Yesterday, President Donald Trump followed through on his campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration by signing an executive action ordering the construction of a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. More directives are expected this week that will ramp up deportation of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants already living in the U.S. A team of legal scholars from the University of California, Irvine breaks down the four main groups of immigrants who are vulnerable to deportation and explains why some are more likely than others to be targeted.
With the world’s population projected to grow to almost 10 billion by 2050, there is an urgent need to figure out how to produce more food while reducing agriculture’s environmental impacts. Colorado State University ecologist Matthew Wallenstein describes one such strategy: harnessing the power of microbes to increase crop production.
Back on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a milestone yesterday after surpassing 20,000 for the first time. A “milestone” you say? Ohio State’s Jay Zagorsky says it’s meaningless.
And finally, you might have heard about “darknets,” the ominous-sounding parts of the internet where privacy and encryption rule. Roderick Graham and Brian Pitman from Old Dominion University discuss their exploration of what exactly people are using darknets for – there’s a lot less crime than you might expect.
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U.S. Border Patrol frisks a man near the U.S.-Mexico border in California.
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Susan Bibler Coutin, University of California, Irvine; Jennifer Chacón, University of California, Irvine; Sameer Ashar, University of California, Irvine; Stephen Lee, University of California, Irvine
A team of legal scholars breaks down the factors that will determine which immigrants are most vulnerable for deportation under the new administration.
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Environment + Energy
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Elliot Woolley, Loughborough University
Rich countries waste a lot of food. Producers and consumers need to rethink eating habits if this problem is to be solved.
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Mathew Wallenstein, Colorado State University
Researchers are developing biological tools that can boost crop yields to feed a growing world population without harming human health or the environment.
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Economy + Business
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Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The world's most famous stock index just broke 20,000 for the first time. Here's why it doesn't really matter.
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Science + Technology
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Roderick S. Graham, Old Dominion University; Brian Pitman, Old Dominion University
The darknet, like the open internet, is not immune from illegal activity. But many darknet users are there in search of 'hacker ethics' values such as privacy and free speech.
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Politics + Society
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Frederic Lemieux, Georgetown University
The president, the press and the public have misguided ideas about how intelligence is produced and analyzed. A Georgetown professor sets us straight.
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Health + Medicine
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Kayte Spector-Bagdady, University of Michigan
New regulations for research with human blood and tissue try to balance scientific progress with patient privacy.
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Rest of the World
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Will Brooker, Kingston University
No film could be more perfectly circular, more self-congratulatory and more suited to the time.
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Benjamin Talton, Temple University
Demonstrations in sub-Saharan Africa have not been met with the same the praise that was poured on the Arab Spring uprisings.
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Ronelle Welton, University of Melbourne
Australia's snakes, spiders and other venomous critters tend to strike fear in many people. But is Australia's reputation as a nation of deadly creatures deserved?
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