John Kerry and 20 diplomats came together Saturday to seek a way toward peace in Syria. A former Indian ambassador to Syria believes good progress was made.
Preventing crime before it happens, while saving resources, sounds like a great use of big data. But these calculated probabilities raise big questions about civil liberties.
Mario Vargas-Lopez hugs his daughter, Jersey, who is a anti-deportation activist. March 29 2014.
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When students land on campus, they often have unanswered questions about their reproductive health. One solution: create a massive open online class to teach them about reproductive health.
Ice cold physics: hunting for neutrinos in Antarctica.
Sven Lidström, IceCube/NSF
A cubic kilometer of clear, stable ice could help physicists answer big questions about cosmic rays and neutrinos. Hardy scientists collect data via a unique telescope at the frozen bottom of the world.
#WeStandWithMizzou activists join the movement.
Jackie Rehwald, Springfield News Leader
New Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau brings a very different face to climate talks in Paris. Will it project its oil extraction tradition or show global leadership on emissions cuts?
A Spanish street performer dressed as a cowboy. Europeans have long been fascinated with the American West.
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Betting on sports has been illegal in most states since 1992. Is it time that changed?
Polio vaccinators carry boxes of polio vaccine drops as they head to the areas they have been appointed to administer the vaccine, in Karachi October 21 2014.
Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Researchers are piloting a smartphone app to collect better information about who is getting vaccinated and to design better incentives for health workers on vaccination drives.
People don’t want refugees for the same reason they reject climate change.
Reuters
Most evidence shows that climate change is caused by humans and immigration is good for the economy. So why do many of us reject these notions anyway?
The therapeutic relationship can be as important as the type of therapy. In this photo, occupational therapist Carly Rogers (second from left) talks to military veterans at the surf therapy program she founded, in Manhattan Beach, California.
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While evidence suggests that the therapeutic relationship is a critical part of psychotherapy, the impact of the relationship often isn’t studied in clinical trials for trauma survivors with PTSD.
Hair as helpers in the quest for cleanliness.
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Clemson students have been organizing over the past two years on issues of racism and inclusion. What if the Clemson Tigers decided to do what the Missouri Tigers did?
Even if Exxon eludes charges in New York, the attorney general’s investigation sends a message on corporate accountability.
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Until now, the legal system has tolerated corporate deceptions of the public but New York state’s investigation into Exxon on climate could start to rewrite the rules.