Here's the research that explains why President Donald Trump's limits on transgender military service may be struck down in court again.
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Comprendre les mécanismes biologiques du cancer à l’échelle moléculaire, c’est un des buts de cette collaboration franco-américaine interdisciplinaire.
It was long thought that humans everywhere favor pointing with the index finger. But some fieldwork out of Papua New Guinea identified a group of people who prefer to scrunch their noses.
Here's the research that explains why President Donald Trump's ban on transgender military service was so easily struck down.
New York, California and other high-tax states are angling to use the charitable deduction and state payroll taxes as workarounds to shield both their residents and their revenue.
While much has been written about why the GOP's tax plan would exacerbate income inequality, there are two reasons it's even worse than you think.
Cosmologists are heading back to their chalkboards as the experiments designed to figure out what this unknown 84 percent of our universe actually is come up empty.
Recent federal changes to password-strength guidelines echo the findings of research we've been doing. It's time to think differently about what makes a password secure.
Vigilante Hindu groups in India have lynched several people for eating beef. A scholar traces the history of beef-eating in ancient India.
Research shows how politics can easily halt reforms that require time to take effect.
The health care bill recently passed by the House imposes big cuts to the underfunded Medicaid program. A new approach is needed, starting with the best ideas of both parties.
Republicans have tried dozens of times to repeal Obamacare, but their biggest challenge has been the lack of a workable replacement plan. Here's an idea devised by two health economists.
Opinions are strong about the Affordable Care Act, but not everyone understands what the nearly 1,000-page law does. In case you missed the high points of the law, here's a primer to help.
While few would bemoan its end, the club fostered strong ties among the titans of Corporate America and ensured moderate candidates and policies. Its death has led to more extremism.
Humans have invented many technologies to survive better – spears, pots, calculators, even language. With language, however, the raw material used to fashion the technology is the human body itself.
Profit estimates have ranged from $4 million to $7 billion. But with the Paris attacks costing only $10,000, does a number even matter?
The ongoing spread of English is unparalleled in world history. English dominates – in scholarship, business and international relations – but not all Englishes are created equal.
Almost half of Americans have trouble saving, while average credit card balances have swelled to $6,000. Can we turn this around?
Learning about a friend's suicide attempt appears to transform the distant idea of suicide into something very real.
A one-year-old White House team is trying to transform policymaking through a better understanding of how and why people act as they do.
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
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The Lee and Brena Freeman Professor at the University of Chicago Law School and Professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine., University of Chicago
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professeur de biochimie et de biologie moléculaire, University of Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
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Executive Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of Chicago
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Associate Scientist in Theoretical Astrophysics at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Law, University of Chicago
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Chicago
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Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy, University of Chicago
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Psychology, University of Chicago
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The Frank J. McLoraine Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics and the College, University of Chicago
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Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, University of Chicago
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Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
