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It's true, internet surfing during class is not so good for grades

  • Written by Susan Ravizza, Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
imageShould laptops be used during class?Catalyst Open Source, CC BY-SA

Many universities encourage students to purchase laptops that they can bring to class. Charities like One Laptop per Child provide low-cost laptops to disadvantaged students.

There is no doubt that having a desktop computer or laptop in school is useful for writing papers, gathering...

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Our psychological biases mean order matters when we judge items in sequence

  • Written by Robin Kramer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology, Trent University
imageDoes gold go to the best divers or the ones with the best place in the order?AP Photo/Matt Dunham

We often need to make decisions about sequences of things or people rather than just a single item in isolation. For instance, in an everyday setting, we might choose which smartphone to buy after trying out several. There are also more high-stakes...

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Understanding net neutrality: Seven essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Editor, Science + Technology, The Conversation
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Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.

imageAjit Pai.Federal Communications Commission

With the selection of Ajit Pai to chair the Federal Communications Commission, President Trump has elevated a major foe of net neutrality from the minority on the commission to its head. Pai, already a commissioner and...

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Trump, trade and the TPP: Seven essential reads

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Editor, Economics and Business, The Conversation

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.

Donald Trump made his antipathy to current U.S. trade deals a key part of his campaign and launched his presidency by beginning to rip them up.

He said he plans to renegotiate the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – “at the appropriate time”...

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Research shows how to grow more cassava, one of the world's key food crops

  • Written by Stephen P. Long, Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageCassava makes up nearly 50 percent of the diet in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where populations are projected to increase by more than 120 percent in the next 30 years. CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CC BY-NC-SA

What root vegetable is toxic eaten raw but a hunger quencher when cooked, and provides both tapioca flour and the...

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Overcoming 'cyber-fatigue' requires users to step up for security

  • Written by Richard Forno, Senior Lecturer, Cybersecurity & Internet Researcher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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As a new presidential administration takes over, it will need to pay significant attention to cybersecurity. Indeed, we’ve already been told to expect “a comprehensive plan” for cybersecurity in the first few months of the new administration. But as a professional who has long been part of the global...

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How should you read unnamed sources and leaks?

  • Written by Anthony Fargo, Director, Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
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During my 13-year career in professional journalism, I rarely encountered issues with confidential sources or leaks directly. But during graduate school I became fascinated by the legal complications of journalists protecting sources and have written about the right to speak anonymously for nearly 20 years.

Using...

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Why it's hard to 'just get over it' for people who have been traumatized

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
imageA protester at a December speech by an alt-right speaker on the Texas A&M campus. David Phillip/AP

People’s past, present and future are interconnected, and so is our country’s. Being willing to consider the connection between historical trauma and present-day experiences and distress is essential on a personal level – and...

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How a major immigration raid affected infant health

  • Written by Nicole L. Novak, Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
imageFormer Agriprocessors employee Jonas Ordenes, center, at a prayer vigil in Postville, Iowa on May 12, 2009, the anniversary of the 2008 immigration raid at the plant that ended with 389 arrests. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

On May 12, 2008, 900 federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, armed with military-grade weapons and vehicles,...

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The changing nature of America's irreligious explained

  • Written by Richard Flory, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageWho really are America's irreligious? Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, CC BY-ND

A recent survey of the religious profile of the 115th Congress revealed that despite the increase in the number of Americans who claim no religious affiliation, members of Congress are overwhelmingly religious, with only one member identifying as having no religion....

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