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The current debate over the right to bear arms versus regulation is at a stalemate, but a new dialogue that focuses on the social burden of firearms might provide a new way forward.
Who will Trump and Clinton pick? Two political scientists say as long as the running mates aren’t as fiercely unpopular as the presidential candidates, it could boost the ticket.
Could this new technology do for the microscopic marine world what the first telescopes did for the heavens above?
America’s higher education has been split into two unequal worlds. Schools serving the bulk of America’s underprivileged students lack resources. Making college free will not solve the problem.
With the one-city format no longer viable, an Olympics expert proposes a radical new vision for the format of the Olympic Games. It actually makes a lot of sense.
The European Union faces a crisis of legitimacy, and its rules on fiscal governance are at the heart of it.
Research has found a link between experiencing migraine headaches in adulthood and experiencing emotional abuse in childhood. So how strong is the link?
Women are underrepresented in the energy sector at a time of rapid change and demand for new talent. Hiring more women could make energy companies more innovative and speed the shift to clean fuels.
The dead are not the only victims of police violence. Those left behind also suffer trauma and long-term health effects.
A historian examines what it means to value black life, then and now.
A marketing guru considers what’s wrong with American democracy and how to fix it.
How hard is it to find out what information has been removed from search engine results? What about identifying who asked for it to be removed?
A study estimates that Americans would pay $92 billion yearly in extra taxes to protect national parks. But the Trump Administration’s budget calls for cuts.
Obama has said he expects European allies to chip in their fair share of defense spending, and European public opinion supports it. But as a Tufts expert points out, many challenges in Europe remain.
For 50 years, we have worked to make U.S. police more diverse and less intrusive. Why haven’t we made more progress?
Regulators trying to keep taxpayers from having to foot the bill for the next wave of bank bailouts are placing too much on emphasis on size and missing the ‘bigger’ picture.
It’s a common quirk of human psychology to make the mental leap that the way things are is the way things ought to be. New research into how we explain the world around us sheds light on the phenomenon.
What does it mean to view firearm violence as a public health problem?
Research shows that even four-year-olds feel better after an apology and view people who apologize as nicer than those who don’t.
In a part of Washington state hit hard by extreme fire, a fire ecologist explains how prescribed burns and thinning can make the land more fire-resilient.
In the 1850s, an influx of immigrants incited xenophobia in Americans. How did Abraham Lincoln, the GOP’s first president, react to the angry mood? A Civil War historian tells the tale.
Practice is important for talent. But, is that all it takes to become an expert?
Many think that men are simply better than women at video games. Researchers recently compared performances of male and female gamers to determine if there’s truth to this assumption.
New research is narrowing the gap, creating technology with the detecting capabilities of canines but without the downsides of relying on a biological system.