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Where are new college grads going to find jobs?

  • Written by Michael Betz, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
imageTo which cities are young graduates headed?University of the Fraser Valley, CC BY

College graduates of the new millennium are different than previous generations. Not just because they prefer Snapchat to email and have mountains of school loans, but also because of their choices of where to live.

In the past, several factors such as the proportion...

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Early-onset Alzheimer's: should you worry?

  • Written by Troy Rohn, Professor of Biology, Boise State University

You have forgotten where you put your car keys, or you can’t seem to remember the name of your colleague you saw in the grocery store the other day. You fear the worst, that maybe these are signs of Alzheimer’s disease.

You’re not alone: a recent study asking Americans age 60 or older the condition they were most afraid of getting...

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Explaining the Istanbul bombing: Turkey's six foreign policy sins

  • Written by Sibel Oktay, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield

You don’t have to be an avid follower of international news to have heard about the terror attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport – Turkey’s biggest and Europe’s third largest hub for air travel. Most likely carried out by ISIS, the attack killed 42 people and wounded hundreds of others on June 28.

The attack...

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Green and cool roofs provide relief for hot cities, but should be sited carefully

  • Written by Ashish Sharma, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Notre Dame
imageReflective roof and skylights on a Walmart store, Las Vegas, NVWalmart/Flickr, CC BY

More than half of the world’s population lives in cities, and the United Nations projects that this share will rise to 70 percent by 2050. During the daytime, these expanding urban areas absorb more solar energy than the surrounding countryside. At night they...

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Is there life after debt for Puerto Rico?

  • Written by Brian Gendreau, Director, Latin American Business Environment program, University of Florida
imageShe certainly thinks so.Puerto Rico parade via www.shutterstock.com

For years Puerto Rico borrowed to offset falling revenues as its economy and population declined. This was never sustainable, and now the moment of reckoning has arrived.

In early May, Puerto Rico missed most of a $422 million debt payment, providing the catalyst for the U.S. House...

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How social media can distort and misinform when communicating science

  • Written by Jacob Groshek, Assistant Professor of Emerging Media, Boston University
imageShouting past each other online doesn't help.Megaphones image via www.shutterstock.com.

When news breaks – whether the story of a disease outbreak, a terrorist attack or a natural disaster – people increasingly turn to the internet and social media. Individuals use Twitter and Facebook as primary sources for news and information. Social...

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Concussions and kids: know the signs

  • Written by Gerald Zavorsky, Associate Professor, Respiratory Therapy, Georgia State University
imageA hit to the head can cause short-term learning problems. www.shutterstock.com

Head trauma is a major public health concern in the United States, with indirect and direct health-care costs approaching nearly US$1 billion annually. Worse, head trauma also can cause short- and long-term health problems and, in children, problems with academics,...

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How TV dating shows helped change love and marriage in China forever

  • Written by Pan Wang, Lecturer and Researcher, University of Technology Sydney

Today, dating shows are an important ingredient in China’s cultural diet, with popular shows like “If You Are the One” and “One Out of a Hundred” attracting millions of viewers.

For single people, they’re a platform for seeking potential spouses; for fans, they’re the subject of gossip and dissection; for...

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Bikini islanders still deal with fallout of US nuclear tests, 70 years later

  • Written by Timothy J. Jorgensen, Director of the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Graduate Program and Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University
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In 1946, French fashion designer Jacques Heim released a woman’s swimsuit he called the “Atome” (French for “atom”) – a name selected to suggest its design would be as shocking to people that summer as the atomic bombings of Japan had been the summer before.

imageThe scandalous...

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Whatever the soul is, its existence can't be proved or disproved by natural science

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
imageRobert Blair, "The Soul hovering over the Body reluctantly parting with Life"William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons

In 1901, one of the most famous metaphysical experiments of the 20th century was performed by a Massachusetts physician. His name was Duncan MacDougall, and he believed that, if the soul were real, it should have measurable weight. He...

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  5. Criminal injustice: Wounds from incarceration that never heal
  6. Thorny technical questions remain for net neutrality
  7. Intolerance on the march: do Brexit and Trump point to global rejection of liberal ideals?
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  10. Even scientists take selfies with wild animals. Here's why they shouldn't.
  11. What's lost when we photograph life instead of experiencing it?
  12. Un-Trapped: Supreme Court strikes down Texas law limiting abortion
  13. How do food manufacturers pick those dates on their product packaging – and what do they mean?
  14. How do children learn to detect snakes, spiders and other dangerous things?
  15. Explainer: how Panama Canal expansion will transform shipping once again
  16. License and registration, please: how regulating guns like cars could improve safety
  17. Bartering for science: using mobile apps to get research data
  18. The geography of Brexit: what the vote reveals about the Disunited Kingdom
  19. Supreme Court immigration confusion? Blame the U.S. Senate
  20. Why the GM food labeling debate is not over
  21. Is it ethical to purchase human organs?
  22. Deadlocked: what a nine-word decision means for five million undocumented immigrants
  23. What explains Britain's Brexit shocker?
  24. What consumers want in GM food labeling is simpler than you think
  25. Eliminating inequalities needs affirmative action
  26. Why bad news for one Muslim American is bad news for all Muslims
  27. Britain exits the EU: how Brexit will hit America
  28. Does eating bamboo make it harder for pandas to reproduce?
  29. Will the new toxic chemical safety law protect us?
  30. After Supreme Court’s Fisher decision: what we need to know about considering race in admissions
  31. How the 2016 presidential election will shape American identity
  32. Trump's energy plan poses climate threat to U.S. economy
  33. How community schools can beat summer learning loss for low-income students
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  35. Hate crimes against LGBTQ people are a public health issue
  36. Is Panama on the verge of a scientific brain drain?
  37. Why progressives should rescue the TPP trade deal
  38. How risky are the World Economic Forum’s top 10 emerging technologies for 2016?
  39. Can we harness bacteria to help clean up future oil spills?
  40. What summertime means for black children
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  42. Why stress is more likely to cause depression in men than in women
  43. Will Donald Trump's call to profile Muslims offend voters?
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  45. Love it or leave it: why the UK's Brexit vote should matter to Americans
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