The Democrats' first debate took place in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening. Compared to the two GOP debates, this CNN-hosted debate was a more substantial and less impolite. Here’s an instant analysis from three political scholars.

A decisive victory for Clinton

Anthony...

Afghan, Syrian and Eritrean refugees keep arriving on Europe’s shores, reputedly at an increasing rate.

They attempt to traverse the Mediterranean by land and sea, presumably hastened by Putin’s bombing campaign. Now some even arrive by traveling across the Arctic.

So how...

The question of whether government-issued dietary guidance should address sustainability has been in the headlines. A report issued by the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) earlier this year recommended that sustainability be a factor in determining the 2015...

In this presidential election season, one thing is certain: candidates will rarely – if ever – be asked what they would do to keep this nation at the forefront of science and innovation.

That’s a shame.

The public dialogue about science is perhaps the most vital and...

Citizens hoping to find rational political dialogue when they tune in to the first televised debate of Democrat presidential candidates on October 13 are sure to be disappointed.

Having studied and written about every American televised presidential debate going...

In 2012, an experiment on gender bias shook the scientific community by showing that science faculty favor male college graduates over equally qualified women applying for lab manager positions. Though the study was rigorous, many did...

When you type up a racy email to a loved one, do you consider the details private?

Most of us would probably say yes, even though such messages often end up filtered through intelligence agencies and service providers.

On the other hand, as the digital world becomes more personalized, consumers have begun to accept, appreciate and apparently request...

His name is Clark and his father (later murdered) raised him to be a savior to humanity. He possesses superhuman strength and finely tuned senses. He is the world’s greatest detective, an inventor, chemist, surgeon and martial artist. Villains the world over want him dead, but through his...

US natural gas production increased by 42% between 2005 and 2014, largely due to recent advances in horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing. One of the largest natural gas reservoirs in the US, the Marcellus...

Each of us is unique, with our own strengths, weaknesses and idiosyncrasies. While this is a truism everyone grasps intuitively, it’s been difficult to determine if and how this individuality is reflected in brain activity.

To investigate, my colleagues and I looked at brain images from...