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Better locker rooms: It's not just a transgender thing

  • Written by George B. Cunningham, Professor of Sport Management and Director, Laboratory for Diversity in Sport, Texas A&M University
imageMack Beggs, a 17-year-old transgender boy, made national headlines when he won the Texas state wrestling title in the girls' division.AP Photo

Several cases working their way through the legal system have placed a national spotlight on the issue of transgender access to bathrooms. While some states have taken steps to allow access based on gender...

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Momentum isn't magic – vindicating the hot hand with the mathematics of streaks

  • Written by Joshua Miller, Affiliate at IGIER and Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University
imageWhen a player's on fire, is it hot hands?Basketball image via www.shutterstock.com.

It’s NCAA basketball tournament season, known for its magical moments and the “March Madness” it can produce. Many fans remember Stephen Curry’s superhuman 2008 performance where he led underdog Davidson College to victory while nearly...

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How did celibacy become mandatory for priests?

  • Written by Kim Haines-Eitzen, Professor of Early Christianity, Cornell University
imageCardinals, bishops and priests renew their vows of celibacy, poverty and obedience with Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 9, 1998.AP Photo/Plinio Lepri

Priestly celibacy, or rather the lack of it, is in the news. There have been allegations of sex orgies, prostitution and pornography against Catholic clerics...

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Restaurants pledged to make kids’ meals healthier – but the data show not much has changed

  • Written by Alyssa Moran, Sc.D. candidate in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University
imageAn All-American meal.Cropped from firsttubedotcom/flickr, CC BY

Chain restaurants are not known for serving up healthy kids’ meals. Most entrees on a kids’ menu are either fried, breaded or doused in cheese. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rare side dish options, and French fries abound.

Looking at nutritional content alone, some drinks...

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Pay people to stop smoking? It works, especially in vulnerable groups

  • Written by Stephen Higgins, Professor, Director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont
imageA file photo from 2013 shows a woman smoking a cigaretteDave Martin/AP Photo

Cigarette smoking in the U.S. has dropped dramatically since the landmark publication of the 1964 U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health. This has led to improved health for millions of Americans.

Those reductions, however, are unevenly distributed....

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Why threats to get votes for health law are more workplace bullying than political tactics

  • Written by Joan Cook, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
imagePresident Trump arrived at the Capitol with HHS Secretary Tom Price on March 21 to warn representatives that they could lose their jobs if they do not vote in favor of the health care law. Scott Applewhite/AP

In an effort to pass the health care law, Donald Trump placed intense political pressure on members of the House, even telling one key...

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Republicans fumble ACA repeal: Expert reaction

  • Written by Richard Arenberg, Visiting Lecturer in Political Science and International and Public Policy, Brown University

Editor’s note: The fight didn’t last long. Moments before a scheduled vote on March 24, House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the bill that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act. It was a surprisingly swift defeat for a legislative priority talked up by Republicans since the day Obamacare first passed. We asked congressional scholars...

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Essential health benefits suddenly at center of health care debate, but what are they?

  • Written by Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imageLisa Schwetschenau, who has multiple sclerosis, shown in a photo in Omaha, Nebraska on March 16. She worries that she could lose some of her essential health benefits under the new proposed health care law.Nati Harnik/AP

Republicans have tirelessly campaigned to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a conservative, market-based...

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America can't be first without Europe

  • Written by Earl Anthony Wayne, Visiting Professor of International Affairs, Hamilton College

On March 25, European Union leaders celebrate the 60th anniversary of their founding treaty, a central pillar of the structure set up in the aftermath of World War II to solidify peace, prosperity and partnership in Europe.

Over the last 60 years, the EU (and its predecessors) has served as an essential U.S. partner: for example, by enhancing...

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Dangers of the witch hunt in Washington

  • Written by Peter Neal Peregrine, Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Lawrence University
imageFBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers at hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

As an anthropologist, I know that all groups of people use informal practices of social control in day-to-day interactions. Controlling disruptive...

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  5. Using the placenta to understand how complex organs evolve
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  7. What's the point of an ethics course?
  8. Why polls seem to struggle to get it right – on elections and everything else
  9. Immigrants deported under Obama share stories of terror and rights violations
  10. The age of hacking brings a return to the physical key
  11. 3-D printing turns nanomachines into life-size workers
  12. Children understand far more about other minds than long believed
  13. Reducing and reusing wastewater: Six essential reads for World Water Day
  14. Video games encourage Indigenous cultural expression
  15. Russia, an alleged coup and Montenegro's bid for NATO membership
  16. New health care law would lead to more smoking, disease and tobacco industry profits
  17. Why is water sacred to Native Americans?
  18. Supreme Court justices in the pews and on the bench – and where Neil Gorsuch fits in
  19. Making poetry their own: The evolution of poetry education
  20. How companies can stay ahead of the cybersecurity curve
  21. Private prisons, explained
  22. In today's anti-immigrant rhetoric, echoes of Virgil's 'Aeneid'
  23. Does 'green energy' have hidden health and environmental costs?
  24. What would MLK do if he were alive today: Six essential reads
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  29. Can Silicon Valley's autocrats save democracy?
  30. Street harassment is a public health problem: The case of Mexico City
  31. Could Roe v. Wade be overturned?
  32. Stop obsessing over talent—everyone can sing
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  34. EU court allows companies to ban headscarves. What will be the impact on Muslim women?
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  36. What's behind phantom cellphone buzzes?
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  38. Sky-high drug prices for rare diseases show why Orphan Drug Act needs reform
  39. Bypassing encryption: 'Lawful hacking' is the next frontier of law enforcement technology
  40. The old, dirty, creaky US electric grid would cost $5 trillion to replace. Where should infrastructure spending go?
  41. Trump's planned military buildup is based on faulty claims, not good strategy
  42. Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real
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  44. North Korea and the dangers of Trump's diplomacy-free Asia strategy
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  46. How online hate infiltrates social media and politics
  47. How a Christian movement is growing rapidly in the midst of religious decline
  48. Why US communities should be designing parks for older adults
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