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Neuroscience labs around the world may need to reevaluate some of their assumptions about whether what works in animals will really produce meaningful treatments for people.
Sound, color and special effects transformed the moviegoing experience. These inventions decidedly did not.
The idea that the US is historically a free trading country is a myth. Here's why that's a good thing.
Public apologies are a type of performance before a larger audience, and they are to be understood in terms that are different from a private apology.
A scholar suggests a few approaches that have withstood the test of time.
Over three months since Germans voted in national elections, preliminary talks are due to start Jan. 7 on forming a coalition government. What has taken so long?
A majority of white Americans now believe that white people experience racial discrimination, and memes like #ItsOkayToBeWhite are only fanning the flames.
On Nov. 2 the White House posted a detailed climate science report without comment. The Trump administration is unlikely to heed it, but it could boost state, local and private sector action.
The gravitational wave itself is the least exciting part of the announcement from LIGO and Virgo. Observing this new source answers many longstanding questions.
Drug addiction isn't about bad habits, fear of withdrawal or a selfish search for pleasure. It's about the brain.
Studies suggest that, even when we go to bed alone, the company we keep by day may determine how well we sleep at night.
The Trump administration's decision to dismiss or accept a government-prepared climate report will have life-or-death consequences, says a climate scientist involved in the previous report.
Whether it be African-Americans, Catholics or transgender people, the armed forces have played a vital role in shaping US social policy toward the country's minorities.
Stepping back from the current crisis in US-Russia relations, a Soviet expert asks: what's in store for Russia in the long term, and is a peaceful transition possible when Putin's gig is up?
The sun is more powerful today than when we last had similar levels of carbon in the atmosphere.
A new attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt drives home the hatred of Islamic State and other some other Muslim groups for the Sufi traditions of inclusiveness and mystical worship.
GE's push into finance nearly crippled the company, just as the broader US shift in that direction almost collapsed the global economy.
The June 7 elections were no doubt one of the most critical in modern Turkish history.
Tuesday, November 6 was a game changer. The Republican Party in the United States has come to understand that the political environment has been altered. White males can no longer dictate the results of…
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Benjamin Waite Professor of the English Language, Wesleyan University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University
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Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
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Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Alan M Dachs Professor of Science, Professor of Biology, Neuroscience and Behavior, Wesleyan University
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William Griffin Professor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Olin Professor of English and American Studies, Emeritus, Wesleyan University
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Research Associate Professor of Astronomy, Wesleyan University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University
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Associate professor of Government at Wesleyan University, Wesleyan University
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Charles W. Fries Professor of Film Studies, Wesleyan University
