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'He's Pavlov and we're the dogs': How associative learning really works in human psychology

  • Written by Edward Wasserman, Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Iowa
imageWhen the ringing of a bell comes to mean something more.Maisei Raman/Shutterstock.com

My ears perked up when, in recent weeks, I heard Donald Trump and Ivan Pavlov mentioned twice in connection with each other. After all, I’m an experimental psychologist who journeyed to Russia to conduct conditioning research with Pavlov’s last living...

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Latin American history suggests Zimbabwe's military coup will turn violent

  • Written by Rut Diamint, Political Science Profesor, Torcuato di Tella University

On Nov. 14, a group of soldiers from the Zimbabwe Defense Forces arrested and detained Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. The move came just days after Army Commander Constantine Chiwenga warned that the military would not “hesitate to step in” if Mugabe did not cease to “purge” his government of independence war veterans.

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Why does the price of turkeys fall just before Thanksgiving?

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
imageHundreds of frozen turkeys are lined up waiting to be defrosted, cooked and eaten.AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Thanksgiving is a great U.S. holiday during which people consume huge quantities of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pie.

One of the stranger things about this holiday, however, is that a few days before everyone starts cooking, whole...

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What the first Thanksgiving dinner actually looked like

  • Written by Julie Lesnik, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Wayne State University
imageWaterfowl – not turkey – would have been the main course.Winslow Homer, 'Right and Left' (1909), National Gallery of Art

Most Americans probably don’t realize that we have a very limited understanding of the first Thanksgiving, which took place in 1621 in Massachusetts.

Indeed, few of our present-day traditions resemble what...

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How Silicon Valley industry polluted the sylvan California dream

  • Written by Jason A. Heppler, Digital Engagement Librarian and Assistant Professor of History, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageAerial view of San Jose, California, 2016.Gordon-Shukwit, CC BY-NC-ND

On Labor Day 1956, a caravan of moving trucks wound their way into Santa Clara County, just south of San Francisco, carrying the possessions of 600 families and equipment for the missile and space labs of the Lockheed Corporation. One month later, Lockheed’s Sunnyvale...

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The two obstacles that are holding back Alzheimer's research

  • Written by Todd Golde, Director, Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute Director, 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine University of Florida, University of Florida
imageFamily members often become primary caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease. tonkid/Shutterstock.com

Thirty years ago, scientists began to unlock the mysteries regarding the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. This knowledge ushered in an era of great enthusiasm that scientists could develop new therapies to either prevent...

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After Iran-Iraq earthquake, seismologists work to fill in fault map of the region

  • Written by Amir Salaree, Ph.D. Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
imageEarthquake survivors are living in tents in western Iran.AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

With a magnitude of 7.3, the Nov. 12, 2017 earthquake that shook the border region between Iran and Iraq is among the largest ever recorded in this area. Seismologists know it resulted from the pressure built up between the colliding Arabian and Eurasian plates of the...

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Trump's 'America first' trade policy ignores key lesson from Great Depression

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
imageTrump will soon learn the costs of going it alone on trade.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

President Donald Trump declared his nearly two-week trip through Asia “tremendously successful,” but economic history should make us more skeptical.

During the trip, the president continued to promote his so-called “America first” trade policy....

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Why meeting the Paris climate goals is an existential threat to fossil fuel industries

  • Written by Henry Kelly, Senior Scientist, Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan
imageTransportation is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gases by sector. Converting the U.S. fleet to cleaner electric vehicles would likely take decades. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Attacks on climate policies are not really about the science. They’re about the future of fossil fuels.

Any program with a reasonable chance of meeting the goals...

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In an era of billionaire media moguls, do press unions stand a chance?

  • Written by Marick Masters, Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageBusinessman and philanthropist Joe Ricketts shut down DNAinfo and Gothamist after his workers voted to unionize. Dave Weaver/AP Photo

On Nov. 2, billionaire media owner Joe Ricketts abruptly shuttered the digital news sites DNAinfo and the Gothamist, terminating 116 employees.

Days earlier, these employees had voted 25 to 2 to join the Writers...

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  2. After coup, will Zimbabwe see democracy or dictatorship?
  3. No, turkey doesn't make you sleepy – but it may bring more trust to your Thanksgiving table
  4. Subsidizing coal and nuclear power could drive customers off the grid
  5. Why Puerto Rico is getting the brunt of 'donor fatigue'
  6. Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager? It's complicated
  7. How Obamacare changed the love lives of young adults
  8. Learning to care for dying's forgotten
  9. Nobody is going to bail out Venezuela
  10. Para Venezuela en default, no hay rescate
  11. Most mass killers are men who have also attacked family
  12. With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there's a likely culprit
  13. The story of America, as told through diet books
  14. Can cities get smarter about extreme weather?
  15. Researchers find pathological signs of Alzheimer's in dolphins, whose brains are much like humans'
  16. Mortgage interest deduction is a terrible way to help middle-class homeowners
  17. Designing better ballots
  18. How social media fires people's passions – and builds extremist divisions
  19. Did Trump's charm offensive work in the Philippines?
  20. Why Nevada's new lethal injection is unethical
  21. Why it can make sense to believe in the kindness of strangers
  22. Here's why your local TV news is about to get even worse
  23. How a young Ernest Hemingway dealt with his first taste of fame
  24. The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized food system
  25. Veterans turned poets can help bridge divides
  26. The mystery of a 1918 veteran and the flu pandemic
  27. How the proposed budget and tax cuts could stunt new affordable housing
  28. The opioid crisis is at its worst in rural areas. Can telemedicine help?
  29. FBI tries to crack another smartphone: 5 essential reads
  30. Could Atlanta be on track to elect a white mayor?
  31. Why solar 'microgrids' are not a cure-all for Puerto Rico's power woes
  32. How the tax package would slam higher ed
  33. Public shaming of workplace harassers may force employers to stop protecting them
  34. Democrats' sweep of Virginia shows the state is moving beyond its Confederate past
  35. The emotional challenges of student veterans on campus
  36. The magazine that inspired Rolling Stone
  37. Gun violence in the US kills more black people and urban dwellers
  38. The climate science report Trump hoped to ignore will resonate outside of Washington, DC
  39. As angry voters reject major parties, Mexico's 2018 presidential race grows chaotic
  40. GOP plan to tax college endowments like Yale's and Harvard's would be neither fair nor effective
  41. The challenge of authenticating real humans in a digital world
  42. When Americans tried – and failed – to reunite Christianity
  43. Northam win in Virginia shows why newspapers should stop endorsing candidates
  44. Mass shootings in America: 4 essential reads
  45. 3 things I learned from delivering medical aid to a remote part of Puerto Rico
  46. The long, strange history of dieting fads
  47. Does American culture shame too much – or not enough?
  48. Rather than being free of values, good science is transparent about them
  49. Latino elites are paying the California dream forward
  50. One American woman's life in revolutionary Russia