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Up in smoke: We'll spend billions tomorrow for not helping poor people quit smoking today

  • Written by Leighton Ku, Professor of health policy and Director of Center for Health Policy Research, George Washington University
imageHundreds of millions of these will go up in smoke. Via Shutterstock.From www.shutterstock.com

The gradual reduction of smoking – the number one cause of preventable death and illness – is one of the triumphs of public health in the United States. About 16.8 percent of Americans smoke today, compared to 42 percent in the 1960s.

But even...

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Can technology help fashion clean up its act?

  • Written by Suzanne Mancini, Senior Critic, RISD Faculty, Rhode Island School of Design
imageA dress by designer Iris van Herpen, who, with her runway designs, challenges common fashion norms and beliefs.Zach Balbino/flickr, CC BY-ND

Chemical waste, mass production and consumerism are all byproducts of an industrialized global economy.

The fashion industry is no different. Technology has helped the industry meet growing demand by making...

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Loss for words: Art, language and the challenges of living on a changing planet

  • Written by Faith Kearns, Water Analyst, California Institute for Water Resources, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
imageDo we need a new word for the feeling of guilt one gets from watering plants during a drought?ana_carrington/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

The common wisdom about climate change is that it’s too big and too abstract for humans to comprehend, that it’s too hard to talk about. But it turns out many people are having tangible experiences of our...

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Quantifying the social cost of firearms: a new approach to gun control

  • Written by Timothy M. Smith, Professor of Sustainable Systems Management & International Business, University of Minnesota
imageGuns have another kind of price tag.Jim Young/Reuters

Another week in America, another week of sadness and hand-wringing prompted by gun violence.

While the most recent incidents are tinged by race, they also point to a country awash in guns and the too many deaths that result from their use (or abuse). But are these shootings any more likely to...

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Will the vice presidential candidates matter this year? Maybe, but not the way you think.

  • Written by Kyle C. Kopko, Associate Professor of Political Science, Elizabethtown College

Veepstakes speculation is rampant as we approach the national conventions for both major political parties.

Media reports have detailed the wide array of options available to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as they decide who will be their number twos for this campaign, and perhaps for four or eight years to come.

Who will Trump and Clinton pick?...

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Underwater microscope provides new views of ocean-floor sea creatures in their natural setting

  • Written by Jules Jaffe, Research Oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
imageFluorescent image of the coral _Pocillopora damicornis_. The field of view is approximately 4.1 x 3.4 mm.Andrew D. Mullen/UCSD, CC BY-ND

The Homo sapiens view of our world is all a matter of perspective, and we need to remember that we’re among the larger creatures on Earth. At around 1.7 meters in length, we’re much closer in size to...

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Why debt-free college will not solve the real problems in America's higher education system

  • Written by David H. Feldman, Professor of Economics, College of William & Mary

On July 6, Hillary Clinton took a half-step toward Bernie Sanders’ free public college tuition plan. She proposed partnering with states to zero out tuition by 2020 for families making US$125,000 or less.

We know that American higher education faces serious long-term problems. However, reducing tuition or college debt to zero isn’t the...

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From Grexit to Brexit, why EU's mess of rules designed to prevent crisis is causing it

  • Written by Scott L. Greer, Associate Professor, Global Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan
imageThe EU is fraying thanks to its puzzle of fiscal governance policies.EU UK flag via www.shutterstock.com

The European Union, still nursing wounds from its crisis over the euro and “Grexit,” is facing a much more severe threat that strikes at the very heart of the EU’s legitimacy. And the problem concerns the very measures put in...

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Making the case for a new Olympics model

  • Written by Paul Christesen, Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College

“The Olympic Games in Rio are an unnatural disaster,” The New York Times recently declared.

As someone who has spent two decades studying and writing about the ancient and modern Olympics, I’m not surprised by the pronouncement. It simply fulfills a prophecy many foretold in the months (and years) leading up to the 2016 Olympic...

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Dear Hillary: Where are the women in your energy strategy?

  • Written by Rebecca Pearl-Martinez, Research Fellow & Head of Renewable Equity Project at the Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageWomen are making inroads in the solar industry, but still represent only about 25 percent of the U.S. solar work force.www.shutterstock.com

Increasing U.S. use of renewable energy is a core component of Hillary Clinton’s campaign platform. She contends that this shift will create jobs and make the United States the world’s 21st-century...

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