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Editor's note
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Why do the seats in airport terminals all look the same? Who built a rotary phone that would go on to sell over 160 million units? How did office workers keep papers organized before the paperclip? Five design professors tell the stories behind some of the best-designed products of all time.
And today marks the sixth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that sparked meltdowns at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The catastrophe led to a major loss of public support for nuclear energy in Japan, yet the current government intends to keep it. Nagasaki University’s Tatsujiro Suzuki, who was a member of Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission when the tsunami struck, argues that it is time to rethink Japanese nuclear policy.
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Nick Lehr
Editor, Arts and Culture
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Lead story
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Catherine Anderson, George Washington University; Carla Viviana Coleman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Craig M. Vogel, University of Cincinnati ; Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University; Lorraine Justice, Rochester Institute of Technology
We asked five design experts – what's your favorite product of all time, and why?
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Environment + Energy
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Tatsujiro Suzuki, Nagasaki University
Nuclear power was a cornerstone of Japan's energy strategy for decades, until the Fukushima disaster. The current government wants to keep some nuclear reactors open, but has lost public support.
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Greg Dotson, University of Oregon
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has said the agency's purview should not include climate change, but a look at its history under both Republican and Democratic presidents says otherwise.
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Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University
At a time when poverty and hunger levels are declining around the world, famine is recurring, driven by conflicts and natural disasters. But timely action by governments and aid groups can save lives.
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Ethics + Religion
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Heidi A. Campbell, Texas A&M University
Digital fasting during Lent has become popular. Technology, in fact, can be good for religion.
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Terje Ostebo, University of Florida
The Muslim Brotherhood exists in the form of many local organizations and well as an international organization. Research shows there isn't a coherent Muslim Brotherhood ideology.
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Politics + Society
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Clay Calvert, University of Florida
A free speech expert has three doozies for Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
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Carl Abbott, Portland State University
An urban planning expert goes knee-deep into the murky history behind this popular phrase often used to describe the nation's capital.
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Health + Medicine
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Stanton Glantz, University of California, San Francisco
Smokefree laws save lives quickly, by preventing heart attacks. A recent study showed a drop in heart attack deaths by 12 percent, adding to a growing body of research on benefits of the laws.
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Marni Sommer, Columbia University Medical Center; Ann Herbert, Johns Hopkins University
In developing countries, many girls feel unprepared when they go through puberty. And research indicates that low-income girls in the US may feel the same way.
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Stuart Shalat, Georgia State University
Artificial turf has become popular for kids' sports as well as for professional players. The little black crumbs that help support the blades of fake grass may not be so harmless.
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“The key question on exposure is: Do these chemicals get into children playing on these fields?”
Stuart Shalat
Georgia State University
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Economy + Business
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Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
As the New York Stock Exchange marks 200 years since its official formation, investors are wondering whether the surging stock market is a 'Trump bump' or more like a lemon.
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Gleb Tsipursky, The Ohio State University
Should you go with your gut when hiring an employee or making another decision on the job? The research suggests that in most cases, probably not.
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Science + Technology
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Megan Squire, Elon University
As searches of smartphones and other digital devices at US borders become more common, can research and computer science help protect travelers' privacy?
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Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The latest release from WikiLeaks, of information about CIA hacking efforts, is yet another reminder of how Americans and our government must better protect our secret information.
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