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Microwave repairs might annihilate zombie potholes once and for all

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imageThe vehicle-based microwave system, making the streets safe again.Zanko et al., 2016, CC BY-ND

Some potholes are like zombies – they never die. Or at least that’s the perception of much of the driving public, especially as we enter peak pothole season: late winter and early spring.

At a minimum, potholes create rough roads and poor...

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How Donald Trump gets away with saying things other candidates can't

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In an interview last month, George Stephanopoulos asked Donald Trump about his retweet of a follower who insisted that both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz were ineligible for the presidency.

Trump dismissed Stephanopoulos' question with “it was a retweet” – as if to say that retweeting someone else’s claim meant that he...

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Crash in oil prices will hurt the U.S. economy from Texas to Wall Street

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Traditionally, low oil prices have been a boost to economic growth in the U.S. The crash in oil prices over the past two years, however, has produced a decidedly mixed picture – with potentially worrying implications for the economy as a whole.

When oil prices fall, consumers spend less on gasoline and have more disposable income to spend on...

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How can universities encourage young people to vote?

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This past February, when many of their peers were still asleep, a group of Tufts University students got on a bus to New Hampshire to take advantage of a once-every-four-years opportunity: seeing presidential candidates making their final pitch to voters.

Research shows that campaigns that directly contact young people boost youth turnout. Knocking...

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Where do the 2016 candidates stand on contraception?

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Access to safe and effective birth control is part of health care for tens of millions of Americans. The vast majority of Americans view birth control as “morally acceptable,” and make sharp distinctions between approval for methods of preventing pregnancy, and methods of terminating it.

Despite this, access to birth control has become...

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Can you sue if someone posts an unflattering photo of you on social media?

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imageHow could they post that of me?Woman image via www.shutterstock.com.

Open your Twitter or Instagram account and chances are good somewhere in there you may see an unflattering photo of a stranger. It’s become increasingly common to share pictures of people we don’t know online.

And it could happen to you. Imagine, for example, rolling...

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Why are political experts mostly men? Women also know stuff

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image#WomenalsoknowstuffUniversity of Michigan Library, CC BY

With the rise of Republican candidate Donald Trump, the demise of establishment candidates and a nomination contest between a self-proclaimed socialist and a woman, this election has delivered many surprises. Political scientists have often been called to weigh in.

Such conversations are...

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