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Editor's note
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Mark Zuckerberg was in the news again, revealing the latest in Facebook’s augmented reality plan. The 32-year-old CEO is also slated to deliver Harvard’s commencement address this year, 13 years after he dropped out of Harvard. Zuckerberg may have become a billionaire without ever finishing college, but
don’t let his story fool you. Educational researchers Jonathan Wai and Heiner Rindermann looked at more than 11,000 of the most successful people in the U.S. and found that Zuckerberg is, in fact, an anomaly. 94 percent have at least a Bachelor’s degree—50 percent of them from the country’s most elite universities.
As the days tick down to President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, Robert Speel of Penn State University considers why evaluating a president’s productivity during the beginning of his presidency is a thing, and how nearly a century of presidents have fared.
When Ella Fitzgerald – who turns 100 next week – was launching her career, drugs were beginning to be seen as a societal ill. She needed to make a decision: maintain a squeaky-clean image, or follow the lead of her jazz contemporaries and croon about marijuana and cocaine.
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Mark Zuckerberg is, quite famously, a college dropout. But his case is the exception – not the rule.
AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
Jonathan Wai, Duke University; Heiner Rindermann, Chemnitz University of Technology
While the media glamorizes famous college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, the reality is that most successful people in the U.S. went to – and finished – college.
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Science + Technology
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Emily Vraga, George Mason University
The research community tends to assume advocacy doesn't mix with objectivity. One study suggests there's room for scientists to make real-world recommendations without compromising their trusted status.
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Anna Nagurney, University of Massachusetts Amherst
When planning major infrastructure investments, it's important to know which road, freight and information networks are most important – and which proposals might make things worse, not better.
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Politics + Society
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Daniel LaChance, Emory University
Trump's promise to appoint conservatives to the Supreme Court could mean the fate of the death penalty rests in the court of public opinion.
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Robert Speel, Pennsylvania State University
Franklin D. Roosevelt is famous for really getting a lot done fast. Will history remember Trump so kindly?
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Environment + Energy
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Thomas J. Straka, Clemson University
Forests are valuable for many uses, including timber, clean water, wildlife habitat and recreation. Stresses on U.S. forests include wildfires, pest invasions and development of private lands.
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Perry Williams, Colorado State University; Mevin Hooten, Colorado State University
Sea otters had been absent from this Alaskan national park for at least 250 years. By marrying math and statistics, scientists map this animal's successful comeback.
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Nicole Smith Dahmen, University of Oregon; Paul Slovic, University of Oregon
Will recent photos of chemical attack victims in Syria provoke a short-term emotional reaction or a sustained humanitarian campaign?
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Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
Nearly half of cybercriminals target small businesses. An expert explains how sole proprietors and entrepreneurs can boost cybersecurity without breaking the bank.
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Erin Connelly, University of Pennsylvania
A team of medievalists and scientists look back to history – including a 1,000-year-old eyesalve recipe – for clues to new antibiotics.
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