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Most people have a very limited understanding of what engineers do – and we engineers don’t do a good job of expanding that view. But if we did, the benefits could be impressive.
In 1913, an Indian literary giant named Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-white person to win the literature prize. He wrote over 2,000 songs and, like Dylan’s, they still resonate today.
Most studies on straight girls kissing focus on dorm rooms and dance floors. But one sociologist looks at the development of ‘sexual friendships’ among women previously ignored like single moms.
Debates over federal lands, from the Malheur Refuge takeover to fossil fuel leases on public land, are back in the news. How do the two parties line up on public land policy?
Developing brand new treatments and cures isn’t the only way to achieve a major reduction in cancer deaths worldwide.
Criminal justice experts suggest one way to change the system to eliminate racial bias.
New data from researchers at Brandeis University suggest that the Jewish vote is important in key Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida counties.
A 1995 tax return shows a net operating loss so large that it raises concerns about whether it was reported properly – and if Trump has been honest about his taxes.
Design patents cover how products look – but how much does appearance contribute to profits?
With federal support for on-campus R&D dwindling as a percentage of GDP, keeping basic research afloat is a challenge. Schools and researchers are left to try to fill in the funding gaps.
Republicans want voter ID laws. Democrats want more access to the ballot. Why do we have to choose?
Is xenophobic rhetoric enough to get Latinos to turn out in large numbers? An expert on Latino politics explains.
About two out of seven children are likely bored in their classrooms, as they aren’t learning much that is new. Should these children skip grades? What’s the evidence on grade-skipping?
Conservative commentators accused government officials last week of hyping risks from Hurricane Matthew. A meteorologist explains why this is impossible in the internet era.
A small minority of children with mental health issues is getting the help they need. School-based mental health is essential to keep students engaged.
Trump’s calls to keep ‘illegitimate’ voters from casting ballots go back 140 years to a time when white voters were enraged by the end of slavery.
An expert in political rhetoric singles out Trump’s repeated use of reification – the tendency to treat people as things – and the role it’s played in his tortured response to the leaked tape.
Scholars share their research with former combatants in Colombia, after a majority of Colombians voted against a peace deal. Can understanding reintegration help peace negotiations move forward?
The Affordable Care Act increased the number of insured people, but skeptics have suggested the increase could be due to higher employment rates. That’s not the case, a detailed study suggests.
Kids in the U.S. are not as fit as we might think, based on our the success of our athletic superstars. Why do we lag? It might have to do with inequality.
A new telescope aims to figure out what became of the universe’s original atoms once the first stars began to shine.
With the taboo on swearing loosening over the past few decades, will profanity lose its effectiveness in spoken language?
Yoshinori Ohsumi’s research on autophagy – a process that lets cells clear out harmful materials – brought biology and medicine closer to finding treatments for chronic and deadly diseases.
An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.