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Editor's note
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This weekend the movie “Detroit,” which takes place during a five-day stretch of racially-charged violence and looting in July 1967, will be released. That summer, Wayne State’s Jeffrey Horner was six years old and living in a Detroit suburb. In his neighborhood, most thought “the riots,” as they were called, were the result of black criminals who had run amok. It would only be years later – when Horner was a graduate student in urban planning – that he would learn of
the racial tensions that had been simmering in Detroit since the 1920s.
European leaders are growing more confident that they are in the final act of their Greek tragedy, which has threatened the continent’s stability for more than seven years. But that wave of optimism will come crashing down if something isn’t done about Greece’s staggering amount of debt, writes American University’s Randall Henning. A solution exists, but will Europe agree to it?
Just over two weeks from now, a solar eclipse will be visible across the U.S. It’s going to be quite an event – the sun going dark in the middle of the day. Michigan State University planetarium director Shannon Schmoll discusses what causes solar eclipses, how often they happen, what we can learn from them and what the eclipse would look like to a person standing on the moon.
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Nick Lehr
Editor, Arts and Culture
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Top story
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A National Guardsman stands at a Detroit intersection during the summer riots of 1967.
AP Photo/David Stephenson
Jeffrey Horner, Wayne State University
Fifty years ago, Jeffrey Horner watched news broadcasts of the riots that erupted just miles from his home. But he was worlds apart from the racial tensions that had been festering for decades.
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Science + Technology
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Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
An astronomer explains how and why – and when – eclipses happen, what we can learn from them, and what they would look like if you were standing on the moon.
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Gail Heyman, University of California, San Diego
In a new study, psychologists observed young children in real time figuring out how not to tell the truth.
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Environment + Energy
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Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Eric Hittinger, Rochester Institute of Technology
If history is a guide, policies that promote wind power expansion will lead to lower prices – potentially beating fossil fuels in the US by 2030.
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Michael A. Monn, Brown University
Bio-inspiration takes cues from natural structures that do certain things very effectively. One example: the strong but flexible fibers that sea sponges use to anchor themselves to the ocean floor.
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From our international editions
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Max Barnish, University of Exeter; Heather May Morgan, University of Aberdeen
There are more than 500 studies into the effects of high heels on wearers' health.
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Giselle Bastin, Flinders University
In the 20 years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the monarchy has been remade largely in her own image.
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Ryan Brading, SOAS, University of London
Venezuela is long gone; say hello to Cuba-zuela.
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Simon Chadwick, University of Salford
It's all to do with PSG's Qatari owners.
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