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Investing in farming methods that improve lands and water, and in rural infrastructure and markets, could bring new prosperity to agricultural communities.
The first computer, named the ABC, was built at Iowa State University. But for a long time, few had heard of it.
It has undoubtedly been a game-changer for entrepreneurial finance, but researchers are discovering new inequalities and risks for investors.
The US divorce rate has fallen steadily over the last 30 or 40 years. It’s likely because young adults are taking more time to decide to marry.
Electric utilities have a right to make money on their government-granted monopolies, but customers also have a right to know what cyber-protections they would get if they paid more.
Since the Great Recession, most of the nation’s rural counties have struggled to recover lost jobs and retain their people.
Amid all the Mueller report uncertainty, one thing is clear: Donald Trump did some wildly improper things to win the presidency. So did Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, JFK and George W. Bush.
Recent extreme rains and weather in the Midwest are causing a multitude of problems in the topsoil that much of the nation’s food supply relies on.
Though studying abroad can be a rewarding experience, it also comes with certain risks. A study abroad expert provides 7 tips to help students stay safe while visiting in a foreign land.
Through “risk-sharing,” colleges could be on the hook to help pay back student loans if too many students default. A scholar who studies the ethics of debt examines how risk-sharing could backfire.
Natural gas supplies are growing, but so are other markets for it besides power generation.
Beautiful people tend to lead more charmed lives. Could their attractiveness also color their views on issues like abortion, premarital sex and gay marriage?
Psychological phenomena like confirmation bias and the Dunning-Kruger effect make it easy for people to fall for deliberate or inadvertent lies in the news.
Calvin Coolidge, during one stretch of his presidency, was getting 15 hours of shut-eye each day, while William Howard Taft was known for nodding off during public events.
Predictions suggest that Africa will suffer dramatic losses of crops and productive land as the climate warms. Perhaps adopting GM crops designed to tolerate stress can save the continent from famine.
Making electric grids better able to withstand extreme weather events will require teamwork from engineers, researchers and the government.
Online lies can often be easy to detect, by searching for images and phone numbers and exploring social media profiles. Some people lie anyway – and countless others take the bait.
Érase una vez, el pavo competía con el pato y el pollo por su lugar en la mesa de Acción de Gracias. Fue el marketing, tanto como la tradición, que dio forma a esta cena tradicional en EEUU.
In an effort to get a competitive edge in the global jobs market, more US college students are choosing to get international experience, an expert on study abroad says.
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Associate Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning, Urban Design, Iowa State University
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Graduate Research Assistant in Psychology, Iowa State University
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Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor of Geology, Iowa State University
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Master's Candidate in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Iowa State University
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Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
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PhD student in Rural Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
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Professor of History, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Iowa State University
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Director of the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium, Iowa State University
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Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
