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Environmental economists have long argued a carbon price is the best way to factor in the social cost of climate change. Did Obama effectively use a carbon price to nix the Keystone XL pipeline?
Behind the US pledge to cut carbon in Paris climate talks lies a bigger effort to build a durable system to verify all countries’ emission cuts.
Can the race of a teaching assistant have an impact on student grades?
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.
For many obese people, the message that physical activity is more important than managing weight is not only unhelpful but also not true.
Virtually every researcher relies on computers to collect or analyze data. But when computers are opaque black boxes that manipulate data, it’s impossible to replicate studies – a core value for science.
Activists can rightfully claim some credit for the Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. How did they do it?
Climate advocates are cheering rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, but both our fossil fuel and renewable energy infrastructure badly needs upgrading to tackle climate change.
For a former Boston reporter, Spotlight evokes the thrill of hard-hitting, influential reporting.
October was a strong month for jobs gains, but the president and Congress need to stop waiting for the numbers to improve and begin to act more proactively.
Murky ethics surround the pervasive practice of news sites engaging in online tracking.
Labor leaders sometimes seem to concede defeat too easily, yet workers are still fighting for their place in the middle class.
The commonalities between Black Lives Matter and the Black Panther Party are striking when they’re compared to the civil rights movement, when black people protested politely and defensively.
Global warming is changing the movement of carbon within northern ecosystems to the point where the Arctic could become a net source, rather than sink, of greenhouse gas emissions.
Cheap, affordable space travel would be revolutionary. Chances are, when it comes, it won’t rely on the brute force approach of rockets.
A professor of literature who is also a poet tackles the issue of the inroads technology has made in the relationship between teacher and learner.
What explains the huge gap between US and European consumers on GMO foods? A short history helps explain.
Vast majorities of Americans espouse “socialist” views, which has helped propel Bernie Sanders in the polls. Yet our system of campaign finance makes it next to impossible for him to win.
Synthetic cannabinoids – drugs that mimic the psychoactive effect of cannabis – have been linked to injuries and deaths. And when one is banned, another rises to take its place.
It is those who know how to think nimbly, creatively and responsibly that end up building extraordinary careers.
Sure, your eyes are crucial for seeing the world around you. But it’s your brain that does the really hard vision work.
Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall confronts the last taboo of the canon: Bond’s hypermasculinity.
Today’s refugee crisis is not just about the movement of people. It is also about the human immobility that is baked into contemporary laws and politics. What, then, of the code of hospitality?
Obama will decide on the Keystone pipeline before he leaves office, but despite marginal voter interest, it’s an issue politicians on all sides will not let die.