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Did you ever miss lunch and then find yourself hitting the roof when traffic slows you down on the way home? Sounds like you might have been “hangry” – irritable while hungry. Social psychologist Jennifer MacCormack investigated the connection between hunger and hanger and found that certain conditions make the transition from one to the other much more likely.
In 2016, the number of tourists visiting the U.S. dropped by more than 2 percent. Is the Trump administration to blame? Bing Pan of Pennsylvania State University explains what’s causing the slump – and why the White House’s “America First” attitude is only partly to blame.
As Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain battles terminal brain cancer, the former presidential candidate faces hostility from the White House, marginal influence in the Republican-controlled Senate, and a public less receptive to the positions he has long embodied. Scholar Elizabeth Sherman looks at McCain’s career and writes that three powerful trends in American politics thwarted his lifelong ambition to be president.
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Maggie Villiger
Science + Technology Editor
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You’re ready to blow your top – but how much is due to your internal hunger and how much to external annoyances?
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Jennifer MacCormack, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Missing a meal can certainly push you toward a bad mood. But new research identifies in what kind of situations hunger is most likely to tip toward hanger.
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Travel is up around the world – but not to the US.
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Bing Pan, Pennsylvania State University
In 2016, the number of international tourists to the US dropped by more than 2 percent, while tourism trended upward worldwide. There are several explanations for the dip.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain arrives for a news conference in Annapolis, Md.
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Elizabeth Sherman, American University
Sen. John McCain, facing terminal cancer, will end his career with growing repudiation by his party and the public of positions, from national defense to bipartisanship, that he has long embodied.
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From our international editions
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Alex Johnstone, University of Aberdeen; Peter Morgan, University of Aberdeen
Experts say there is still a long way to go before we can make firm statements about the best time of day to eat.
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David Rowe, Western Sydney University
Scandal-plagued FIFA says it's committed to reform. Changing the way World Cup hosts are selected would be a start.
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Hugh Stephens, University of Calgary
Canada's protectionist stance on dairy products has attracted the ire of Donald Trump. The U.S. president raises legitimate points about a system that costs Canadians at home and abroad.
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