The boom in oil and gas development has brought new revenues to many communities in the U.S., but rural areas in particular have struggled to handle the rapid downturn in prices.
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Obama’s military strategy in Iraq and Syria hasn’t defeated the Islamic State, but it isn’t a total failure either. A retired major general and law professor looks at the successes and shortcomings.
Universities have an important role to play in developing students’ ability to engage successfully across different cultures and experiences.
Next-generation genomic research depends on study participants sharing their biological materials with scientists. But concerns over how that information is protected may hold some people back.
America’s low-income but high-achieving kids fail to find the necessary resources, and consequently fall behind. This has huge implications for innovation as well as the GDP.
A retired major general and judge advocate considers the legalities of Trump’s bombastic anti-ISIS talk.
Do women in the Oval Office or the courtroom make a genuine difference? Research from English juries suggest they do.
Global warming is often seen as a problem for future generations, but focusing on the immediate – and substantial – health benefits of clean energy can change public perception of climate change.
Effective altruists say you should make the greatest difference – here’s a better way to get people giving.
Being too clean isn’t what’s making us sick. It’s the loss of biodiversity in the bacteria and organisms that live in our bodies and work with the immune system.
Though the perpetrators of the mass shooting in California appear to have acquired their guns legally, the vast majority used in violent crimes are obtained illegally.
America’s gun violence problem actually is producing policy reform. It’s just that most of this activity is happening on the state level and has received little attention in the national media.
Two scholars discuss the joys of writing for a lay audience. So why aren’t more academics writing for the public?
The thought of intestinal worms sneaking around our bodies is pretty unpleasant, but some types of worms are beneficial and could help treat inflammatory diseases.
Academically advanced students from countries such as India are spending much more time studying STEM subjects. Should US kids work harder to compete?
Complicated and controversial, the EPA Clean Power Plan is well-conceived and has the potential to curb emissions but still faces serious hurdles.
Chalk it up as a rare conservation win: humpback whales have bounced back so strongly since the whaling era that there is no longer a need to include them on Australia’s official threatened species list.
Despite looming legal challenges, states are devising plans to comply with limits on power plant carbon emissions – a crucial part of Obama’s climate policies.
Poverty, social stigma, lack of health-care infrastructure and more rural geography all play a role in lower five-year survival rates.
Mixed-income housing has been promoted as a panacea to concentrated poverty and crime. But recent research raises some red flags.
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Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology & Neursocience, Duke University
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Master of Environmental Management, Duke University
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Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering, Duke University
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Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University
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Senior Director, Collaboration and Continuity Technologies, Duke Health, Duke University
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Senior researcher of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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Course instructor, English for International Students Program, Duke University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology, Duke University
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Curator of the Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History, Duke University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
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Emeritus professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Duke University
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Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
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Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor of Psychology, Duke University
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Research Scientist in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
