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After two more fatal shootings by police of black men this week, we republish one legal scholar’s argument that what needs addressing is the police’s culture of masculinity.
Want to build resilience in children? Tell them family stories of courage.
Film sagas like Star Wars transcend the screen, connecting viewers to their pasts, to one another and to the hero within.
Older matriarchs lead elephant society. But they’re also the primary targets of ivory poachers. When these socially critical individuals are killed, what happens to the rest of the group?
Modern biological research relies on big data analytics. Vast reservoirs of memory and powerful computing ability mean machines find patterns and make meta-analyses and even predictions for scientists.
Why there’s a slender – a very slender – chance for working out a settlement at upcoming talks in New York.
The Paris Agreement recognizes the reality of global environmental pacts: the private sector must lead transition to low-carbon technology and civil society must keep up the pressure to act.
The Fed lifted its target interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade, which was hardly a surprise. What happens next may still stump us.
The potential health benefits of energy-burning brown and beige fat might be not the effect on weight, but rather on blood sugar and cholesterol.
With the public’s confidence in the news media wavering, it’s a tough line to toe.
There’s a lot of focus on the physical and financial woes of former athletes. But players must also grapple with losing a core part of their identity.
The Paris climate summit yielded a pact to reduce air pollutants that contribute to global warming but missed a chance to address the interlinked effects of agriculture and climate.
Who is most fit to serve as America’s commander-in-chief? Our scholars watched the latest GOP debate to decide.
Research universities and nongovernmental organizations have an important role to play in helping countries reach their goals.
The movie ‘Spotlight’ might depict heroic journalists in action, but increasingly, the public views reporters with suspicion – primed by the often harsh portrayal of the press in popular culture.
The US risks being left out of Cuba’s transformation if it doesn’t act quickly.
Scientists need to be comfortable dealing with subjective views, rather than empirical data, and people’s feelings to make progress in addressing climate change.
It might be that teaching people to reframe their thoughts about winter can help them overcome seasonal affective disorder year after year.
Many schools claim that when students attend in uniforms, it improves discipline, and leads to academic gains. But does it?
When a pregnant celebrity announces “no hot nannies,” what does it say about parenting, gender roles and our culture?
Could future presidents unravel the commitments to cut emissions the US has made at the Paris climate summit?
The Paris climate summit was historic as a political achievement but it’s not clear how and when the hard problems of emission cuts and climate finance get tackled.
Thanks to a funding ban passed two years ago, the CDC and other federal groups that study health have been avoiding gun violence research.
The limits of fertility and an elongated academic career path are currently at odds. If the choice to bear children contributes to the ‘leaky pipeline’ of women in STEM, what can be done?