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The sun rises behind the remains of a New Jersey roller coaster destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. AP Photo/Mel Evans

New data set explores 90 years of natural disasters in the US

Leah Platt Boustan, Princeton University; Maria Lucia Yanguas, University of California, Los Angeles; Matthew Kahn, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Paul W. Rhode, University of Michigan

As the rich move away from disaster-prone areas, the poor may be left behind.
Everyone looks for price, but there are smarter ways to communicate fuel efficiency on car labels. Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com

Can we design a better fuel economy label?

Adrian R. Camilleri, RMIT University; Elke U. Weber, Princeton University; Eric J. Johnson, Columbia University, and Rick Larrick, Duke University

It's all in the presentation: In studies, consumers were more apt to choose fuel-efficient vehicles depending on how the same pieces of information were displayed on labels.
Tor’s improvements can help users stay private and anonymous online. Anonymous online via shutterstock.com

Tor upgrades to make anonymous publishing safer

Philipp Winter, Princeton University

The Tor Project is upgrading its protections for internet users' privacy and anonymity. A scholar and volunteer member of the nonprofit effort explains what's changing and why.
Supporters of president-elect Adama Barrow celebrate his victory in Banjul, the Gambia. Reuters/Thierry Gouegnon

The Gambia keeps dream of deepening democracy in Africa alive

David E Kiwuwa, Princeton University

A peaceful transition in the Gambia, taken together with hints of change in Angola and Zimbabwe, will portend hope that Africa’s democratic renewal is still alive.
Donald Trump is often described as a populist leader. Reuters/Carlo Allegri

We the People: the charms and contradictions of populism

John Keane, University of Sydney; Adele Webb, University of Sydney; Christine Milne, University of Sydney; Henrik Bang, University of Canberra; James Loxton, University of Sydney; Jan-Werner Muller, Princeton University; Laurence Whitehead, University of Oxford; Mark Chou, Australian Catholic University; Nick Rowley, University of Sydney, and Stephen Coleman, University of Leeds

In this special The Conversation project, scholars and commentators from around the world examine the rise of populism, and its implications, now and into the future.
Des inspecteurs soviétiques devant des missiles Pershing II démantelés en vertu du traité sur les forces nucléaires intermédiaires (INF); 14 janvier 1989. Wikimedia

Pour une recherche indépendante sur les armes nucléaires en France

Benoît Pelopidas, Sciences Po – USPC and Sébastien Philippe, Princeton University

Construire une alternative sur l’avenir du nucléaire militaire pour les Français et leurs représentants exige de dépasser les publications para-officielles.
Scientists themselves may be the key to finding the right balance. Scales image via www.shutterstock.com.

Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?

Joshua Conrad Jackson, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill; Ian Mahar, Boston University; Jaan Altosaar, Princeton University, and Michael Gaultois, University of Cambridge

The public loses when their only choices are inaccessible, impenetrable journal articles or overhyped click-bait about science. Scientists themselves need to step up and help bridge the divide.
Species lost from the eastern forests of the U.S. – from left to right: Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet and Bachman’s Warbler. Alexander C. Lees ©Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates

Will we soon see another wave of bird extinctions in the Americas?

Alexander C. Lees, Cornell University and Jacob B. Socolar, Princeton University

The extinction threat you haven't heard of: several South American birds teeter on the brink of existence due to habitat loss. And history is not the best guide for how to save them.
Arthur Lewis’ impossible mission was to make possible Kwame Nkrumah’s famous slogan: seek ye first the political kingdom … Reuters/Sahra Abdi

Ghana: lessons from Nkrumah’s fallout with his economic adviser

Robert Tignor, Princeton University

Nobel laureate and Kwame Nkrumah's economic adviser Arthur Lewis saw Ghana as a testing ground for his ideas on economic development. But he was met with fierce resistance.
An upbeat Pravin Gordhan, South Africa’s finance minister (left) arrives to deliver his 2016 budget address to parliament in Cape Town. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

South Africa budget 2016: nifty political footwork may not be enough

Leon Schreiber, Princeton University

Cutting the bloated public service wage bill, as the finance minister is doing, is critically important economically. But it is sure to be unpopular with the governing ANC's powerful labour allies.
Much is expected of South African President Jacob Zuma when he delivers his 2016 State of the Nation Address. Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

State of the Nation address: what Zuma needs to tell South Africa

Andre Duvenhage, North-West University; Bheki Mngomezulu, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Leon Schreiber, Princeton University

The general loss of faith in the economy is the most important issue President Zuma must address. More radical social and economic transformation, with emphasis on land reform will be most critical.
Members of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa, the country’s largest union, march to highlight high unemployment. Reuters/Rogan Ward

South Africans need to fight for change on the streets, and through the ballot

Leon Schreiber, Princeton University

With the local government elections set to take place within the next seven months, it is worth considering what impact the recent upsurge in protests will have on the country's political future.

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