Editor's note
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Many say Major League Baseball’s biggest problem is the game’s slow pace of play. But what happens when one-third of teams don’t even aspire to make the playoffs? To University of Virginia data analyst Adam Felder, this is the biggest issue confronting the league – and it’s one that’s entirely self-made. He breaks down the numbers to show how the league’s inequitable pay structure encourages only a
handful of teams to even try to win.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision to certify the Boeing 737 Max as safe to fly is coming under scrutiny, putting a spotlight on the agency’s close relationship with the airplane maker. While it may look like an example of “regulatory capture,” it’s more likely the FAA simply had trouble reconciling the competing goals of protecting both consumers and American business interests, argue regulatory
process experts Susan Webb Yackee of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Simon Haeder of West Virginia University.
For children, a cancer diagnosis can be a double whammy. First there is the chemotherapy or radiation treatment. While these therapies often cure the cancer, both can lead to infertility in adulthood. Now Kyle Orwig, who studies infertility at the University of Pittsburgh, and his team have developed a procedure, just demonstrated on monkeys, that can preserve fertility.
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Nick Lehr
Arts + Culture Editor
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Top stories
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Miami Marlins fans have little to look forward to this season.
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
Adam Felder, University of Virginia
Roughly one-third of the league won't be trying to win this season. What's fueling this trend?
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Boeing is accused of not being fully forthcoming about changes it made to the 737 Max.
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Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Simon F. Haeder, West Virginia University
Some are calling the FAA's relationship with Boeing an open-and-shut case of 'regulatory capture.' The reality is more complicated.
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A 12-week-old baby female macaque, named Grady, was born from frozen testicular tissue.
Oregon Health and Science University
Kyle Orwig, University of Pittsburgh
Children with cancer not only endure chemotherapy or radiation treatment but they may also face infertility in adulthood. Now a new procedure, just proven in monkeys, may be close to use in humans.
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Economy + Business
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John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
About 47 million adults in the US are expected to gamble on March Madness this year. A growing share of the bets will actually be legal.
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Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University
The Trump administration has proposed a major revamp of the National Flood Insurance Program since its inception in 1968. Here's why it needs fixing.
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From our international editions
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Harvey Whitehouse, University of Oxford; Patrick E. Savage, Keio University; Peter Turchin, University of Connecticut; Pieter Francois, University of Oxford
God only started watching over us quite recently, according to a new study that analysed 414 societies from 30 world regions.
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Mohamad Abdalla, University of South Australia
At a time when we could expect anger, vengeance and resentment to take hold in a community so demolished by violence, Professor Mohamad Abdalla visited victims and found compassion and forgiveness.
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Andrew Nunn, UCL; I.D. Rusen, University of Toronto
New research shows that the treatment of drug resistant-TB can be reduced from the current duration of 20 to 24 months to less than a year.
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Robert W. Klein
Georgia State University
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