President Trump’s 2018 budget request cuts funding for NASA Earth observation research and cancels four missions. Weather forecasters, businesses, scientists and the armed forces rely on this data.
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What Betsy DeVos, an advocate of school-choice initiatives and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, as well as the rest of us need to know about cyber charter schools.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of love was not sentimental. It demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong. How can this vision help with community-building today?
With two of the past five presidential election winners losing the popular vote, it’s hard to justify the continuation of the Electoral College.
Full moons are good reason to look up – and the one on Nov. 14 is no exception. But here’s why you likely won’t see something shockingly different from other full moons you’ve observed over the years.
A philosopher argues that Trumpism may have vulgarized electoral politics, but he has also unwittingly illuminated brilliantly one of America’s greatest accomplishments: a civil democracy
How can we possibly know how many millions of people are living in the U.S. illegally? Demographers have actually refined a simple formula that’s worked pretty well since the 1970s.
While it’s unprecedented to call an election ‘rigged’ before voting has even taken place, there is a history of candidates crying foul after suspicious results.
The Supreme Court is considering two cases stemming from the merger of design and function that could reshape intellectual property law. Can we protect innovation without impeding fair competition?
Lies, Twitter bots and sensation reign in the era of for-profit digital media.
Spending more on border control hasn’t stopped migrants from crossing the border. Neither will a wall. Here’s why.
La grossesse s’accompagne d’une cohorte de bouleversements que les neurosciences n’ont pas fini d’explorer : la maladresse, les fringales et les sautes d’humeur.
The answer – fewer than are in a banana – has implications for the study of human health and raises questions about what generates complexity anyway.
President Obama has set aside more water and land than any president in history. But he didn’t invent unilateral presidential powers.
La grossesse s’accompagne d’une cohorte de bouleversements que les neurosciences n’ont pas fini d’explorer : nausées, odorat surdéveloppé et problèmes de mémoire.
Pas si facile d'échapper aux préjugés. Les réactions de défiance vis-à-vis de ce que nous considérons comme extérieur s'ancrent dans nos cerveaux, héritage de l'évolution. Mais tout n'est pas dit…
Conservative commentators accused government officials last week of hyping risks from Hurricane Matthew. A meteorologist explains why this is impossible in the internet era.
Politicians are still debating whether climate change is real, but military planners call it a serious threat. A retired rear admiral explains how climate change affects U.S. national security.
On the occasion of World Teacher’s Day, on Oct. 5, a scholar explains why borrowing teacher quality models from high-scoring countries such as Finland, South Korea or Singapore is not effective.
At a time when politics is showing its most divisive side, a scholar argues that embracing humility could help us deal with hidden biases.
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Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Penn State
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Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications & Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Teaching Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
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Professor of Law, Penn State
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Professor of Physics and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State
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Distinguished Professor of Modern History, Penn State
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Professor of Educational Administration, Penn State
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Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Public Policy, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology and Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State
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Associate Research Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Director of the Research Translation Platform, Penn State
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Clinical Professor of International Business; Director, Center for Global Business Studies; Associate Dean for International Programs, Penn State
