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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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Miami Marlins fans have little to look forward to this season. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

Baseball’s biggest problem isn’t pace of play – it’s teams tanking

Adam Felder, University of Virginia

Roughly one-third of the league won't be trying to win this season. What's fueling this trend?

Boeing is accused of not being fully forthcoming about changes it made to the 737 Max. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Boeing 737 Max: The FAA wanted a safe plane – but didn’t want to hurt America’s biggest exporter either

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.

A 12-week-old baby female macaque, named Grady, was born from frozen testicular tissue. Oregon Health and Science University

A new procedure may preserve fertility in kids with cancer after chemo or radiation

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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