. Individual users will have the option of placing a “donate” button on their posts to raise funds for six categories of causes that include...

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As scientists train the immune system to fight cancer, others look to combat costs

  • Written by Ian Haydon, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Poison, radiation or surgery.

For decades now, these have been the only weapons available in the war against cancer. But everyone who has known cancer up close – patients, their loved ones and physicians – has longed for a better way.

Immunotherapy is emerging as the so-called fourth pillar of cancer therapy, alongside chemotherapy,...

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  2. Should we put juveniles away for life? Meet the teen who sparked a debate
  3. How math education can catch up to the 21st century
  4. What Trump’s education budget could mean for students in poverty
  5. Hillary Clinton is starting a social welfare group. What does that mean?
  6. The end of America's global leadership?
  7. Are we overreacting to US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate?
  8. How bad could Trump's Paris Agreement withdrawal be? A scientist's perspective
  9. Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord cedes global leadership to China
  10. Why Trump's decision to leave Paris accord hurts the US and the world
  11. LIGO detects more gravitational waves, from even more ancient and distant black hole collisions
  12. Cutting Superfund’s budget will slow toxic waste cleanups, threatening public health and property values
  13. Why Jefferson's vision of American Islam matters today
  14. How yoga is helping girls heal from trauma
  15. Private defense companies are here to stay – what does that mean for national security?
  16. The demographics of the #resistance
  17. Mainstream media outlets are dropping the ball with terrorism coverage
  18. CRISPR controversy raises questions about gene-editing technique
  19. Are esports the next major league sport?
  20. Does national service help heal America’s divisions?
  21. What rural, coastal Puerto Ricans can teach us about thriving in times of crisis
  22. Why stable relationships are 'poison control' in fighting trauma and stress in kids
  23. Saving Javan rhinos from extinction starts with counting them – and it's not easy
  24. How families with 2 dads raise their kids
  25. How Trump's harsh education cuts undermine his economic growth goals
  26. Some graduation gifts really are better than others
  27. Research transparency: 5 questions about open science answered
  28. 7 in 10 smartphone apps share your data with third-party services
  29. America's mass incarceration problem in 5 charts – or, why Sessions shouldn't bring back mandatory minimums
  30. The steps that can help adults heal from childhood trauma
  31. Why killing coyotes doesn't make livestock safer
  32. The US and Mexico: Education and understanding
  33. The rising homegrown terror threat on the right
  34. When Trump met NATO: Blunt talk and meaningful silences
  35. Poor and middle-income families need a better way than 529s to save for college
  36. How would engineers build the Golden Gate Bridge today?
  37. Homeless vets with families: An untold part of veterans' struggles
  38. Diplomat in chief: How did Trump do on his first Middle East visit?
  39. Why Montana just elected Greg Gianforte, a man charged with assault, to Congress
  40. Why a monthly period is especially hard for millions of women and girls around the world
  41. When image trumps ideology: How JFK created the template for the modern presidency
  42. Trump says the IRS regulates churches too much. Here's why he's wrong
  43. Designing games that change perceptions, opinions and even players' real-life actions
  44. How do the chemicals in sunscreen protect our skin from damage?
  45. The song that had one British politician wishing for the Sex Pistols' 'sudden death'
  46. JFK at 100: Why we still cherish his memory
  47. Brazil plunges once more into political crisis, jeopardizing economic recovery
  48. Beyond the CBO score: How Trump Budget and the AHCA are dismantling America's safety net
  49. Iraq and Afghanistan: The US$6 trillion bill for America's longest war is unpaid
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