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Editor's note
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Many have been unnerved by this week’s tough talk between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The U.S. lacks diplomatic and economic ties to the rogue nation, so how – short of war – can we force Kim to step away from his nuclear program? Economics professor Greg Wright of the University of California, Merced makes the argument that the best hope of doing so lies not with the United States, but with North Korea’s largest trading partner – China.
During the recent health care debates, we learned an essential truth: We likely are not going to have enough money to pay for nursing home care on our own. Medicaid, which many of us believe supports only the poor, actually pays for about 60 percent of the care for people in nursing homes. Sharona Hoffman, a legal scholar at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, explains why “long-term care and how to pay for it is a matter that affects us all, even if we do not realize it.
While the new film "Detroit” tackles a complex, important story, Michigan State’s Lisa Biggs was dismayed, however, to find the voices and perspectives of women lacking. After plumbing archives and oral histories, Biggs tells the stories of the courageous women who participated in the 1967 Detroit uprising, from the mother who stared down a national guardsman’s rifle to the unflappable radio DJ who called for order over the airwaves.
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Emily Costello
Senior Editor, Politics + Society
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The news of an exchange of threats between the U.S. and North Korea is reported in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2017.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The most viable nonmilitary solution to the standoff with North Korea is to get China to apply pressure. But that's not so easy.
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Science + Technology
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Roderick S. Graham, Old Dominion University
The situation of Marcus Hutchins – hailed as a hero for stopping one malware attack but charged with being involved with another – highlights the ambiguity of hacker culture.
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Thomas Cronin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
We're used to thinking of our eyes detecting light as the foundation of our visual system. But what's going on in other cells throughout the body that can detect light, too?
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Environment + Energy
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Gregory Burge, University of Oklahoma; Arthur C. Nelson, University of Arizona; James C. Nicholas, University of Florida; Trey Dronyk-Trosper, Tulane University
How do you prevent urban sprawl? Researchers look to a program in New Mexico for an answer.
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Jennifer Morris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When utilities plan investments, they think decades ahead. A recent study shows why power companies should be spending more on renewables despite the Trump administration's tilt toward fossil fuels.
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Antony Wood, Illinois Institute of Technology; Dario Trabucco, Università Iuav di Venezia
New technology could make it practical to build skyscrapers far taller than even today's highest – and change how people live, work and play in tall buildings.
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Susan Boser, Pennsylvania State University; Diane Oleson, Pennsylvania State University
America's drinking water infrastructure is aging and needs billions of dollars in upgrades. Two extension educators urge consumers to monitor their water and have it tested if they suspect problems.
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Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
On the day of Rakshabandhan, sisters tie a protective thread around the right wrist of their brothers to affirm their bond. This bond is not limited by faith or blood relationships.
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Robert Ralston
University of Minnesota
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