The holiday used to be all about trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. No more – and it could something to do with the fact that traditional markers of adulthood have changed.
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According to most physicists, there is no safe dose of radiation. So why would the EPA consider saying otherwise? Who stands to gain if the EPA declares low-dose radiation harmless?
The halal food sector largely relies on industrially produced meats and produce. But more and more Muslims are using the Quran to interpret halal to mean food that’s wholesome and humanely raised.
The steep decline in refugee children in US schools will lessen the nation’s ability to produce students who possess the skills of global citizenship, a researcher argues.
Made up almost entirely of West Germans, the roster of Germany’s national soccer team reflects divisions that remain almost 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Linguistic clues show how people around the world first developed mathematical thought.
The May jobs report showed that US unemployment is at about a 50-year low. That’s not how it feels to many men who’ve never been to college.
Royal weddings have shaped how Americans imagine their own dream weddings. Unfortunately, they don’t come cheap – which might explain why fewer and fewer are tying the knot.
People who’ve gotten nose jobs are also trying to revert to a more natural look.
The international community has been trying to stop North Korea from developing long-range missiles for decades. So how did North Korea get them?
The international community has been trying to stop North Korea from developing long-range missiles for decades. So how did North Korea get one?
Infectious diseases have plagued Africa for decades. Now, Africa faces the threat of a cancer pandemic – with a shortage of equipment, doctors and money to treat it.
A scholars’ panel looks at the diplomacy, the science and the pragmatism behind the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed between Iran and six world powers.
Centrifuges, plutonium, uranium enrichment – what’s the nuclear science behind the deal to curb Iran’s atomic weapons program.
Many refer to advances in television storytelling as novelistic or cinematic, but the medium deserves a term of its own: complex TV.
A survey mapping Europe’s social, political and moral fabric has brought to attention issues of homophobia, sexism, and a collapse of trust in political systems. The [European Social Survey (ESS)](http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=966&Itemid=80…
US environmentalist and scholar, Bill McKibben, has crunched the numbers: we can emit 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide worldwide if we want to stay below 2°C of warming, he says. However, the world…
With the Australian Open into its final few days, we’re starting to see the best tennis players in the world come to the fore. And to be the best in the world, you need a well-rounded game, including a…
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury
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Director of Research, Academic Development, and Innovation, Middlebury
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Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
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Professor of Psychology Emerita, Middlebury
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Director of Research and Instruction, Middlebury
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Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Middlebury
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury
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Professor and Program Chair Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies, Middlebury
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Middlebury
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Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies, Middlebury
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Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury
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Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Middlebury
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Graduate Research Assistant at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury
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Professor of American Studies and English, Middlebury
