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Scholars from the Washington University in St. Louis react to the second presidential debate.
To discourage smoking, insurance companies charge higher premiums for smokers. This is having an unexpected consequence: rather than quit smoking, poor people are quitting insurance.
As the National Park Service turns 100 years old, two conservation scholars and former park rangers respond to critics who support privatizing national parks or putting them under state control.
Unexpected calls to prayer from mosques in Turkey caught many off guard on the night of the attempted coup. An ethnomusicologist explains the political and social power of sound.
Growing enough food to feed 9 billion people by 2050 will require huge amounts of energy and water. Using nanoparticles to boost plant growth and yield could save resources and reduce water pollution.
In the entertainment industry, the success or failure of a minority lead can be a referendum on whether or not to use diverse leads for future projects.
We are witnessing widespread abuse of legal, prescribed drugs that, while structurally similar to illicit opioids such as heroin, are used for sound medical practices. So how did we get here?
Don’t dismiss children’s early writing as scribbles. Children know more about writing, even before they learn to read.
Picking a plan that provides the coverage you need at a price you can afford is tough. It’s even harder when you don’t have a great understanding of the language that insurers use to describe plans.
Bankers are back to their old ways, putting the global economy at risk just six years after standing at the brink of another Great Depression.
The Indonesian public lambasted the Indonesian police after Human Rights Watch released a report that police conducted “virginity tests” on female applicants in the police recruitment process. Many pointed…
Now that the grand jury has decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year old man, there remain many questions about this grand jury and generally…
Teen pregnancy is a public health problem in the United States. According to 2010 estimates, girls aged 15-19 years accounted for 614,000 pregnancies in the US. An additional 11,000 pregnancies were recorded…
The death of Michael Brown is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and his community at this very difficult time … I know the events of the past few days have prompted…
Children who compete in spelling bees often dazzle with their ability to spell complex words. In this year’s televised Scripps National Spelling Bee, two American teenagers were so good they were crowned…
The ineffective burning of wood in traditional stoves means that more people die around the world from pollution indoors than outdoors. There are simple, cleaner alternatives for sale, but encouraging…
There has been much debate about how cats went from hunting in the wild to a much-loved pet. That is because we know little about their domestication. Now researchers have found the earliest case of cat…
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Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Washington University in St. Louis
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Chair and Associate Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
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Research Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Public Health and Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
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PhD candidate, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of law, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor, Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis
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Chief of Research and Development, VA St. Louis Health Care System. Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis
