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Why the silence of moderate conservatives is dangerous for race relations

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imageLetter from a Birmingham Jail - 1963 Jason C Tillmann, CC BY-SA

The past two years of racial turmoil have removed any and all doubt about the continuing significance of race in the United States.

Both whites and blacks have exhibited increasingly negative views on race relations since 2011. A...

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Scientists at work: cracking sea lions' high-thrust, low-wake swimming technique

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imageObserving the foreflipper clap.Megan Leftwich, CC BY

The California sea lion has a unique way of moving through the ocean. This highly maneuverable aquatic mammal produces thrust primarily with its foreflippers – the ones it has where you have hands. Despite being fast, efficient and agile, this sea lion swimming...

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What if it happened again? What we need to do to prepare for a nuclear event

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imageAtomic cloud over Hiroshima.By 509th Operations Group via Wikimedia Commons

As we observe the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it may seem like the threat from nuclear weapons has receded. But it hasn’t; the threat is actually increasing steadily. This is difficult to face for many people,...

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There's no code of ethics to govern digital forensics – and we need one

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imageHow to deal with all that digital evidence?West Midlands Police, CC BY-SA

Let me begin with a disclaimer: I am neither a digital forensics practitioner nor do I play one on television.

I am, however, a professor in, and former chair of, an academic department at a research university that houses a graduate program in...

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How Ferguson and #BlackLivesMatter taught us not to look away

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imageKen Kendricks Jr puts his hands together in prayer at a makeshift memorial to Michael Brown on August 22 2014. Adrees Latif/REUTERS

One year ago, on August 9 2014, then-police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

Wilson estimated during the grand jury hearings that the entire incident...

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How can we support kids in learning more than one language?

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imageThose who know more than one language have a competitive edge.The LEAF Project, CC BY-SA

There is little doubt that knowing more than one language carries tremendous advantages.

Young bilinguals are known to be flexible thinkers and better problem solvers. They have a competitive edge in the labor market, with those fluent...

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Rather than make energy more expensive, it's time to invest in the technologies of tomorrow

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imageThe EPA Clean Power Plan imposes limits on power plants' carbon emissions. ataferner/flickr, CC BY-NC

Democrats (myself included) enjoy ridiculing Republicans who deny the scientific consensus behind climate change. But we then deny the inconvenient truth behind our own preferred climate policies: they will have regressive...

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Lackluster jobs growth and stagnant wages show why the Fed shouldn't raise interest rates just yet

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imageWorkers are still feeling a little pinched.Empty wallet via www.shutterstock.com

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that in July, the economy created 215,000 jobs, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.3% and hourly wages over the past 12 months grew by 2.1%. Meanwhile, consumer prices are up only...

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