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Sexual assault enters virtual reality

  • Written by Katherine Cross, Ph.D. Student in Sociology, City University of New York

Although various forms of online sexual harassment have been with us since the dawn of the internet, recent news suggests that it’s moving into another dimension – the third, to be precise. Gropers are now finding a way to target women through the fully immersive headsets of virtual reality.

Writer Jordan Belamire recently wrote of her...

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Managing climate risk in Trump's America

  • Written by Robert Kopp, Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute, Rutgers University

On Tuesday, it appears, a slim plurality of Americans voted for Hillary Clinton to be president of the United States. However, thanks to the Electoral College sway of Florida and the Rust Belt, the Republican nominee, Donald J. Trump, is now the president-elect of the United States.

The new president will take office at a singular time in the...

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Big Tobacco loses tax battle in California, but Big Marijuana is on the rise

  • Written by Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
imageCalifornians are going to be seeing more messages like this because voters stood up to Big Tobacco and passed a $2 tobacco tax increase.California Department of Health Services

California voters handed Big Tobacco a resounding defeat Tuesday when they passed Proposition 56 to raise the cigarette tax by US$2 a pack (with increases in e-cigarettes...

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How the U.S. presidential results are being seen around the globe

  • Written by Anthony J. Gaughan, Professor of Law, Drake University

Editor’s note: You probably have a handle on what Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States means in your own country, but what about around the world? We pulled reaction from our newsrooms in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and France to provide an international view on his surprise victory.

A Trump victory may not spell...

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Reports of the death of polling have been greatly exaggerated

  • Written by Ole J. Forsberg, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Knox College
imagePolls are best guesses, votes are real.AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

The first words anyone spoke to me once the election results came in were “What went wrong?” To which I replied, “I was tired and had trouble tying my tie. I’ll fix it before I get to class.” Far from being sartorially flippant, the point I was making was...

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Cage-free sounds good, but does it mean a better life for chickens?

  • Written by Paul B. Thompson, Professor & W K Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University
imageWhat is a good life for an egg-laying hen?

Massachusetts is the latest state to vote on a ballot initiative to increase the amount of space that animals are allowed in industrial food production systems. It prohibits keeping pigs, cows and egg-laying hens in tight confinement that “prevents the animal from lying down, standing up, fully...

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Donald Trump and the world: Five challenges

  • Written by Simon Reich, Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University Newark

The election is finally over. It has resulted in the most stunning political upset in the modern era.

But that is really just the end of the beginning. The country will require a large amount of healing. That the electorate has expressed record high levels of disgust with the political process, and few believe that the country can be united, does...

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The oceans are full of plastic, but why do seabirds eat it?

  • Written by Matthew Savoca, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Davis

Imagine that you are constantly eating, but slowly starving to death. Hundreds of species of marine mammals, fish, birds, and sea turtles face this risk every day when they mistake plastic debris for food.

Plastic debris can be found in oceans around the world. Scientists have estimated that there are over five trillion pieces of plastic weighing...

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Is the 'Trump effect' lingering in increased school bullying?

  • Written by Jeffrey R. Sprague, Professor of Special Education, University of Oregon
imageWhat has the 'Trump effect' been on children?Juan, CC BY-NC

Donald Trump has won the presidency, but not before launching one of the most ugly and fractious campaigns in American history. As the 2016 election season now comes to a close, there are signs that it has left scars behind, particularly in the schools of the United States.

The National...

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After a brutal campaign, a moment of transcendence for Hillary Clinton

  • Written by Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Aggie Agora, Texas A&M University

After a long night waiting for election returns to trickle in, Hillary Rodham Clinton took to the stage Wednesday morning in New York City to concede the presidency to Donald Trump, a ritual of closure necessary for the stability of the nation.

A concession speech signals the peaceful transition of power between one leader and the next. While...

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  1. America's aging voting machines managed to survive another election
  2. What President Trump means for the future of energy and climate
  3. What Donald Trump's surprise victory means for the economy and business
  4. Marijuana legalization: Big changes across country
  5. In victory speech, Donald Trump discovers the power of 'we'
  6. This election was not hacked – but it was attacked
  7. Are wealthy donors influencing the public school agenda?
  8. Democrats failed to gain a Senate majority, too
  9. Five things that explain Donald Trump’s stunning presidential election victory
  10. What we can learn from market's reaction to a President Trump
  11. How Twitter bots affected the US presidential campaign
  12. Supermoons are big and bright, but not as rare as the hype would suggest
  13. Why the court 'victory' for Malheur militants was anything but
  14. Inside Aleppo's medical nightmare, and why we must act
  15. The fear election
  16. 'Spearphishing' roiled the presidential campaign – here's how to protect yourself
  17. What Theresa May could teach America’s next president about leading a divided country
  18. A president in a pantsuit?
  19. Q A with Yale scholar: How the FBI has meddled in politics before
  20. Voters in Texas, North Carolina, Ohio and Florida are changing the swing state map
  21. Libertarian economics: A philosophical critique
  22. Civility at the core of American democracy, whatever politicians say
  23. Climate change could be a unifying cause of millennials, but will they vote?
  24. In Trump, extremism found its champion – and maybe its demise
  25. Violence has long been a feature of American elections
  26. How to deal with election anger? Try a little tenderness
  27. What can the mass 'check-in' at Standing Rock tell us about online advocacy?
  28. Understanding the genes that make our circadian clocks tick
  29. How Trump's 'Mormon problem' could mean he loses Utah to Evan McMullin
  30. Masculine culture responsible for keeping women out of computer science, engineering
  31. What HBO's Westworld gets wrong (and right) about human nature
  32. Partisan attacks on Clinton Foundation obscure real issues with how it's run
  33. Could Colorado's proposed health care plan be a model for the rest of us?
  34. History points to more dangerous Malheur-style standoffs
  35. Why voters don't seem to forgive Clinton, while Trump gets a free pass
  36. Should oil companies like Exxon be forced to disclose climate change risks?
  37. When 'energy' drinks actually contained radioactive energy
  38. Global climate talks move to Marrakesh: Here's what they need to achieve
  39. Dylann Roof, Michael Slager on trial: Five essential reads on Charleston
  40. Here's why daylight saving time isn't worth the trouble it causes
  41. Maine ballot initiative would let voters rank candidates
  42. Why understanding Native American religion is important for resolving the Dakota Access Pipeline crisis
  43. The Conversation is hiring an education editor
  44. The Conversation is hiring a non-profit and philanthropy editor
  45. Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than you think
  46. Science deconstructs humor: What makes some things funny?
  47. A 'rigged' vote? Four US presidential elections with contested results
  48. Urban nation: What's at stake for cities in the 2016 elections
  49. How hard is it to rig an election?
  50. Californians backing cigarette tax boost, even though Big Tobacco spending millions