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Latinos are less likely than other Americans to vote in November, new polling shows. Here’s why Democrats shouldn’t expect a Latino blue wave to swing the midterms in their favor.
Los miles de millones de dólares que se dan como ayuda cada año para aliviar los daños generados por terremotos y huracanes tendrían mejores efectos si no se concentraran en determinados puntos.
Famously feminized by the Nazis – and later used in prison cells to limit aggression in inmates – the color pink toes a shaky line between social psychology and gender stereotyping.
Social psychologists have been busy documenting the harmful effects that this brand of chivalry has on women. But are they missing something?
The billions of dollars worth of aid dispatched every year to alleviate the suffering and damage after earthquakes and hurricanes would do more good if it didn’t get clumped up.
Bug sprays with DEET feel oily and smell gross. That’s why scientists are developing new mosquito repellents based on natural plant oils. But translating these into commercial products isn’t easy.
Puede que los latinos estén indignados por las políticas antiinmigrante de Donald Trump. Pero no todos saldrán a votar en contra del Partido Republicano este noviembre, por estas cuatro razones.
Democrats hoping that Latinos will punish the Republican Party for Trump’s immigration policies haven’t looked hard enough at the demographics, location and concerns of these 27.3 million voters.
Power utilities’ cybersecurity practices may be effective, but need to evolve over time. And all companies operating elements of the grid – even the small ones – should step up.
Emptying and refilling a battery is a lot like pouring water from one glass to another, over and over again.
US national parks protect some of America’s most spectacular outdoor settings. But new research shows that ozone pollution levels in the parks are roughly as bad as in major cities.
What happens to motivated, determined and egotistical men when they are forced to abandon the White House? As John Quincy Adams once said, ‘There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president.’
Many cities lack the resources to analyze their own vast troves of administrative data.
At one point, turkey was jockeying with duck and chicken for king of the Thanksgiving table.
Guam’s trees are in trouble, thanks to the accidental release of a snake species 70 years ago, which has killed off many of the bird species that are vital for the health of the island’s forests.
The power grid is increasingly computerized. That opens it to attacks and requires new defenses.
The severing of what many consider an everlasting bond is more common than you’d think.
The release of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program documents the use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs) against terrorism…
Twenty eyewitnesses testified before the grand jury investigating the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. None of these accounts is fully consistent with any other. Moreover, eyewitnesses…
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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
